Open Education Global has been facilitating an informal community of organizations and leaders in open education enterprises and we call ourselves the Network of Open Organizations. This community includes Open Education Policy Hub-Lab, Creative Commons, Open Education Consortium/OE Global, Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education, ENCORE+, ICDEs Eramsus+ project, ICDE OERAC, Open Universiteit, MERLOT-SkillsCommons, and OER leaders in other organizations.
Members of the Network of Open Organizations have been meeting virtually and discussing issues and strategies for scaling and sustaining the use of open educational resources and practices.
PROJECT 1: OER Action Recommendations Aligned with UNESCO OER Priorities:
The Network of Open Organizations developed the OER Recommendation Actions Matrix in response to the adoption of the UNESCO OER Recommendation in November 2019. It outlines pragmatic activities that governments and educational institutions can consider operationalizing under the five Recommendation actions areas to support its implementation. In so doing, the Matrix contributes to the efforts of mainstreaming OER and related practices worldwide.
PROJECT 2: Case Studies for Large Scale OER Initiatives Around the World.
The Network of Open Orgs chose to pursue as a collaborative effort was to write up case studies of successful, large-scale implementations of OER initiatives. Led by the OER Africa team (Thank you Neil Butcher, Mohini Baijnath, and Tony Lelliott), seven (7) projects were selected to write up as case studies, following a structured framework to make it easier for people to learn about the scope, scale, and impact of the project. The selected projects had to demonstrate how OER have been used to increase access, improve learner outcomes, and/or reduce costs and operated for at least two (2) years. The collection of case studies should reflect a diverse geographical spread of initiatives, a combination of single-institution initiatives and collaborative initiatives between multiple organizations, a mixture of initiatives led by national governments, universities and other organizations, and where possible, there should be diversity in the sources of funding.
Summary report for the Network of Open Orgs' Collaborative Project
Authors: Mohini Baijnath, Neil Butcher, and Tony Lelliott OER Africa
Network of Open Orgs' Collaborative Project: Case studies that demonstrate the success of Open Educational Resources
Author: Paola Corti, SPARC Europe
Network of Open Orgs' Collaborative Project: Case studies that demonstrate the success of Open Educational Resources
Author: TJ Bliss, Idaho State Board of Education
Network of Open Orgs' Collaborative Project: Case studies that demonstrate the success of Open Educational Resources
Author: Igor Lesko, Open Education Global
Network of Open Orgs' Collaborative Project: Case studies that demonstrate the success of Open Educational Resources
Authors: Dr Cable Green, Creative Commons and Dr Gerry Hanley, MERLOT & SkillsCommons
Network of Open Orgs' Collaborative Project: Case studies that demonstrate the success of Open Educational Resources
Authors: Cynthia Jimes and Lisa Petrides, Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME)
Network of Open Orgs' Collaborative Project: Case studies that demonstrate the success of Open Educational Resources
Authors: Trish Chaplin-Cheyne, Ebba Ossiannilsson, Juliane Granly, and Anaïs Malbrand, The International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) OER Advocacy Committee (OERAC), and ICDE
Network of Open Orgs' Collaborative Project: Case studies that demonstrate the success of Open Educational Resources
Author: Rosa Leonor Ulloa Cazarez, Sistema de Universidad Virtual - Universidad de Guadalajara