Drawing on All Resources: developing open educational practice in art, design and media

This event is free of charge for staff working in higher education across the UK and details of the registration process can be found below.

Work undertaken by the Art Design Media Subject Centre suggests that the development of open educational resources and practices poses distinct opportunities, as well as challenges, for creative practice higher education (Practising Open Education, 2011).

Open educational practices may support staff/student, cross and inter-institutional collaboration; provide opportunities to articulate the nature of creative practice higher education; raise individual, departmental and institutional profiles; and perhaps the recording, digitisation and sharing of skills-based resources may free up time to spend on other aspects of teaching.

Some of the challenges relate to unclear understandings of, and conflicting motivations for, the development of open educational practice. There are concerns about its relationship with, and impact on, established disciplinary teaching practices, staff roles and workloads. There are also issues about quality; the need for institutional policies, systems and provision of technical support; and the consequences of ‘giving away’ hard-won resources.

Discussions also raise questions about how burgeoning open educational practices relate to pressing issues of digital literacy.

This one-day forum, aimed at tutors and managers in creative practice higher education, will showcase the work of individuals, departments and institutions working towards more open educational practices in art, design and media disciplines. It aims:

• To capture, recognise and share the work of individuals, departments and institutions in developing open educational practices in creative practice higher education.

• To allow specialists in the OER field, to present examples and discuss current developments in the creation and use of licensed educational materials.
  
  
• To enable those attending the event to engage in open dialogue about themes and issues that are emerging around the creation and use of online teaching and learning resources.

We are delighted to announce that the keynote speaker is Paul Gerhardt, Director of Archives for Creativity. We are also very pleased to welcome colleagues from across the UK who will be presenting or leading workshops/discussion groups.

Details are available on the full programme, including abstracts and biographies.

10.00 Registration and refreshments

10.30 Welcome and Introduction

10.40 Keynote presentation: Moving Image Archives or Open Memory Resources?

11.15 Refreshments

11.30 Parallel sessions

12.30 Lunch

13.30 Parallel sessions

14.30 Refreshments

14.45 Parallel sessions

15.45 'Show and tell' and refreshments

16.30 Close

Registrations will be taken on a first-come, first served basis and will initially be limited to 3 places per institution. Registration will close on Tuesday, 8 May. Register here.

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With thanks to the Higher Education Academy who are giving funding towards this event as part of the HEA Discipline Workshop and Seminar Series.