Web Today, Gone Tomorrow: How can we ensure continuing access to OERs?Lorna M. Campbell, Simon Thomson, Leo Havemann, Pat Lockley, David Kernohan, Vivien Rolfe#oer16sustainMonday 18th April 2016 – Edinburgh UK Open Educational Resources #OER16 Conference

@patlockleyhttps://vimeo.com/163372151

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What does the data say?

“The sun also sets”

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● WP OER curation

● Search engine optimisationfor discovery

● VAL (2009), SCOOTER (2010)and Biology Courses (2011)+ low cost external hosting+ discoverable+ multiple file types - maintenance of standards?- low annual cost

@vivienrolfe

Sustainable digital approaches

The reality of sustaining access to OER.

Merlot.org

● Single point of accessEstablished since 1999Peer ReviewedRating systemRSS FeedsCommunities of PracticeE-ResourcesNot for ProfitFree to access.

Commercially supported OER for sustainability.

Membership supported OER for sustainability.

http://pages.amazoneducation.com/waitlist.htmlhttp://sections.maa.org/florida/proceedings/2001/rutledge.pdf

@digisim

@leohavemannHave repositories worked?

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Thinking ‘practices’, an OER repository should enable educators to Search, Share, Reuse, and Collaborate.

We identified ten quality indicators that show a repository supports these four practice themes.

Source: Atenas &

Havemann, 2013

@LornaMCampbell

Open scotland • Two HEIs have OER policies:

-GCU investing in EdShare repository-University of Edinburgh launches open.ed.ac.uk portal, no single repository

• Closure of Jorum and Re:Source FE repository-Open education no longer on Jisc’s radar-ALT Scotland active in open space-Open Scotland cross sector initiative-Scottish Open Education Declaration-OEPS cross sector SFC funded initiative.

Atenas, J., & Havemann, L. (2013). Quality Assurance in the Open: An Evaluation of OER Repositories. INNOQUAL - International Journal for Innovation and Quality in Learning, 1(2).

Downes, S. (2007). Models for sustainable open educational resources. Interdisciplinary Journal of Knowledge and Learning Objects, 3, 29–44.

Panel presentation at #oer16 conference#oer16sustain

References / Acknowledgements