Agenda
Following the UNESCO World Open Educational Resources (OER) Congress and subsequent release of the 2012 Paris OER Declaration the symposium aims to:
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| Item | Description | Duration | Start time |
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| Registration | Morning coffee / tea and informal networking | 30 mins | 9.30am |
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| 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. |
5 mins | 10.25 |
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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:
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| National case study
Opening education at Albany Senior High School |
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 |
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. |
15 mins | 11.15am |
| International case study | 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. |
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 |
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| 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)
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 |
