1. The document outlines the agenda and discussion topics for a seminar at the Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN) portal regarding expectations and involvement of PhD students and the network. 2. Key expectations that PhD students have of GO-GN include sharing best practices in open educational resources, supporting OER research, networking and collaboration opportunities, feedback on research, and potential funding and career opportunities. 3. The discussion will also cover what GO-GN expects from PhD candidates, such as maintaining an up-to-date profile and blogging about their work to share with the network.

1. Global Open Educational
Resources Graduate Network
Portal
Bernardo Tabuenca
I Seminar at the Global OER Graduate Network
December 2013, Cape Town (South Africa)
Open University of the Netherlands
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2. Agenda
• Tour on the website
• Your profile at GO-GN
• Discussion on new sections
• What do PhD students expect
from GO-GN?
• What does GO-GN expect from
the PhD candidates?
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3. Your profile in the network
Open University of The Netherlands
GO-GN
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4. Personal profile at Open
University of The Netherlands
http://portal.ou.nl/en/web/go-gn/home
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5. Personal profile at Open
University of The Netherlands
http://portal.ou.nl/
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6. Personal profile at Open
University of The Netherlands
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7. Profile at Global OER Graduate
Network
http://portal.ou.nl/en/web/go-gn/
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8. What do PhD students expect
from GO-GN?
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9. What do PhD students expect
from GO-GN?
1. Share best OER practices with colleagues and
experts around the world.
2. To support the research in OER by young
researchers that engage in a PhD trajectory.
This will widen the knowledge base on OER and
at the same time will result in larger numbers of
OER experts on a global scale. Through the
membership of GO-GN the experts will develop
strong ties that will help them in their work.
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10. What do PhD students expect
from GO-GN?
3. I expect to get a global network to discuss with
and which may provoke me to improve my
research questions and provide new insights into
my research. I also hope to get new friends.
4. Network with ideas and sound boarding of ideas.
To hear what others are doing. Some critical
reading of drafts
5. Facilitate collaboration with other Ph.D candidates
and to provide feedback on research activities.
6. page 10 avenue for global networking and collaboration
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in related areas of concern.

11. What do PhD students expect
from GO-GN?
7. Academic Support and interchange of ideas with
Open Education experts and researchers
8. "Guidance and related resource identification of
and for appropriate resources, themes,
methodologies through current proposal stage,
assisting toward and across research and writing
processes. Networking.
9. Funding opportunities.
10. Study abroad.
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12. What do PhD students expect
from GO-GN?
11. Work opportunities.
12. Support and inspiration
13. Mentoring in PhD undertaking
14. Feedback and critique
15. Networking Opportunities, Collaborations,
Funding opportunities to attend seminars and/or
relevant conferences.
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13. Discussion
What does GO-GN expect from the
PhD candidates?
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14. Show what you’re doing. Blog One
monthly entry !!
http://portal.ou.nl/en/web/go-gn/
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15. Keep your profile up to date!!
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Picture:
http://www.usborne-books.com/Why_Read.htm

16. Questions?
bernardo.tabuenca@ou.nl
nl.linkedin.com/in/btabuenca
@bernardtabuenca
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