Presentations
11 July 2012
Presentation called "iTunes U and the OERu: two different ways of reaching the world" at SCORE-HEA Showcase event I presented jointly with fellow SCORE fellow Terese Bird of the SPIDER project.
4 July 2012
Presentation at the HEA Conference in Manchester:
UK Higher Education Institutions and the OER university: Snog, Marry, Avoid? (With co-author, Alejandro Armellini)
Abstract: This paper presents the findings of a HEFCE-funded SCORE fellowship which is investigating UK perspectives on the OERu (OER university) concept. Thirteen non-UK universities are collaborating to provide affordable higher education for learners in developing countries via OERs and low-cost assessment. Where do UK universities stand on this issue?
15 June 2012
Presentation to SAIDE (South African Institute for Distance Education) in Johannesburg, South Africa: "The OERu from the inside out and the outside in"
11-13 June 2012
Research workshops at Unisa in South Africa, in which one theme was the impact of OERs and open educational practices on research. "OER-based design for learning and its impact on research and teaching"
15-18 April 2012
Cambridge 2012: Innovation and Impact - Openly Collaborating to Enhance Education.
- A pre-conference workshop held on 15 April 2012 with co-presenters Rory McGreal, Judith Murray and Sandra Wills (Unfortunately Graham Bell from NMIT. was not able to attend.) Growing the OERu: from seed to sapling to forest. See blog post
- A paper: The OER university: From Vision to Reality. Micro-abstract:
Diverse array of models and options under consideration for
implementation of OERu: findings from a SCORE fellowship study. See blog post and slides.
27-30 March 2012
Presentation at University of Leicester's annual Learning Futures Festival: Follow the sun . (Here is the recording of the session.)
6-7 March 2012
Ran a series of three webinars in celebration of Open Education Week.
Presented: A birds-eye view of the OERu: some insights from the TOUCANS project
22 February 2012
Presentation at New Models for Education and Training build on Open Educational Resources, a workshop hosted by the Open University (UK) and UNED (National Distance Education University, Spain) - an EADTU (European Association of Distance Teaching Universities) initiative as part of theOpen Educational Innovation and Incubation project. Title of my presentation: The OER university: collaborating, innovating and educating.
9 December 2011
Workshop on OERs and the OERu with academics from Kabul University at the University of Leicester.
23 November 2011
I gave a keynote presentation at Durban University of Technology's Annual E-Learning Festival. Title: "Open to sharing in higher education". See blog post.
9-10 November 2011
OERu Anchor Partner Meeting in Dunedin, New Zealand. I attended virtually. See blog post and video.
