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Hi all, Apologies for coming to this thread so late, so just a few quick thoughts. I agree that we need to work harder to draw together the different strands of open and I like the idea of encouraging different strands of activity at open education conferences. I think in the past there was a feeling that Open Access advocacy tended to drown out open education voices, but I think we need to move past that and make greater efforts to work together. There are already some networks that are trying to make this happen, such as the Open Knowledge Open Education Working Group. I don’t think we need a new journal, but we definitely do need more research on the benefits of open. There is a distinct lack of funding though as Viv rightly points out. I also agree with Viv that we need to target our own governments, agencies and institutions and we need to be able to show how openness in general and open education in particular addresses current strategic objectives. So if digital skills are high on the agenda, we need to be able to show how open education can support this. Definitely think it would be a good idea to schedule a webinar to discuss this further and keep the momentum going. Cheers, Lorna > On 30 May 2017, at 17:57, Vivien Rolfe <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Hi All > > My thinking is there is stronger North America / EU activity on all of this - I personally feel it is the UK, our agencies and institutions we need to lobby. At our OER conferences we are seeing contributions from diverse groups, and maybe now is the time to decide on some shared goals. > > There are some relevant journals as Frances suggests - also EURODL. I don't think lack of a journal is a problem - maybe there isn't a great number of papers coming out and this makes the community look weak? (But there are no research funds either). > > A webinar would be good to build on what we learned at OER17, and maybe we can spark some work to contribute to OER18 where we are keen to keep the politics debate alive (https://oer18.oerconf.org <https://oer18.oerconf.org/>). > > Paul mentioned the ICDE and they are looking for advocacy champions - you have to be a member though, and if you can scale their application system, you have more patience than me! > > https://www.icde.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=789:call-for-participation-to-new-policy-committee-for-global-advocacy-of-oer&catid=35:open-calls&Itemid=170 <https://www.icde.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=789:call-for-participation-to-new-policy-committee-for-global-advocacy-of-oer&catid=35:open-calls&Itemid=170> > > Best wishes > Viv > > > > > > On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 12:33 PM, Frances Bell <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > Dear all, > I really like the idea of joining all the 'opens' but I am not sure a new journal is needed. I can think immediately of 2 open access journals with matching scope - Research in Learning Technology And Open Praxis. It's good to amplify 💪 > > On 30 May 2017 12:25 pm, "Teresa MacKinnon" <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > Many thanks to all who have replied, there's much to consider here and Viv has suggested that we convene an OpenEdSig webinar to discuss further. More news here soon! For those who haven't yet replied, please feel free to extend this thread :) > — Lorna M. Campbell OER Liaison - Open Scotland, LTW University of Edinburgh Mail: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> / [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Twitter: @lornamcampbell Blog: https://lornamcampbell.wordpress.com/ <https://lornamcampbell.wordpress.com/> Skype: lorna120768 The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.