Openness at the OU

Martin Weller

By mag3737 http://www.flickr.com/photos/mag3737/1914076277/

Blog: Edtechie.net

Twitter: mweller

Professor of Educational Technology

Who am I?

The OU

The Open University is open to people, places, methods and ideas.

We got lucky!

By psd http://www.flickr.com/photos/psd/3717444865/

If you were starting an OU now…• Open source• Open educational

resources• Open teaching/courses• Open research• Open technology

What OERs used to look like

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEFd4tCWtvk

8m visitors since launch

Canada

Openness isn’t just content

http://www.flickr.com/photos/striatic/729822/

An ecosystem of openness

Photo – Patrick McAndrew

Not just a project

Big OER & Little OERhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/marinacast/2235316998/

Big & Little OER

Ways of encouraging little OER

http://www.flickr.com/photos/david_a_lea/3257134149/

Allow space to experiment

http://www.flickr.com/photos/huladancer22/530743543/

Recognise and reward digital outputs

http://www.flickr.com/photos/andresrueda/3274955487/

Staff development

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mezzoblue/3696233049/

Openness is a state of mind…

http://www.flickr.com/photos/h-k-d/2837128711/