[Open-education] quick update on OER policy developments in Europe

Wed Dec 4 21:05:38 UTC 2013

Hi Marieke,

I did not want to go in this short post into the "MOOCs are not really open education" rant - but this is probably the main fault currently with the general approach of "Opening Up Education". And obviously everyone, seeing the document and the subject, wants to talk about MOOCs.

And I agree there's clear need for awareness raising - it's a pity for instance that the Council did not invite experts to fill this knowledge gap.

As to progress - I think that in the long term it will turn out that the EU is much more progressive than member state governments; and the latter can at some point slow down processes (save for these situations where they don't have control - such as the EU Erasmus+ program) - so more advocacy at national level is very important.

Best,

Alek

On Dec 4, 2013, at 18:50, Marieke Guy <marieke.guy at okfn.org> wrote:

> Thanks Alek,
> 
> Do you think some of this disinterest is to do with assumptions made about OERs and MOOCs?
> 
> I note that in the minutes Professor AZZOE, rector at the "Politecnico di Milano", "explained that developing a single on-line course is very expensive (around EUR 100.000) and       very time-consuming, since many European public universities have a high staff/student ratio and furthermore students fees are limited by law. "
> 
> Maybe the broad range of OERs (and cost of developing) is lost on the Council?
> 
> I know that there are pockets of good practice (some mentioned in http://www.poerup.info). Could you share any thoughts on how the situation can be progressed?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Marieke
> 
> On 04/12/2013 15:50, Alek Tarkowski wrote:
>> 
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> I've published a quick update on OER policy developments in Europe - the Council of EU debated the issue recently, but without going into details - which itself is a sign of the current policy situation (low interest / awareness among member states' governments).
>> http://oerpolicy.eu/council-of-the-eu-discusses-oer-but-is-vague-on-details/
>> 
>> all the best,
>> Alek
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