[Open-education] Friday Chat: Do we need open policy?

Fri Jun 20 14:26:08 UTC 2014

Thanks Fred,

One thing that came out of the Cetis workshop was the need for policy to 
legitimise practice.

So for example Paul Booth from Manchester Metropolitan University talked 
about how he was winning awards internally and getting patted on the 
back for his film studies OER work. At the same time his institution 
(who had no policy in this area) were struggling to understand IP issues 
and he was actually heading towards a disciplinary for releasing content.

So policy has a genuine place but if it is not united with practice 
(through concerted effort of individuals) then it may just be just a 
tick box exercise. Right?

Has anyone done any work following up after policy implementation?

Marieke

On 20/06/2014 15:03, Fred Baker wrote:
> All:
>
> My dissertation work involved examining higher edu institutions in the 
> us for policies related to the implementation of openness.  There 
> weren't  many available, but it helped me obtain a snapshot of where 
> the institutions were at.
>
> Part of my argument was also that having the policies, whether they 
> were supportive of, neutral toward, or opposed to allowing oppenness, 
> would allow instituions to better deal with instances where faculty 
> were trying to implement openness in the institution.  For example, if 
> Stanford University had policies in place about openness when Thrun 
> and others announced the opening of their AI class to the workd over 
> the weekend (without ever talking to the Stanford Administration) 
> would the university have had some basis to deal with the class 
> differently?
>
> I found that policies are very important for the implementation of 
> openness in US higher ed institutions because they serve as enablers, 
> barriers, or neutral toward the innovation (openness) and help guide 
> faculty and others in decision making.
> —
> Best
>
> Fredrick W. Baker III
>
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>
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> obsolete."~Buckminster Fuller
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 5:37 AM, Marieke Guy <marieke.guy at okfn.org 
> <mailto:marieke.guy at okfn.org>> wrote:
>
>     This question is 'borrowed' from the Cetis Conference (see my blog
>     post on the open practice to open policy session
>     <http://education.okfn.org/cetis-conference-2014-time-to-unhide-open/>)
>     ;-)
>
>     Policy often lags behind practice - so is it necessary? Does it
>     actually work in encouraging openness? Is grassroots activity
>     better - or do we need to work from both directions? What examples
>     are there of open policy working? Should it work on an
>     institutional, national or sectoral level? Is it just about OERs
>     or should it be about all aspects of education, or openness in
>     general? Who leads on policy? How far should policy reach i.e.
>     public sector or commercial too? Is there confusion with open
>     policy making?
>
>     We have a few sections on this in the handbook (what policy is
>     there?
>     <http://booktype.okfn.org/open-education-handbook/_draft/_v/1.0/what-policy-is-there-relating-to-open-education/>,
>     how do you convince policy makers?
>     <http://booktype.okfn.org/open-education-handbook/_draft/_v/1.0/how-do-you-convince-policy-makers-about-open-education/>,
>     what is open policy?
>     <http://booktype.okfn.org/open-education-handbook/_draft/_v/1.0/what-is-open-policy/>)
>
>     Any thoughts??
>
>     Marieke
>
>     Links
>
>     http://openpolicynetwork.org
>     http://wiki.creativecommons.org/OER_Policy_Registry
>     http://www.poerup.info
>
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