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E merging patterns of digital resource use in higher education

E merging patterns of digital resource use in higher education. David Porter, Executive Director Slides  http:// bit.ly / wcetdlc. BC Context. 25 autonomous public higher education institutions High-speed networks connect all regions , cities and communities

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E merging patterns of digital resource use in higher education

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  1. Emerging patterns of digital resource use in higher education • David Porter, Executive Director • Slides  http://bit.ly/wcetdlc

  2. BCContext • 25 autonomous public higher education institutions • High-speed networks connect all regions, cities and communities • Online learning is considered a requirement for providing access, choice, flexibility and mobility for BC citizens

  3. New drivers of strategy require us to consider new patterns for digital content use 01

  4. Jobs, programs, courses...

  5. Targeted grants support collaboration OPDF 2003 – 2010 $9 million 144 grants awarded 100% participation 83% partnerships

  6. Development across disciplines Development across all academic domains BCcampus OPDF contributed in whole or in part to 47 credentials 355 courses, 12 workshops, 19 web sites/tools and 396 course components

  7. Collaborate to compete is a new mantra for higher education 02

  8. Collaborate to compete • Strategic realignment of structures and processes to take advantage of online learning opportunities • New kinds of partnerships • Gear up!

  9. Collaborate using open resources • GOAL • Reduce costs and create efficiencies • TACTIC • Support collaborations that leverage knowledge, reduce costs, and generate benefits for students

  10. Use OER to build partnerships North American Network of Science Labs Online http://rwsl.nic.bc.ca

  11. There are multiple entry points to “open”thinking 03

  12. Open access - research

  13. Open pedagogies - teaching

  14. Innovative ideas and practices may be blossoming over the horizon 04

  15. 10 short years of expansive thinking about borderless higher education

  16. OERuservice model

  17. OERu - global opportunity • Athabasca University • Thompson Rivers University • BCcampus (non-teaching) • Empire State College (SUNY) • Southern New Hampshire University • BAOU Gujarat's open university • Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology • NorthTec • Open Polytechnic • OtagoPolytechnic • University of Canterbury • University of South Africa • University of Southern Queensland • University of Wollongong • Commonwealth of Learning • UNESCO, Pacific States • The OER university is building a sustainable OER network among accredited educational institutions to provide access to the formal system with pathways to academic credit.

  18. The need to socialize open practices and activelybuild partnerships is growing 05

  19. The Four Beyonds* • Beyond textbooks • Beyond bookstores • Beyond learning management systems (LMS) • Beyond school Reference: Sannier, A. (2011). If not now, when? EDUCAUSE Review. Volume 46,Number 6. November-December, 2011. Available: net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERM1161.pdf

  20. Socialize open ideas • How about a new WCET initiative highlighting open practices?

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