OERF:Open Access Week 2010/Schedule

Webinar schedule and abstracts

	Crossing the OER chasm: From "sharing to learn" to "learning to share" 1. International time  |  NZDT Mon, 18 Oct, 2010, Noon to 1pm  |  PDT  (LA) Sun, 17 Oct, 2010, 4pm - 5pm. Wayne Mackintosh, member of the Board of Directors of the OER Foundation will launch the Foundations' activities for Open Access Week. It cost more than $30 million dollars to establish MIT OpenCourseware initiative, putting institution-based OER projects beyond the financial reach of the majority of organisations, Wayne will highlight cost-effective ways organisations can leverage new financial models to launch their own OER initiatives. During this presentation, the OER Foundation will also announce a new project which aims to nurture sustainable OER ecosystems through improved collaboration between the Open Access and OER movements.	Webinar Link
	Pass the baton: How to run a faster race 2. International time  |  NZDT Tue, 19 Oct, 2010, Noon to 1pm  |  PDT  (LA) Mon, 18 Oct, 2010, 4pm - 5pm. Paul Seiler is Manager of Student Management Systems (SMS) and Managed Learning Environments (MLE) for the New Zealand Ministry of Education. Under Paul's direction and leadership, New Zealand has commenced work in building a national commons of reusable and portable content for the school sector. New Zealand is joining countries like the Netherlands and Brazil in fostering OER approaches for sharing teaching materials. Paul will highlight New Zealand's OER efforts and how this integrates with Aotearoa's education system.	Webinar Link
	OERder out of Chaos - creating credentials with OER. 3. International time  |  NZDT Wed, 20 Oct, 2010, 11am to Noon  |  PDT  (LA) Tues, 19 Oct, 2010, 3pm - 4pm. Paul Stacey is Director, Communications, Stakeholder and Academic Relations at BCcampus based in Vancouver, Canada. Since 2003 BCcampus has been providing funding to BC public post secondary institutions for development of OER in the form of online learning resources. Paul will share strategies BCcampus has used to generate an OER value proposition that sees BC public post secondary multi-institutional use of these OER in for-credit offerings leading to credentials.	Webinar Link
	Generating strategic and competitive advantage: OER for sustainable education practice. 4. International time  |  NZDT Wed, 20 Oct, 2010, Noon to 1pm  |  PDT  (LA) Tues, 19 Oct, 2010, 4pm - 5pm. Phil Ker is Chief Executive of Otago Polytechnic. Phil is a visionary strategic leader supporting Otago Polytechnic on their journey to implement a quantum shift for sustainable education on multiple fronts using open education approaches. During this interview we will discover the what, why and how of Otago Polytechnic's commitment to OER.	Webinar Link
	OER: Beyond the rhetoric. 5. International time  |  NZDT Thur, 21 Oct, 2010, 11am to Noon  |  PDT  (LA) Wed, 20 Oct, 2010, 3pm - 4pm. Bronwyn Hegarty and Sarah Stewart are educators who work for the Educational Development Centre at Otago Polytechnic. Bronwyn and Sarah will share their experiences of developing OER and facilitating open online courses. During this session they will tell us about their successes and discuss what has not worked so well.	Webinar Link
	An intellectual property policy for the times: Otago Polytechnic's open journey. 6. International time  |  NZDT Thur, 21 Oct, 2010, Noon to 1pm  |  PDT  (LA) Wed, 20 Oct, 2010, 4pm - 5pm. Robin Day is Deputy Chief Executive of Otago Polytechnic and Founding Chair of the Board of Directors of the OER Foundation. Robin is no stranger to the WikiEducator family with more than 1,000 edits! Robin was instrumental in leading the ground breaking adoption of a default Creative Commons Attribution Intellectual Property Policy for Otago Polytechnic. During this interview we will learn how the Polytechnic got this right and reflect on the benefits and lessons learned.	Webinar Link
	Remixing Aotearoa. 7. International time  |  NZDT Fri, 22 Oct, 2010, Noon to 1pm  |  PDT  (LA) Thur, 21 Oct, 2010, 4pm - 5pm. Jane Hornibrook is Public Lead for Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand (CCANZ). Jane will share with us some CC remix basics and members of the CCANZ community will join us to talk about this concept in their areas. Fabiana Kubke will briefly tell us about "remix and science". We'll also hear from the organisers of the upcoming Mix and Mash: The great NZ remix and mashup competition.	Webinar Link