OERu/LiDA Community learning hub initiative/First meeting

Meeting details

• Date: 30 July 2019, 12:00PM NZST (Click on link for local time.)
• Web meeting link: https://zoom.us/j/926685476

Aim

The LiDA Community Learning Hub initiative is an open collaboration to:

• Facilitate greater reuse of the Learning in a Digital Age (LiDA) micro-courses within our international network for the benefit of students.

Agenda

1. Welcome and introductions
2. Assets - Building blocks for LCLH
   • Learning in a Digital Age micro-courses
   • OERu to launch the Digital literacies subscription and sponsorship programme - Non OERu partners can purchase US$295 subscription for competency test in copyright and Creative Commons licensing plus unrestricted access to LiDA courses.
3. Background
   • 2017 Partners' meeting - Explored the potential of P2PU's Learning Circle model
   • 2018 Partners' meeting - Decided to implement Community Learning Hubs to support LiDA
   • Implementation delays:
     1. Redesign of automated email campaigns for OERu course announcements - Mautic Logic Flow Chart
     2. Code development to improve course site registration with Mautic integration
   • Launch of the national Centre for Open Education Practice
     1. LiDA cohort offering - Starts 7 August 2019
     2. LiDA 2019 Poster - Please promote among staff and learners at your institutions.
4. Discussion
   • Ancillary resources for LiDA face-to-face sessions (Slides, Lesson plans etc.)
   • Promoting LCLHs with library communities
   • Other?
5. General

Summary of meeting

1st Meeting of LCLH initiative

1. Attendance: Aedah Binti Abdul Rahman, AeU; Becca Trathen, Ara Institute of Canterbury; Claire Goode, Otago Polytechnic, Dave Lane, OERF; Hanani Syadwan, AeU; Lyn Benn, KPU; Fazilah Chefauzi, AeU; Rachel Phegan, UTAS; Rajiv Jhangiani, KPU; Ramesh Chander Sharma, AUD; Sheril Salleh, AeU; and Carmel O'Sullivan, USQ. Apologies: David Porter, eCampusOntario; Rebecca Kate Miller, PSU; and Simonne Wood, Otago Polytechnic.
2. Provided an overview of the Learning in a Digital Age micro-courses
3. Summarized the various landing pages for learners to submit an expression of interest and logic flow chart behind the Mautic automated email campaigns for course instructions for independent study and cohort-based offerings.
4. Advised participants on code development for registration on the OERu course sites now integrated with the Mautic CRM.
5. Invited individuals and OERu partners to join the national Centre for Open Education Practice as international partners.
6. Requested meeting participants to circulate information about the next LiDA cohort offering commencing on 7 August 2019 with students and staff.
7. Proposed the collaborative development of ancillary resources (e.g. slide show presentations, lesson plans etc.) to support face-to-face sessions in support of the LiDA micro-courses including, for example:
   • Sessions offered by university and community libraries.
   • Integration of one or more LiDA micro-courses within existing programmes.
8. Decisions and recommendations
   • The LiDA Community Learning Hub (LCLH) initiative must operate within the existing institutional policies, practices and contexts, for example:
     • at KPU offering online or face-to-face tutoring in collaboration with their learning strategists through the Learning Centre website for registered students,
     • or positioning LiDA as a pre-degree support offering for learners at UTAS,
     • OERF reaching out to community libraries managed by the Dunedin City Council,
     • Incorporating LiDA as a component of faculty development in India, possibly utilizing the government sponsored MOOC platform for local credit recognition.
   • Use the design of the face-to-face sessions to customize the offering for targeted interest groups, eg tourism, architecture etc where learners focus on identifying digital resources for their respective interest areas.
   • Next steps: Establish forum list for LCLH and send email invitation to attendees to join the LCLH group on community.oeru.org.