Encouraging Openness in Institutions: Strategies and Benefits
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Explore the importance of fostering openness in institutions through strategies like open source, OERs, staff development, and more. Discover the benefits such as research dissemination and student recruitment.
Encouraging Openness in Institutions: Strategies and Benefits
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Openness & the Institution Martin Weller By mag3737 http://www.flickr.com/photos/mag3737/1914076277/
The OU The Open University is open to people, places, methods and ideas.
We got lucky! By psd http://www.flickr.com/photos/psd/3717444865/
If you were starting an OU now… • Open source • Open educational resources • Open teaching/courses • Open research • Open technology • Open data • Open scholarship
How can an institution encourage openness? http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobcatnorth/21503266/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/blacktailbooks/4787326583/
What OERs used to look like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEFd4tCWtvk
Openness isn’t just content http://www.flickr.com/photos/striatic/729822/
Not just a project Photo – Patrick McAndrew
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marinacast/2235316998/ Big OER & Little OER Big & Little OER
Ways of encouraging little OER http://www.flickr.com/photos/david_a_lea/3257134149/
Allow space to experiment http://www.flickr.com/photos/huladancer22/530743543/
Recognise and reward digital outputs http://www.flickr.com/photos/andresrueda/3274955487/
Staff development http://www.flickr.com/photos/mezzoblue/3696233049/
Why would an institution encourage openness? • Altruistic, social aims • Brand reach • Student recruitment • Dissemination of research • Engagement with digital residents (!) • Efficiency (?) • They can’t afford not to
Altruistic, social aims http://www.flickr.com/photos/efleming/237379252/
Student recruitment http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrolibraryarchive/4153663872/
Research dissemination http://www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/4042668609/
Engagement with digital residents http://www.flickr.com/photos/gviciano/4060850226/
Increased efficiency http://www.flickr.com/photos/mugofevil/3751570176/
Openness is a state of mind… http://www.flickr.com/photos/h-k-d/2837128711/