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#OpenEd 14 -Evolving towards open in a relatively closed institution
At Open Education 2014 last week in Washington, DC, I presented our preliminary findings on our JIBC OER study that we conducted in September and October 2014. The presentation can be fully accessed here but it’s a bit useless without some narrative, so here’s a summary. 1. Our institutional context – I spent some time talking about institutional context since I think it’s relevant to discussions about OER uptake especially in relation to business models, yet doesn’t often get discussed. Since I was staying near George Washington University I did a crude comparison of GWU tuition dollars to JIBC institutional budget (and number of students). To some extent, this answers the…
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OpenEd14 and Week 47 in Review
This week was spent at the OpenEd14 conference in Washington DC along with about 100 other people from Canada (slight exaggeration). I was accompanied by my daughter who busied herself with Minecraft and drawings on Hilton hotel paper. We managed to get to a good number of sessions and having her there forced me to pace myself during the jam packed 3 days. I’ve attended the two OpenED conferences that have happened in Vancouver, which my first attendance back in 2009. I was struck by how far it’s come in terms of attendance and number of sessions. This OpenEd felt a little more international, with a little more research options, and a…
