Mainstreaming OER

Abstract

OER can all to often be an individual / isolated activity; what does it mean to mainstream OER activity at an institutional level? The Open University has been working towards mainstreaming the creation of OER as part of the module production process. This session took a brief look at the technicalities and motivations behind this activity, as well as the impact on projects that sit outside the ‘standard’ module production process. The presentation used projects such as TESSA, SCORE and OpenLearn as case study examples.

Biography

As Assistant Director of the Support Centre for Open Resources in Education (SCORE) Tim Seal is responsible for coordinating and managing the day-to-day activities of the Support Centre; developing, implementing and managing SCORE project operations, as well as engaging with partners across the sector. His background is in educational technology design and development. Tim has worked in the field of OER over a number of years having come to SCORE from the Open University’s Learning and Teaching Solutions unit where he worked in media projects producing high quality learning materials. Previously to that he worked on a major UK project at Queen Mary University disseminating cutting edge biomedical research to learners aged 9 -16 through the development of a combination of online OER and real life interactive experience.

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