Presentation on open online learning for Higher Education Academy Inspirational Leaders seminar January 2014

1. Towards a culture of open online
learning at Leeds
Prof. Neil Morris
Director of Digital Learning
Chair in Educational Technology,
Innovation and Change
University of Leeds
National Teaching Fellow
Email: n.p.morris@leeds.ac.uk Twitter:
@Lt_tech_he, @unileedsonline
Image © University of Leeds

2. Session overview
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The changing landscape of Higher Education
Embedding OERs institutionally
Developing strategies and policy
Jorum Window
iTunes U
MOOCs

3. The changing landscape of Higher Education
Public
metrics e.g.
KIS
Highly
competitive
recruitment
market
Increased
student
expectations
Lack of
digital skills
in staff and
students
Multi-channel
content
Greater need
to demonstrate
distinctiveness
Focus on
graduate
employability
Multi-faceted
pressures on
staff
Prevalence of
multifunctional
mobile devices

4. The change nature of academic practice
Teacher as
content
provider
Restricted
online
material
Publically
available
online
material
Face to
face
teaching
Student
learning
Other
learning
materials
Student sourced
content
Teacher as
content advisor
or curator
Learning
materials
Other
learning
materials
Student produced
content

5. Embedding OERs Institutionally
• Raise institutional awareness of the potential and usefulness of
open educational resources through a series of workshops for
academics and teaching support staff from a diverse range of
disciplines;
• Work with individual academics in a range of disciplines to
locate, evaluate and embed appropriate open educational
resources in their teaching practice;
• Produce a series of written and audio-visual case studies of
practitioners’ experiences of using open educational resources for
the first time;
• Develop an institutional strategy for the use of Open Educational
Resources.

6. OERs @ Leeds
http://dspace.jorum.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/17539

7. Guidance on OERs
Available on AQST website (policy A-Z):
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/aqst/documents/policy/OERs.pdf (internally)
Available externally within Jorum at:
http://dspace.jorum.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/10949/17559
Key points:
1. Staff are encouraged to make use of OERs in student education.
2. Staff are encouraged to produce and release OERs into the community.
3. Staff are encouraged to understand and make use of Creative Commons
licences for OERs.
4. Staff are reminded to ensure all materials are copyright compliant.
5. Students can be consumers and producers of OERs.

8. Bringing the OERs
Guidance on policy to life

9. Staff and on OERs
Guidancestudent advice and guidance

10. SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds
The results of the
Guidance on OERsOER policy
2013 at a glance!
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NEW Digital Strategy for Student Education
NEW Blended Learning Strategy
Digital Learning Team established
Lecture capture and multimedia management projects initiated
First Leeds MOOC successfully delivered
Leeds iTunesU channel successfully delivered

11. SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds
Driving strategic change
Guidance on OERs
Blended Learning Strategy
Blended Learning is the considered, complementary use of
face-to-face teaching, technology, online tools and
resources to enhance student education.
Vision
Each programme will define and embed into a research-led curriculum an
appropriate blended learning approach which supports learning, enhances the
student experience, and inspires students to reach their full potential so that they
can have an impact on our global and digital society.

12. Promoting online
Guidance on OERslearning channels
Digital learning channel portfolio
Only available to
Registered Students
Available to all learners
Individual Learning Objects
Online Courses
Learning Objects complementing face-to-face provision (Blended Learning)

13. SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds
Key messages to staff
Guidance on OERs
Provide additional
learning resources for
current students
Engage new global
audiences with
accessible content
Showcase the University
to prospective UG / PG
students
Provide digital materials
for disadvantaged
learners

14. Jorum window
Guidance on OERs
• Open window to Jorum from University of Leeds
to showcase open educational resources
• Launching March 2014

15. iTunesU
Guidance on OERs
iTunes U

16. iTunesU iTunes U
Guidance on OERs content on
Creative Commons

17. SEC3 2014 Engaging Leeds

18. iTunesU partnerships
iTunes U preparation and delivery – Service team involvement
IT Services
(Software
licence
owner)
Academics
(content
providers)
Digital Learning Team
(iTunes U delivery and
Business As usual
owner)
SDDU (staff
training) /
Skills@Library
(student training)
Faculty / School
marketing /
technology team
(content production
support)
Communications /
marketing
(branding, content,
communication)

19. MOOCs
Our vision for FutureLearn:
The online platform provided by Futurelearn will give the University of Leeds
the opportunity to make our inspirational, high-quality educational resources
available to any individual with access to the Internet. By raising the
University’s profile nationally and internationally, it will provide a key
recruitment tool; by setting a standard for Leeds Open Educational Resources
(OERs), it will enhance blended learning for resident students and drive the
development of innovative distance and mixed-delivery programmes.

20. context
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Interactive Discussion Forums
Students are encouraged to participate in discussion
forums to interact with the course content and their
fellow students.
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21. Nature and fairness: When worlds collide
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15 pages
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22. FutureLearn governance

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25. Digital Learning Governance
Senate
Faculty
Management Group
Vice-Chancellor’s
Executive Group
Policy / decision
making body
Taught Student
Education Board
Research and
Innovation Board
Oversight of
blended and digital
learning strategy
Blended Learning
Steering Group
Faculty level
Blended Learning
committees
Blended Learning
and Learning
Technology
innovation Group
Horizon
scanning, innovation
group
Academic champions

26. Highlights
• Integrated, strategic approach
• Forward thinking and proactive
• Strong leadership and vision
• Academic buy-in
• Evidence based approach
• Local ownership

27. Discussion
Guidance on OERs
Discussion / questions?
More information:
See the Digital Learning Team website: www.digitallearning.leeds.ac.uk
Acknowledgements
1. The OER project was funded under the HEA/JISC Phase 3 OER call. The project was
supported by the University of Leeds. The project team consisted of Prof. Neil Morris
(project manager), Dr David Lewis, Ms Rebecca Dearden and Dr Chris Butcher, all from
the University of Leeds. Administrative support for the project was provided by Mrs
Helen Greenwood.
2. iTunesU, Jorum and MOOCs are all managed by the Digital Learning Team at Leeds.
Morris, N.P. (2013) © University of Leeds 2013. This work (excluding all
logos and MOOC adverts) is made available for reuse under the terms
of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0
Unported License.