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Aims
Following the UNESCO World Open Educational Resources (OER) Congress and subsequent release of the 2012 Paris OER Declaration the symposium aims to:
  • consider strategic opportunities and barriers for OER in New Zealand;
  • explore policy enablers and practices for harnessing the potential of open education approaches for the benefit of the formal education sector in New Zealand; and
  • commence work on open “proposals for action” as the first step towards planning the way forward for a sector-wide response to open education in New Zealand.


Item Description Duration Start time
Registration Morning coffee / tea and informal networking 30 mins 9.30am
Session 1: Introduction and international context comparison of participant views and perceptions
Welcome and aims of the symposium Symposium Chair: Phil Ker

Phil Ker welcomes participants to the symposium and summarises the aims and intended outputs for the seminar.

15 mins 10.00am
Welcome from the Commonwealth of Learning Professor Asha Kanwar, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth of Learning.
(Video presentation)
10 mins 10.15am
Fair and reasonable practice comparison

Please complete online survey

Facilitator: Wayne Mackintosh

Wayne Mackintosh will compare the outputs of the optional fair and reasonable practice survey for the region completed by respondents participating in the symposium with international data collected by the OER Foundation to see how regional views and perceptions relating to open education compare.
Resources: Summary of responses  |  International comparison

5 mins 10.25
Session 2: Selected national and international case study examples
The case studies provide real-life examples intended as a catalyst for ideas relating to open education in New Zealand. During the session, participants should jot down ideas from which they should generate and write down on the sticky notes provided:
  • two opportunities (most important, significant for New Zealand)
  • two barriers (most important, significant for New Zealand) and
  • two policy issues (most important, significant for New Zealand)
National case study

Opening education at Albany Senior High School
See video summary

Presenter: Mark Osborne

Mark Osborne will share insights on Albany Senior High School's open journey including open source, open policy and open education resources. Mark will highlight the benefits and lessons learned.

15 mins 10.30am
National case study

The OER university: Low cost, low risk but high impact innovation for tertiary education in New Zealand
See video summary

Presenters: Wayne Mackintosh and Phil Ker

The presenters will provide a summary of the OERu international collaboration from the perspective of the New Zealand anchor partners. The presentation will consider potential savings of open education approaches for the sector and how OER collaborations can promote quality of provision.

15 mins 10.45am
Plenary question and answer session Facilitator: Sally Pairman

During this session, participants are invited to ask questions of clarity and further information from the presenters to assist with refining individual inputs on opportunities, barriers and policy issues. These will be recorded on the sticky notes required by the end of Session 2. The one-breath rule applies for asking questions.

15mins 11.00am
International case study

The pedagogy of discovery: Using OER to enable free range learning

Presenter: Jim Taylor

Jim Taylor will demonstrate the pedagogy of discovery using the Regional relations in Asia and the Pacific course developed by the University of Southern Queensland for the OERu as an example. Jim will highlight the rational underpinning this free range learning approach and how OER can support cost-effective design and implementation for university-level courses.
(Video presentation)

15 mins 11.15am
International case study

Connect, collaborate, innovate: Sharing the BCcampus experience of open education for the post-secondary sector in British Columbia.

Presenter: David Porter

David Porter will share their experiences in implementing OER as a Government funded online learning and educational technology service agency serving the 25 public post-secondary institutions in the province of British Columbia, Canada.
(Video presentation)

15 mins 11.30am
Plenary question and answer session Facilitator: Robin Day

During this session, participants are invited to ask questions of clarity and further information from the presenters to assist with refining individual inputs on opportunities, barriers and policy issues. These will be recorded on the sticky notes required by the end of Session 2. The one-breath rule applies for asking questions.

15 mins 11.45am
Recording opportunities, barriers and policy issues Facilitator: Wayne Mackintosh

During this session participants write down the most important opportunities, barriers and policy issues based on their personal experience and observations during the case study presentations on the sticky notes provided. Participants are then invited to post their contributions on the three boards provided.

15 mins 12.00pm
Lunch Light lunch and informal networking 30 mins 12.15pm
Session 3: Strategic issues - Opportunities, affordances and challenges for open education in New Zealand
Small group session: Categorization of opportunities, barriers and policy issues Three groups comprising randomly assigned participants are tasked to group the opportunities, barriers and policy issues identified by face-to-face and remote participants in the previous sessions. Where appropriate, priority issues may be highlighted. 30 mins 12.45pm
Plenary report back session Each assigned rapporteur provides a summary of the categories identified for the opportunities, barriers and policy issues. This provisional summary of data will be used as the input for the next session. 15 mins 1.15pm
Small group session

Proposals for action: Next steps for open education in New Zealand

Participants will self-select for participation in four groups (with parallel equivalents for remote participants)
  1. Implementers: School sector
  2. Implementers: Tertiary sector
  3. Policy enablers: School sector
  4. Policy enablers: Tertiary sector

Each group will identify one or more proposals for action for input into the concluding session on the way forward for open education in New Zealand. Each group will be assigned an open education resource facilitator to assist with any questions of clarity.

45 mins 1.30pm
Plenary session:

Report back on proposals for action & discussions on the way forward for open education in New Zealand.

During this session each group provides a brief summary (maximum of 5 mins) of their proposals for action. The plenary session then considers the way forward generating recommendations from the proposals for action. 45mins 2.15
Refreshments Afternoon tea/coffee and informal networking 30 mins 3.00pm