OER16: Open Culture
OER16: Open Culture
19th & 20th April 2016, University of Edinburgh, UK
The 7th Open Educational Resources Conference, OER16: Open Culture, will be held on the 19th-20th April 2016 at the University of Edinburgh.
The vision for the conference is to focus on the value proposition of embedding open culture in the context of institutional strategies for learning, teaching and research. The conference will be chaired by Melissa Highton, Director of Learning, Teaching and Web Services at the University of Edinburgh, and Lorna Campbell, OER Liaison at the University of Edinburgh and EDINA Digital Education Manager.
OER16 will focus on:
- The strategic advantage of open and creating a culture of openness.
- Converging and competing cultures of open knowledge, open source, open content, open practice, open data and open access.
- Hacking, making and sharing.
- The reputational challenges of openwashing.
- Openness and public engagement.
- Innovative approaches to opening up cultural heritage collections for education.
Confirmed keynotes from:
- Jim Groom, Reclaim Hosting
- Catherine Cronin, National University of Ireland, Galway
- Emma Smith, University of Oxford
- John Scally, National Library for Scotland
- Melissa Highton, University of Edinburgh
Download a PDF of the flyer for OER16. Follow #oer16 to keep up to date with all conference news.
OER16 is run by the Association for Learning Technology with support from the co-chairs and programme committee.
