Jan Hylen's slides from the webinar Open education - global challenges available at OERSverige.se http://oersverige.se/open-education-a-global-challenge/ Reuse:

1. OER in Sweden in an International
Perspective
Jan Hylén

2. Agenda
 The situation for OER in Sweden – a rather gloomy
picture
 Why do we have this situation?
 What can we expect for the future of OER in
Sweden?
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3. OER in Sweden
 School level: Fairly good supply of resources but
very little awareness of the concept of OER
 The Link Larder, Lektion.se, UR
 University level: Less supply of (Swedish) resources,
and uneven awareness
 4 universities on iTunesU
 A few universities (2-3) with an OER policy
 Experimentation with Open Ed. Practice
 Very little research on OER
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4. Sweden compared to other countries
 According to OECD (2012):
 6 countries have national OER policies in place
 7 countries have OER policies in development
 11 countries are discussing a national policy
 4 countries (incl. Sweden) no policy and no preparations
 Further more: no mentioning of OER in official Swedish
documents
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5. Why is the situation like this?
 Low (or non-existent) awareness of OER on
ministerial level
 Sweden is a very decentralized country – makes
knowledge building more difficult
 ICT in education has not been on the political
agenda for 12 years
 Strong reform agenda in other areas – decision
makers on all levels have been very busy
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6. The Future of OER in Sweden
 The grass root movement is growing
 OER Sweden is an excellent example
 Some universities are making progress – setting the
example
 The Nordic cooperation might raise the awareness
 MOOC
 Continuing interest on international level
 UNESCO
 OECD
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7. Upcoming work within OECD/CERI
 ”Building the evidence base of OER in education”
 ”A stronger evidence base on OER would allow
governments to move beyond advocacy based on
attractive claims and propositions to evidence-based
open policies which effectively generate systemic
efficiency gains.”
 The economic benefits of OER
 The social benefits of OER
 The innovation benefits of OER
 Policy dialogue
 2013-14
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8. Thank You for Your Attention
jan@janhylen.se