1. Innovative Open Educational Resources in European Higher Education – Status quo and Future Directions Markus Deimann Theo Bastiaens Kees-Jan van Dorp

3. Challenges of OER

4. Status quo in German-speaking countries

5. Delphi-Method

9. Content is liberally licensed for re-use in educational activities; free from restrictions to modify, combine and repurpose

10. For educational systems/tools software is used for which the source code is available

11. Currently Second Generation of Projects such as “Open Educational Resources in Higher Education (OER HE)” with EADTU as Coordinator

12. Goal: To extend the achievements on OER as initially launched under the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Grants

13. Work package on Team-Based Development 02.11.10 Department of Instructional Technology & Media

15. Connecting factor: How to create a win-win-situation?

17. Semi-structured qualatative interviews

19. Inspires future teams

22. Regular meetings and workshops

24. However , these are rather assumptions which are not based upon empirical data

25. On the other side, there are surveys (OECD: Giving knowledge for free, 2007) that revealed different challenges

28. Essential element is anonymity of participants when giving opinions

29. The Delphi can then alleviates problems

30. Appropriate for research areas that are not quite investigated

31. Provide solutions for challenges 02.11.10 Department of Instructional Technology & Media Michelangelo's rendering of the Delphic Sibyl (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphic_Sibyl) The theatre, seen from above (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi)

33. Worked with OER practically and/or scientifically

35. Two rounds: (1) Qualitative interviews discussing six theses on OER (2) Quantitative survey with questions extracted from the interviews 02.11.10 Department of Instructional Technology & Media

37. OER is perceived as a buzz-word; however it has not yet been incorporated into Higher Education (Paradox) 02.11.10 Department of Instructional Technology & Media Hurdle Example N Cultural Academic teaching not based on sharing; “Not invented here”; strong focus on research at the expanse of teaching 10 OER-specific Low degree of awareness; missing initiatives (as opposed to Open Access); too little OER materials 8 Legal Uncertainty: What can I use? How can I use it? 4 Technical Insufficient usability of OER; search engine for OER is missing 4

39. OER will simmer at the same (low) level

40. There will be more OER available

41. Utility of OER will emerge

42. There might be a commitment of institutions to publish their materials as OER (e.g. Federal Centre for Political Education) 02.11.10 Department of Instructional Technology & Media

44. “ There’s still a lot to be done”: we are now in the phase of detail work

45. OER can support active communication and participation in the digital society (prevent Digital Divide)

46. The general public and Higher Education can greatly benefit from OER

47. Very pleased by the positive response

48. Promising for the future 02.11.10 Department of Instructional Technology & Media

50. Hurdles and challenges have been emphasized early during the interviews

51. Specific academic culture in German-speaking countries

52. Some promising strategies have been identified

53. Experts attach great importance to OER

54. It is our own responsibility how the future of OER will look like… 02.11.10 Department of Instructional Technology & Media

56. Stakeholder workshop in Leuven February 2011: Showcases and disucssion

57. Identify potential participants at OpenEd

58. Establish OER-Network

59. 02.11.10 Department of Instructional Technology & Media Thank you very much for your attention!