Open Ed
Educación Abierta e Inclusiva Open and Inclusive Education
Growing OER student networks
Dr. Constance Blomgren
Athabasca University
November 10, 2021
Land
acknowledgement
Athabasca University respectfully
acknowledges that we live and
work on the traditional lands of
the Indigenous peoples of Canada
(Inuit, First Nations, Metis). We
honour the ancestry, heritage and
gifts of the Indigenous peoples and
give thanks to them.
Question 1
What role do you see for student involvement in projects or networks involving open and inclusive education related to the UNESCO
recommendations?
Question 2
How can students’ perspectives be listened to,
collected, and effectively incorporated into open
education initiatives?
Question 3
How can open initiatives be designed for student
involvement when student representatives have
short durations (1-2 years) within their roles?
ALBERTA OER &
Students’
Involvement
Alberta 2014- 2017 2017 – 2021
Community of Practice Alberta 2030 Vision
Students’ Actions
Alberta,
Canada
Campus Alberta AB OER
• 2014-2017
• $2 Million
• One time funding
• 26 Alberta Publicly Funded Universities and Colleges
• 5 First Nations Colleges
Project types
• Development
• Adoption
• Awareness
• OER Summit
• OER Repository
• First Nations College Support
OER
Created &
Shared
Access resources created through the Campus
Alberta OER Initiative at the BC Campus Open
Textbook Library .
Cumulative
Savings
OER
Stakeholders
2017- 2021
No further funding
ABOER
Community of Practice
Summits
• University of Alberta – May 2017
• Maskwacis Cultural College – October 2017
• Mount Royal University – May 2018
• Norquest College – June 2019 Monthly Twitter Chats
#aboerjc
Distributed ABOER network
Librarians
Researchers
Faculty members
Educational developers
Instructional designers
College and university student representatives
Distributed Alberta OER network
• Fall 2020
• Zoom meetings
• Collaborative document created to respond to government request
• Authors - University of
Alberta: Dr. Michael McNally and David Draper (Vice
President Academic Student
Union)
Government Initiative
Alberta Ministry of Advanced Education
University Student Unions’
Representatives
Alberta 2030
Vision: Building
Skills for Jobs
Alberta 2030:
Building Skills for
Jobs
Students’
Actions #1
Great
Value in
OER
OER Home Run
Students’
Actions #2
Goals
ABOER Network
• Monthly virtual meetings
• Collaborative note-taking
• Discussion of OER
• Initiatives
• Brainstorming
• Collegial support
• Information exchange
Question 1
What role do you see for student involvement in projects or networks involving open and inclusive education related to the UNESCO
recommendations?
Question 2
How can students’ perspectives be listened to,
collected, and effectively incorporated into open
education initiatives?
Question 3
How can open initiatives be designed for student
involvement when student representatives have
short durations (1-2 years) within their roles?
[email protected]
Twitter: @DocBlom
Attributions
"AB-towns-highways"byQydis in thePublic Domain, CC0
"OER Beyond Textbooks"byMcNutt, K. & Bailey, M.,ABOERis licensed underCC BY-NC-SA 4.0 No money bychris sfromPixabay
"Report Key"bygotcreditis licensed underCC BY 2.0
"OER Logo Open Educational Resources"byMarkus Busgesis licensed underCC BY-SA 4.0
"Oscar Mercado Home Run"byErik Drostis licensed underCC BY 2.0
"Small-world-network-example"bySchullzis licensed underCC BY-SA 3.0
References
ABOER Cost Savings
(2017).http://131.232.13.243/sites/albertaoer.com/files/ABOER-Cost-Savings-CC-BY- NC.pdf
McNally, M. B. (2015, April 23). Design vs. Pedagogical Considerations for OERS [Conference presentation]. IL Palooza, Edmonton, AB.
McNutt, K. and Brailey, M. (2017), Campus Alberta OER Program Evaluation, 2014-2017. Edmonton, AB. Prepared for the Government of Alberta.https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L-
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This webinar was developed in the framework of the project "Open and inclusive education: WUN and UNESCO training &
research networks" funded by the WUN network.
Este webinar se desarrolló en el marco del proyecto "Educación abierta e inclusiva: WUN and UNESCO training & research
networks" financiado por la red WUN.
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