Jackie,

The Declaration is seeking support for more advocacy across the Scottish Education sector and calling for action at both grassroots level  - teachers , lecturing staff and trainers having an understanding and a willingness to create  or discover ,  use , re-purpose ,  curate OER with appropriate licences . For the employers of teachers , lecturers and trainers to  learn about the benefits of allowing staff to engage with open learning for sake of their learners and their institutions and for folks with a role in policy formation  - funding agencies , teacher training , inspection , awarding bodies   and registration bodies to offer them a  framework to review  to see how best they can support engagement with open educational resources.

We thought a declaration was the appropriate way to stimulate debate for a  voluntary cross sector initiative led by Cetis, SQA, Jisc RSC Scotland and the ALT Scotland SIG and to build policy support across the Education sector - so really start of debate rather than Scotland embracing open education

It has to be said this builds on all of the great work of JISC over the years and on JORUM and Re-Source and the open repositories that are already in place

Hope that helps

Kind Regards

Joe


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From:        Jacqueline Carter <[log in to unmask]>
To:        [log in to unmask]
Date:        18/03/2014 10:38
Subject:        Re: Scottish Open Education Declaration
Sent by:        Open Educational Resources <[log in to unmask]>

Dear All,
 
What would be really interesting for this list is information about how Scotland and Wales got senior backing for this. What’s the story behind these announcements?
 
Lorna – is this captured in a blog post anywhere? Who would know about this for Wales (Lis? Hayden?)
 
David K (or others) – is there anything to share at national levels from Jisc (or others – ALT?) with regards to a consideration of this declaration for England?
 
Best wishes,
 
Jackie
 
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From: Open Educational Resources [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Atenas, Javiera
Sent: 18 March 2014 10:22
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Subject: Re: Scottish Open Education Declaration
 
Hi Pat,
 
I'm not sure how many countries have signed OER - OA declarations in the same brilliant way Scotland has, however Mexico and Argentina have gone a step forward and have signed open access legislations to improve the access to the scientific information produced in both countries (I can provide you with translations).
 
If anyone else knows about similar initiatives in other countries I would love to see them.
 
Congratulations to the Scottish advocates and keep on leading on the example.
 
Best wishes
 
Javiera

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On 18 Mar 2014, at 09:23, "Pat Lockley" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Random q - how many countries have declarations? I think (iirc) Poland has?
 
Does anyone keep a list?

On 18 Mar 2014, at 07:32, "Bird, Terese M." <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Yes indeed!

Wales and Scotland currently ahead, within the UK, I'd say
Best, Terese Bird

From: Open Educational Resources [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Jacqueline Carter [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 7:20 AM
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Excellent news, Lorna. Well led.
 
Jackie

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On 18 Mar 2014, at 01:29, "Cable Green" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Well done, Scotland!
 
Cable

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From: Lorna M Campbell <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, March 17, 2014
Subject: Scottish Open Education Declaration
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Dear all,  
 
(Apologies for cross posting.)
 
In order to coincide with Open Education Week last week the Open Scotland initiative released a public draft of the Scottish Open Education Declaration http://declaration.openscot.net/  Open Scotland is a a voluntary cross sector initiative led by Cetis, SQA, Jisc RSC Scotland and the ALT Scotland SIG, which aims to raise awareness of open education, encourage the sharing of OER, and promote the development of open policy and practice.
 
One of the primary deliverables we agreed to produce following the Open Scotland Summit (http://openscot.wordpress.com/2013/10/09/open-scotland-report-and-actions/) held in Edinburgh last year, was a declaration supporting open education in Scotland based on the UNESCO Paris OER Declaration. There was general agreement that the Paris Declaration was a “good thing” however many participants felt it was too focused on OER and that a Scottish declaration should encompass open education more widely. The result is the Scottish Open Education Declaration, a draft statement adapted from the Paris OER Declaration.
 
The first draft of the Scottish Open Education Declaration has been shared online using the CommentPress application to enable all members of the community to add comments and feedback.  We invite all those with an interest in open education to comment on and contribute to this draft and to encourage their colleagues to join the debate http://declaration.openscot.net/
 
Many thanks.
Lorna
 
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