Open Educational Resources in the disciplines: a joint Academy Subject Strand conference
Date: 1 day event - 26 Oct 2010 from 10:00 until 16:00This workshop is now closed
Conference summary
1 day event - 26 October 2010 from 10:00 until 16:00
This one day event will showcase work by Subject Centres from the Subject Strand of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) Open Educational Resources (OER) Phase One programme (14/08), including:
- Health Sciences and Practice Subject Centre (www.health.heacademy.ac.uk)
- Subject Centre for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine (www.medev.ac.uk)
- UK Centre for Bioscience (www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk)
- UK Centre for Legal Education (www.ukcle.ac.uk)
Programme
The programme is available online at: www.medev.ac.uk/dinky/oeritd10_googledoc_programme/
The day will bring together colleagues from throughout the UK to discuss the key challenges facing OER in the discipline context, and its long-term sustainability within the Higher Education (HE sector. The aim of the conference is to provide feedback and encourage discussion on the lessons and strategies developed for discovering, developing, enhancing and converting educational resources into OER.
The programme includes keynote presentations from the international OER community (Jeff Merriman from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Stephen Downes will join us by pre-recorded video link), interactive workshops, panel sessions and presentations provide opportunities for discussion, with plenty of time for networking with colleagues. Professor Diana Laurillard (Institute of Education, London) has also agreed to speak on "intelligent support for teachers who are designing new forms of learning".
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Jarvis Auditorium Foyer |
Jarvis Auditorium (Lower ground floor) |
Lutyens Room (Second floor) |
Barry Room (Third Floor) |
Lasdun Room (Fifth Floor) |
Wren Room (Sixth Floor) |
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10:00 |
Registration |
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10:30 |
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Welcome and Introduction to the day Sharon Waller (tbc) |
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10:45 |
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1st Keynote Professor Diana Laurillard |
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11:30 |
1st breakout session |
Panel session : IPR, copyright and licensing – what’s the difference? Dr Megan Quentin-Baxter, Naomi Korn (JISC Legal), Sara Atkinson Facilitated by OOER |
Workshop: Exploring resources designed to support practical and fieldwork teaching. An opportunity to discuss with the creators their experiences, to learn more about how these resources were produced and how to adopt or adapt them for your own use. Facilitated by BioOER |
Presentation: Professor Paul Maharg Do simulations make good open educational resources and does the cross disciplinary approach work? Simulation case studies in law, architecture,and medicine. Exploring simulation resources in the Simshare repository. Facilitated by Simshare |
Panel session: From discipline focus to institutional context: The future of releasing and using OER. How the development of a conceptual framework and mapping resources informs progress. Facilitated by PHORUS |
Panel session: What are the differences between community and institutional approaches to OER? Does one offer advantages over the other? Facilitated by HumBox
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13:00 |
Lunch |
Screening of Stephen Downes video |
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13:45 |
2nd breakout session |
Workshop: Good practice in creating, using and re-using learning and teaching resources Covering finding and using licenced content to avoid risk in using copyrighted materials Dr David Davies, Suzanne Hardy, Lindsay Wood Facilitated by OOER |
Workshop: Exploring resources designed to support practical and fieldwork teaching. An opportunity to discuss with the creators their experiences, to learn more about how these resources were produced and how to adopt or adapt them for your own use. Facilitated by BioOER |
Presentation: Dr Sara de Freitas (tbc) Simulations as OERs on the Global stage simulation case studies in law, politics and business. Workshop: Building simulations as OERS: Where do you start? Facilitated by Simshare
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Workshop: Publishing and reusing open resources: what helps and hinders? Institutional policies, reward and recognition, quality, and communities of practice etc - informed by PHORUS Case studies. |
Workshop: Community- building through engagement with OER in using, reusing and reviewing resources. How to understand peer review in the context of OER: considering questions of quality, method and community. Facilitated by HumBox |
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15:15 |
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2nd Keynote Jeff Merriman (MIT OCW) |
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16:00 |
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Final remarks and the way forward |
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16:15 |
Tea & Coffee |
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Venue
The conference will be hosted at the beautiful Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in central London, which is easily accessible.
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The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA),
66 Portland Place,
London, W1B 1AD
For directions please visit www.architecture.com/TheRIBA/Visit66PortlandPlace.aspx
Registration
This is managed via the Higher Education Academy. Please follow the instructions below to book a place.
- Login to My Academy.
- Under "What would you like to do", select "Event Booking".
- Select "Medicine, Dentistry, and Veterinary Medicine."
- Select Joint Academy Subject Strand Open Educational Resources (OER) Conference and follow the on-screen instructions to register.
Spaces are limited to 250, so to avoid disappointment we recommend you book early.
Registration fees
There will be no registration fee for this event as it is fully subsidised, though booking is essential.
Cancellation
If you cannot attend after registering please let us know as soon as possisble so we can release your place for another attendee.
Refreshments
Refreshments will be served throughout the day. A buffet lunch is provided. Special diets will be catered for – please inform us at the time of booking.
Further information
Email: enquiries@medev.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)191 222 5888
Web: http://www.medev.ac.uk/oer
Venue & Location
Workshop closed
| Date: | 1 day event 26 Oct 2010 from 10:00 16:00 |
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