Open Educational Practice - making best use of free resources

[Background] [Aims] [Outcomes] [Audience] [Programme] [Event Information] [Application Conditions]

Background

More and more learning resources are being made freely online as Open Educational Resources (OERs). This 'treasure chest' of free material can provide a real enrichment to the learning on offer to adults on courses and can be used by independent learners.  This event will explore how teachers can adopt 'Open Educational Practices' (OEP) to source re-purpose and re-use OERs. It will draw on experience of the JISC funded OPER projects and the transnational OPAL project.

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Aims

The aim of this event is to provide a forum for practitioners, researchers and leaders in all parts of post school learning to address these questions:

• How can we widen and deepen awareness of the opportunities presented by Open Educational Practice?
• What training do staff need in sourcing and re purposing OERs?
• What guidance should be offered in most effective ways to create and share OERs?
• What are the risks to embracing OEP and how can they be addressed?

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Outcomes

Seminar participants will be able to:

• Share their own experiences and good practices
• Learn from practices of others and from collaborative transnational work in the area of OEP.

The seminar will produce a short summary paper.

NB The event will be structured to enable plenty of professional dialogue.

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Audience

This seminar is for teachers and curriculum managers in Adult Education, Work-based learning, Offender Learning, Further Education and Higher Education who wish to make better use of existing open educational resources and who would like to make sure that materials they create can be used by others.

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Programme

A late start so those traveling from London and the South can take advantage of the 9.15am off-peak rail fare; arriving in Leicester at 10.30am.

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Event Information

• Arrival and registration is at 10:15am for a 10:45am start. The event will end at 3:30pm
• Event fee per person: £99; Reduced fee for NIACE members - £69
  (includes sandwich lunch, tea/coffee)

  A limited number of free bursary places are available for practitioners to attend this event.
  To be eligible for a bursary place you must:
  - be a practitioner or volunteer working directly with adult learners in any area of formal or
  non formal learning
  - demonstrate that you have been unable to obtain funding from your employer to attend the seminar
  - demonstrate that after attending you will carry out some cascade activity
  (CPD session or report for colleagues, newsletter, article, etc.)
  Bursaries will cover full cost of the delegate fee but delegates must fund their own travel costs.

  To apply for a bursary place, send an email explaining your circumstances to events@niace.org.uk
  for the attention of the Events Manager 

• NB: NIACE does not charge VAT on conference or course fees
• Only online application forms with the payments section completed will be processed
• NB: If you wish us to invoice your employer we require a copy of the Purchase Order before the form is processed
• Places will be allocated in order of receipt of completed online application forms (one online application form per person)
• Video cameras may be in use at this event. If you do not wish to be photographed or appear on the video outputs please indicate this on the application form and make yourself known at registration
• Participants should be prepared to take their own notes as there will not be handouts for all sessions
• If you have not received an e-mail confirming your attendance and joining instructions 4 working days before the event please contact: events@niace.org.uk

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Application Conditions

• Event date: Friday 20 January 2012
• Closing date: Friday 13 January 2012
• Cancellations are non-refundable
• The full fee is payable prior to the event
• Substitutions are to be advised 5 working days prior to the event
• A 15 working days notice period is required for provision of electronic note-takers, sign language interpreters and transcription to Braille
• Places are to be reserved online - scroll up and click on Apply Now
• Reservations by telephone cannot be accepted
• Application forms are individually acknowledged by e-mail. Joining instructions, including map and directions, will be e-mailed out one week before the event
• NIACE reserves the right to reject applicants who are not from the target audience list.

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