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Tony, The Leeds approach resulted in Jorum developing a window to their OER - see news item at <http://www.jorum.ac.uk/news/university-of-leeds-collaboration-produces-jorum-s-first-open-window> http://www.jorum.ac.uk/news/university-of-leeds-collaboration-produces-jorum-s-first-open-window (although I'm not involved with Jorum now I was its director when this work commenced). This was built on considerable other activity that arose from various programmes, including Jisc/HEA and SCORE. Antonio Martinez-Arboleda led this from Leeds. So Leeds (Met and the University) seem to have a lot to share in supporting and encouraging sharing of open content and practice. A SCORE fellow - Joanna Wild - also did work in the area of developing confidences to sharing. The SCORE fellows are worth checking out as there are many examples of good practice from their work - see <http://www.open.ac.uk/score/fellows> http://www.open.ac.uk/score/fellows Jackie Dr Jackie Carter UK Data Service: Director for Communications and Impact Senior Manager: Learning and Teaching and Social Science Data Services Mimas University of Manchester Twitter @JackieCarter Mobile 07747460963 Sent from my iPad On 22 Mar 2014, at 08:42, "Chris.Pegler" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Can certainly recommend Unicycle at Leeds Met which was a triumph of practicality and effectiveness. Definitely a well-led project. I was also impressed by the Leeds University OER policy document I saw a year or so back. Several links to the PDF of this are now broken but the document is here<http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CDUQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdspace.jorum.ac.uk%2Fxmlui%2Fbitstream%2Fhandle%2F10949%2F17559%2FUniversity%2520of%2520Leeds%2520OER.pdf%3Fsequence%3D1&ei=d0ktU8K5N9OQhQfmnYCwBw&usg=AFQjCNFtvfd8-O3rtuKudVs1qm66gt07-A&sig2=lkma2mA_7n-FfzX2b8IWKw>. I like the bold start: 'This document sets out the University’s position and guidance on the use and publication of Open Educational Resources (OERs) within educational situations at the University.1 It was endorsed by the Vice Chancellor’s Executive Group and the Taught Student Education Board (as TSEB/12-15) in November 2012.' Something that Simon Thomson and others gave some time to a while back (2010) was a workshop where SCORE tried to draw in lessons re. implementation in a practical sense. The event was in Leeds and we called it the Leeds OER Manifesto http://www.open.ac.uk/score/oer-and-sustainability-leeds-manifesto-draft - nearly 4 years on there is still practical advice that we need to follow in there. No-one said it would be easy ... The OU has its own policies (requiring deposit into OpenLearn - Andy Lane and others can say more as I am out of touch) I am aware that the OU is usually seen as a special case because of the way in which all our materials are published and our scale. Chris Chris Pegler Senior Lecturer, Institute of Educational Technology Best to contact me by email, but telephone number is 01908 654015 (IET office) ________________________________ From: Thomson, Simon [[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>] Sent: 22 March 2014 07:08 To: <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: University institutional strategic guidance or policy on Openness Tony, I know I have responded in another list also but thought I would add that you might wish to read our final report from our JISC/HEA funded project from 2009/10 which identifies our institutional approach: <http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning/oer/unicycle.aspx>http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning/oer/unicycle.aspx Simon From my iPhone so please excuse any inadvertent spelling errors or brevity. On 21 Mar 2014, at 23:55, "Antony Coombs" <<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: This message is cross-posted from the ALT-MEMBERS list. Apologies, therefore, if you have already seen it. Hello everyone, I wonder whether you could help: We've been looking at the concerns and attitudes of academic staff here towards open educational approaches, open resources and open licensing and have identified a significant confidence gap, particularly in relation to the institution's approach and its standpoint/reaction towards openness. As a consequence we're thinking through what kind of position or guidance we could/should be taking at an institutional level. Do you have any policy or guidance for staff in relation to any open practices that you would be able to share? Does your institution encourage people to publish teaching or research materials under open access/open licences? Does it require this (or the opposite)? If the decision on whether to "go open" is seen as a matter for individuals, is this recognised in some formal, acknowledged way? I'm really looking for anything that takes a step beyond the level of guidance from learning technologists and demonstrates more of a strategic position, endorsed by faculty or university-level management, academic committees, or the like. Thanks for anything you can share. Best wishes - Tony To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to <http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm> http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm -- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302).