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12th Educational Repositories Network Seminar

Open Education Europa: The European Hub for Innovation in Education

Stylianos Mystakidis20 October 2015, Copenhagen

Welcome to openeducationeuropa.eu

The European Hub to innovation in learning

• Part of the Opening Up Education initiative• A Collaborative Network of OE institutions• A Community of Practitioners working

together

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openeducationeuropa.eu

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European Institutions &

Associations

Over 200 HE Institutions in Europe (28+ countries)

OER Repositories/ MOOC Platforms/Other Initiatives

ANY OTHER INSTITUTIONS

MAJOR INSTITUTIONS

ALLIANCES

The homepage

DISCUSSFIND IN-DEPTH SHARE

openeducationeuropa.eu three main pillars

IN-DEPTH

http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/open_education_scoreboard

Insightful Editorials – Expert Opinions - Interactive Discussions

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IN-DEPTH

eLearning papers

Teacher-led Innovation

eLearningpapers journal

eLearning papers 2015 topics addressing key issues of open education:• Nº 41: Innovation, entrepreneurship and education• Nº 42: Design Patterns for Open Online Teaching and Learning• Nº 43: Applied Games and Gamification – Drivers for Change• Nº 44: Teacher-led Innovation and the teachers' role in the

digital era• Nº 45: Language Learning and Technology

IN-DEPTH

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• Blog Posts• Groups• Events• Good Practices

Focus on Education Innovation

New priorities for European cooperation in education and training

1. Relevant and high-quality skills and competences, focusing on results, for employability, innovation and active citizenship

2. Inclusive education, equality, non-discrimination and promotion of civic competences

3. Open and innovative education and training, including by fully embracing the digital era

4. Strong support for educators5. Transparency and recognition of skills and qualifications to

facilitate learning and labour mobility6. Sustainable investment, performance and efficiency of

education and training systems

Source: Draft 2015 Joint Report of the Council and the Commission on the implementation of the Strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training (ET2020)

Focus on Education Innovation

1. European Teachers Contest2. Good Practices Section3. Community of European Education

Pioneers4. Education in the Digital Era Activities5. Open Education Europa Tour

(Workshop Series)

Open Education Europa Teachers Contest

Boosting innovative teaching Sharing openly Good Teaching Practices

Open Education Europa Teachers Contest

• Open for all Educators in Europe• All levels of formal Education (primary, secondary, higher),

Vocational Training, Adult Education• All disciplines/subjects• Prize: Visit to an Innovative European School• Open Education Europa (OEE) Pioneer Badge for all

participants

How can you participate?

You may submit in any European languageDeadline: October 31st, 2015

Share your good practice in the OEE portal!

http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/teacher-contest

http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/share-your-good-teaching-or-learning-practice

What is a Good Practice in OEE?Action, initiative or experience that enhances learning and is characterized by:• Innovation or• Openness or• Inclusion

OEE Good Practices Criteria• Innovation: application of a novel approach,

method, medium or resource to improve teaching or learning (not necessarily tech-related)

• Openness: use or production of resources that are shared freely; the opening up of the classroom with open educational practices

• Inclusion; providing access to education or training to a previously excluded group or audience

Open Education Europa Good Practices Section

Sharing of Good Practices remains open after the Teachers Contest

Good Practices Section

http://openeducationeuropa.eu/share/good-practices

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Good Practices Early Analysis

• 69 Good Practices from 22 countries• 30 GPs self-associate with Openness• Submission in 8 different languages• Top-5 countries: Greece, Romania, Spain,

Lithuania, Italy• 38% from Eastern European countries• No GPs (so far) from: France, Austria,

Denmark, Finland, Sweden

Open Education Europa Education Pioneers Community

OEE European Education Pioneers Community

http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/groups/european-education-pioneers

Education in the Digital Era Activities

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2 Tweetchats#openedueu

#eddigera

4 Webinars

Open Education Europa Tour Education Innovation Workshop Series

OEE Tour (London Workshop): 8 Teacher Truths in the Digital Era

1. Learning aims, not tech dreams2. Create conditions for risk-taking3. Effect a change in teacher attitudes4. Ensure the tech works flawlessly5. Save teachers time6. Find new ways to share knowledge7. Meet teachers and use influencers8. Create spaces for experimentation

http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/blogs/8-teacher-truths-digital-era

Open Education Europa & European OER Repositories

Issues for European cooperation in education and training

• Mainstreaming innovative and active pedagogies to enhance the development of relevant and high-level skills and competences while fostering inclusive education

• Fostering participatory education governance• Increasing synergies between education, research and innovation

activities• Promoting the use of ICT as a driver for systemic change to increase

quality and relevance of education at all levels• Boosting availability and quality of open and digital educational

resources and pedagogies at all education levels, in cooperation with European open source communities

• Addressing the development of digital skills and competences at all levels of learning in response to the digital revolution

Source: Draft 2015 Joint Report of the Council and the Commission on the implementation of the Strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training (ET2020)

European OER Repositories List

European OER List

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MethodologyWhat did we include?• European OER Portals and Repositories • Educational material repositories/directories• Larger Repositories rather than very specific ones• Focus on those who include Creative Commons license and

on National/public OER repositories• Focus on material for teachers (for the classroom/schools)

rather than on higher education• Collaborative OER production initiatives (e.g. LeMill, RVP.CZ

Portal, Lektion.se, KlasCement")

114 repositories

listedThis is an

ongoing process!

Methodology• What did we did not include?• Open access journal/publication sites (can be found OpenDOAR)• Open course ware or MOOCs• ITunes U• Academic Repositories (articles, reports, thesis)• Open TextBooks, OpenAccess Repositories• Sets of content that are not under CC licences such as BBC• Include digital libraries of universities etc • Free educational media from non-commercial providers (free education

by Greek TV channel)• (Free) commercial digital resources (Pearson: "OpenClass”)• National e-textbook initiatives• Free educational media from non-commercial providers (BBC, Times

Educational Supplement website…)

The Findings

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Distribution by country

The Findings

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By type of organizer

AssociationEU ProjectFoundationNational GovernmentPrivatePublicRegional GovernmentUniversityOther

The Findings• The majority are mainly focused on offering OER• Different sizes: From 100 OERs to more than

300.000 published• Not all of them (but many) reference clearly the

Creative Commons license• Nearly none with user feedback/rating tools• Multilingual OER offered in some cases, even by

national repositories• Usually no reference to quality• No standardization: taxonomies, subjects,

structure• Interest in sharing: Several repositories offer RSS

Get the European OER List(open data)

http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/

Call to Action for European OER Repositories 1/2

Encourage your Community Leaders & OER Champions to:• Register in Open Education Europa• Share their Good Practices• Join & participate in the OEE

Education Pioneers Community

Call to Action for European OER Repositories 2/2

• Give us your feedback on the European OER List• Be involved in our upcoming activities around

Education Innovation• Co-organize a Education Innovation Workshop

(online or face-to-face)• Cooperate with us to make OER and your

Repositories the epicenter in European Educators every-day’s practice

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