Open Educational Practice: An Introduction | Services

"Open education has the focus of sustained research, teaching, and media over the last fifteen years; with 2017 recognised internationally as ‘The Year of Open’. The notions of widening participation in education, reducing costs to students and institutions, and improving the quality of teaching and learning are deeply embedded into open culture.  In many ways, openness is simply an extension of academic values and existing culture – one additional approach to practice that can be used for specific contexts.

This Coffee Course will ask practitioners to consider the role of openness in their own work, and provide opportunities to re-evaluate (or re-visit) the value proposition of the university in a participatory and democratic society.  It will do so by introducing the foundational ideas of open educational practice (OEP) and open educational resources (OER), how it has been used in Australia and internationally in higher education, and explore opportunities for integration into day-to-day teaching and learning activities.

The course is structured by using critical questions as a lens for engaging with resources about openness and how it might align with your existing work.  There will be opportunities to extend your exploration and share with others, as well as participate in a broader conversation across a number of universities.

Course Dates

The course is offered as part of International Open Education Week 2017 and will run from from Monday, 27 March to Friday, 31 March 2017 through this blog. There will be one blog post on each of these days, which will take 10-15 minutes to work through. Feel free to leave comments or respond to other participants on the posts."