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Open Educational Resources International Symposium
UK Perspectives on Open Educational Resources

This free one day event was held in partnership with JISC and the Higher Education Academy.
This event showcased the work of the UK Open Educational Resources pilot programme and highlight how the UK is supporting innovative learning, teaching and assessment by enabling universities and colleges to share educational materials freely online.
The day brought together British and international colleagues who are working towards the sustainable development and delivery of Open Educational Resources nationally and internationally.
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| Time | Programme |
| 09.00 - 10.00 |
Registration and Coffee |
| 10.00 - 10.15 |
Welcome and Introduction Sarah Porter, Head of Innovation, JISC (audio) Download Presentation (PDF) |
| 10.15 - 11.15 |
Opening Keynote Mary Lou Forward, Executive Director, OpenCourseWare Consortium (audio) Download Presentation (PDF) |
| 11.15 - 11.30 |
Coffee |
| 11.30 - 12.30 |
Download Morning Parallel Session Presentations - Sustainable practice in OER (audio)
- OER and academic reputation (audio)
- Promoting OER
- Evaluating the benefits of OER (audio)
- OER and intellectual property (audio)
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| 12.30 - 13.45 |
Lunch & Networking 13.00: Demo of the Open Educational Resources infoKit, Doug Belshaw, Researcher/Analyst, JISC infoNet (JISC Advance) (audio) |
| 13.45 - 14.45 |
Download Afternoon Parallel Session Presentations - Discovering OER (audio)
- Communities of practice in OER (audio)
- OER influence outside higher education (audio)
- OER and institutional change (audio)
- OER and accessibility (audio)
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| 14.45 - 15.00 |
Coffee |
| 15.00 - 16.00 |
Closing Keynote Brian Lamb, Manager, Emerging Technolgies and Digital Content, The University of British Columbia's Office of Learning Technology (audio) |
| 16.00 |
Close | All audio of the sessions is available under CC-BY-SA 3.0 unported. |
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