Practising Open Education

Faculty of Art Design & Architecture Kingston University

15.09.2011

Welcome!

•What we did, and what the outcomes were•How our views were shaped by this project•How staff can find out more •Where do we go from here?

EPADE wiki page

The Focus Group – Emerging Thoughts

•Existing OERs, how and why might our A & D staff use these? •OER for direct use by students and the public, instructive, interactive.•OER for use/repurposing by teaching staff•OER which promote the pedagogies of A & D more widely•Student generated (or contributions to) OERs•Research informed OERs• Staff development and dissemination events

Using and Making OERS

•Getting to Grips - Paul Postle•Museum of X - Cathy Gale•Strategy - Lucy Renton

Expanding our understandingJISC Open Educational Resources International Symposium 23/07/2010 Holborn Bars LR‘Before You Start’ OER, IPR and Licensing Workshop 24/11/2101 UCL LRSCORE ‘Introduction to OER’ workshop Open University Milton Keynes 25/01/2011 BB & LRInternal training session in use of Xerte to create learning objects LROxford Internet Institute, Digital Impacts: How to measure and understand the usage and impact of Digital Content 20/05/2011 LRSCORE Short Term Fellowship awarded to project team member Paul Postle 10 – 15th July 2011 PPKULTIVATE II, RIBA 15th July 2011 LR

Why might staff want to use OERs?•Plugging skills gaps often requested by students e.g video tutorials on Photoshop •Avoid replicating existing digital materials that are already freely available •Draw on the expertise and research of colleagues at other institutions •To refresh our own pedagogical practices in line with technological developments •To meet student expectations of online resource support for additional independent study •Support International students and those new to British Art College cultures

Why might staff want to make OERs?•Gain feedback on our own teaching •Support students on Joint Honours or cross Faculty courses who may not have experience of studio culture and creative research •Enhance the reputation of our courses and pedagogies internationally, and encourage student to come and experience what we can offer them educationally •Enhance the professional profile of our excellent teaching staff •Open up possibilities for interdisciplinary collaborations both within our University and beyond. •Show the value of a studio-based, peer learning experience in the current political climate for UK HE.

Challenges

•Institutional IP policy•Staff time

Challenges

•Institutional IP policy•Staff time•…….and all the things you’re thinking right now!

Possible Platforms?

New Design School site:A ‘porous’ interface

Some interim conclusions 1•We need a Faculty strategy which links studio teaching and researchers more explicitly, so that we have a cohesive approach.

•Many existing Art & Design OERs are not seen to be appropriate, or that they are hard to find

•JORUM is not an appealing repository for Art and Design materials, and has some useability issues.

•there are a variety of presentation methods for OERs on different sites with very variable searchability and useability.

Some interim conclusions 2•We should not rush to create poor quality OER randomly, but should first plan a methodical approach which will take longer, but has the opportunity to enhance the reputation of our Faculty.•What may be right for one institution may not work for another, but lessons can still be learned.•We will probably need to bid for and win more funding to make an impact with OER in future.

And now…

• ….over to Paul.