Tell us who you are, whether a librarian or not, and we will tell you how Open Education can benefit you [ID 48]
Dear participants, are you ready to play? In our interactive workshop, we invite you to choose one of four roles to explore the benefits of Open Education: Student, Teacher, Librarian, or Institution. Which one is it going to be?
You may wish to step into your real-life role, or you might find it useful to try on a new perspective that could benefit you in the form of takeaways from this experience. Once in the room, we will invite you to join the table that best fits your purposes and aligns with your chosen role.
To inspire you before the session and enrich our shared experience, we encourage you to review a set of recommendations for advancing the uptake of Open Education, drawn from SPARC Europe Surveys. How do these recommendations resonate with your local context? Which areas feel most urgent and relevant for you to act on?
We are looking forward to an engaging, insightful session together. Come ready to explore and play!Here is a more formal description of our session.
In 2021-2024, The European Network of Open Education Librarians (ENOEL) developed, enhanced and maintained the OE Benefits Toolkit to help advocate for OE, consistently with Action Area 1 of the UNESCO OER Recommendation. The ENOEL Toolkit was initially designed to assist educational professionals in articulating the tangible benefits of Open Education—ranging from increased access to educational resources and improved learning outcomes to fostering a culture of co-creation and shared knowledge.
Members of the ENOEL invite participants to a collaborative wildcard activity aimed at discussing how to further promote the widespread adoption and understanding of Open Education (OE) by identifying and discussing the benefits for librarians in particular and above all the lessons learnt to date: discussing its applications and advocacy experiences that underscore the critical role of different stakeholders, especially librarians, in the OE movement.
Exploring the Benefits of OE on cards, participants will engage in structured discussions to identify and elaborate on specific benefits, fostering a deeper understanding of how these can be articulated in advocacy efforts, in line with the findings of SPARC Europe’s Report “Open Education in European Libraries of Higher Education 2023”. Attendees will examine and expand the evidence base supporting OE benefits by integrating both research and personal anecdotes, utilising tools and templates to document these insights. Participants are encouraged to share their own experiences and challenges in advocating for OER, discussing how the identified benefits can address existing barriers and enhance their advocacy strategies.
The ENOEL-designed Toolkit can become an essential resource for effectively communicating the value of Open Education. By outlining the diverse benefits for key stakeholders—including students, teachers, librarians, institutions, and citizens at large, —it provides a foundation for robust advocacy efforts. For the participants in this session, the Toolkit highlights their unique role in advocating for and advancing OE through its benefits.
This session offers the opportunity to share practical strategies for overcoming common challenges in the field and champion OE within their institutions and beyond, advocating for policies and practices that support OE. ENOEL members invite participants to collaboratively discuss the benefits collected in the toolkit, drawing from both evidence-based research and anecdotal experiences, to focus on a diverse range of contributions and take this opportunity to learn from peers coming from different geographical, historical, and social backgrounds. Participants will engage with the recently enriched list of benefits, evidence-based references, and templates for capturing anecdotal evidence. More specifically, attendees will review existing benefits, choose those that fit their context and discuss their implications. Using the Rolfe et al. reflective model, participants will be invited to articulate and record anecdotal benefits, enriching the evidence base with personal insights. Participants will also choose in parallel those benefits that they would see fit their context but are not there yet, and discuss with peers how to make them part of it, starting from their experiences.
This activity will use a dynamic, card-based discussion format to stimulate thought and facilitate the exchange of ideas.
References
European Network of Open Education Librarians (2024), An ENOEL Toolkit: Open Education Benefits. Version 4. An ENOEL Toolkit: Open Education Benefits. Version 4
Rolfe, G., Freshwater, D., Jasper, M. (2001). Critical reflection in nursing and the helping professions: a user’s guide. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. (Here is a template to record your own anecdotal evidence, based on Rolfe’s model: Rolfe reflective model - template)
Treadway, J., Corti, P., & Proudman, V. (2024). Open Education in European Libraries of Higher Education 2023. Zenodo. Open Education in European Libraries of Higher Education 2023
Author Keywords
Benefits of Open Education, Enhanced OE Toolkit resources, Lifelong and informal learning, Open educational practices, Open practitioners
Session Details
Format: Wildcard
Presenter(s): Mira Buist-Zhuk, Paola Corti
Brisbane Time: November 14, 2:00 PM → 2:30 PM AEST
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Room: P5
Topic Area: Practice and Policy in OE
Sched: View in conference schedule
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