Strategic support for OER value proposition

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Ann Whyte, James Brunton, Maeve O’ Regan, Mark Brown, Orna Farrell, Stefania Aceto

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Dublin City University, Encore+ Project, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja

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Teaching & Learning

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Open Education

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The aim of this report is to explore how stronger relationships between higher education and business can address barriers to mainstream adoption and development of innovative and sustainable models and policies for Open Educational Practices (OEP). In this report, we explore how educational institutions and business interests can work together to better leverage the potential of Open Educational Resources (OER) in the service of OEPs. The report provides an overview of existing literature and research in the field of OER and presents a series of business models and approaches to supporting the development of OER, as well as their policies and practices. The issue of sustainability and longevity of OER materials, content and communities is discussed and three case studies are presented to illustrate different business models for supporting capability development, knowledge exchange and Communities of Practice. The report concludes with recommendations and provides some points to consider for organisations interested in developing business models, policies and practices to support the development of sustainable OER and in promoting OEP. The term OEP is used in this report as an umbrella concept reflecting the wider goals of creating more open educational and organisational cultures that support more diverse, equitable and inclusive approaches to teaching, learning and assessment (Cronin, 2017, p.1). Seminal and commonly accepted definitions of key concepts are provided as part of the report.

Benefit of this resource and how to make the best use of it

The report has four main aims:

  1. To identify and collect value propositions from those market actors who are offering value-added services around OER and OEP in Europe.
  2. To analyse the business value propositions and derive open business dimensions from them.
  3. To investigate different business models which include OER and OEP.
  4. To analyse our findings and present case studies which illustrate open business models in action.

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Whyte, A., Brunton, J., Regan, M. O., Brown, M., Farrell, O., & Aceto, S. (2022). Strategic support for oer value proposition. National Resource Hub (Ireland). Retrieved from: https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/resource/strategic-support-for-oer-value-proposition/ License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA).

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This ebook provides a selection of OER which align with teaching and learning within our university to showcase the flexibility, adaptability and potential of OER. Subject areas which are explored include: 3D printing; immersive technology; lightboard and team based learning.

This OER index provides a selection of recent, high quality OER of varying content types (including articles, podcasts, presentations and textbooks), which are potentially relevant to TUS staff and students.

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This survey was adapted from a North American Faculty OER Survey Toolkit for use in the Irish Higher Education context. It was used across the DOERs project partner sites to audit staff Open Educational Resources and Open Educational Practices awareness and practices. We encourage other institutions to adapt this tool to meet their needs.

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