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

Wed Dec 4 21:43:38 UTC 2013

Not sure on the EU being helpful

On their new Open Education portal - first resource

http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/find/resources
http://openeducationeuropa.eu/en/resource/joomlalms-video-tutorials
http://www.joomlalms.com/

No license at all

Same for the second item

Much as we can criticise MOOCs for not being open (although some are),
stuff without a license is a lot less open.

On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Alek Tarkowski <atarkowski at centrumcyfrowe.pl
> wrote:

> 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 AZZO E, 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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