National Policy / Local Policy - A story of the North West OER Network by Paul Booth, Manchester Metropolitan University, presentation at #Cetis14 Conference

1. NATIONAL
POLICY/LOC
AL POLICY
A STORY OF THE NORTH-WEST OER NETWORK

2. Professor Clive Mulholland, University of South Wales
‘…England’s solution to OER is to
tackle it at regional level’

3. AIMS OF THE NETWORK
- Provide new opportunities for knowledge exchange and
collaboration in the region
- Develop a regional support community to promote the use
and value of OER
- Promote sustainable teaching and learning practice
- Develop and OER portal for the North-West
- Collaboration across institutions
- Peer review materials
- Teaching and research opportunities
Influence policy in the region

4. Challenges?

5. In the spirit of honouring
tradition, universities hang on
to past practices to the point
of imperilling their futures
Clayton Christensen, The Innovative University

12. How to understand and overcome
the challenges to develop a policy
at regional level?

13. - Disrupts
- Understanding of OER is
low
- Attracts those who are
already in the know
- Challenges practice
- Contacts
- Digital literacy skills
- Gap between policy and
practice
CHALLENGES