Opportunities for Open Innovation: Open Resources

Strategies to build a sustainable open education community are as unique as the culture, geography and individuals that make up our institutions.


Strategies to build a sustainable open education community are as unique as the culture, geography and individuals that make up our institutions. In Ontario, this diversity is pronounced in a system of 24 colleges, 21 universities and just over a million full-time students. Large jurisdictions considering strategies to support open education initiatives often ask the same set of questions: where do we start? How do we incent open innovation at the grassroots level? How do we make a case for open innovation as a leadership strategy?

eCampusOntario is exploring the potential of a province-wide, discipline-focused approach to the development of Open Educational Resources at scale. The “Open at Scale” model draws on the depth of discipline expertise available across colleges and universities in key areas of focus, such as Nursing and Business. The coordinated development of open educational resources in a digital first, modular format allows for a “plug and play” approach to reuse that has implications across multiple disciplines.

Moderator: Leonora Zefi, Manager, Course Development and e-learning at Ryerson University

Presenters: 

  • David Porter, Chief Executive Officer – eCampusOntario 
  • Lena Patterson, Senior Director – eCampusOntario

CAUCE Community of Practice: Online Learning and Instructional Design

Date: March 19, 2019, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm EST

 

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