# Webinar 06 Building Capacity
**URL:** https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/webinar-06-building-capacity/2172
**Category:** Action Area Webinars
**Tags:** webinar-06, building-capacity, lang-english
**Created:** [September 1, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/webinar-06-building-capacity/2172 "2021-09-01T20:59:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@OEGconnect](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/OEGconnect)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/webinar-06-building-capacity/2172/1 "2021-09-01T20:59:12Z")
This webinar addresses the **Building Capacity** UNESCO OER action area. A recording of this session will be added as soon as possible.
## Details
**UNESCO OER Action Area:** [Building Capacity](https://connect.oeglobal.org/tag/building-capacity)
**Webinar Chair:** Jane-Frances Agbu @janef
**When** (converted to your local time):
2021-09-28T08:00:00Z → 2021-09-28T10:10:00Z
**Duration:** 2h 10m
**Language:** [English](https://connect.oeglobal.org/tag/lang-english)
**Webinar Access** (registered conference participants only):
[](https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82167493155?pwd=Zms1MWJ2M2wzRXdyaTd1SmtqQmFjUT09) (Room C)
## Agenda
- **Introductions** by session chair and rapporteur to action area and to presenters (~10 minutes)
- **Presentations** (20 minutes each)
- [A framework for categorizing digital learning materials](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/webinar-06-presentation/2262)
_Ben Janssen and Robert Schuwer_
- [Go open! Supporting higher education staff engagement in open educational practices](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/webinar-06-presentation/2263)
_Orna Farrell, James Brunton, Ellen Breen, Eamon Costello, Ronan Cox, Lorraine Delaney, Edel Gallagher and Victoria Smyth_
- [Designing Infrastructures Allowing Higher Education Teachers to Reuse, Adapt and Exchange Open Educational Resources](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/webinar-06-presentation/2264)
_Nadine Schroeder, Sophia Krah and Johannes Wendt_
- [Pathways to Learning: International Collaboration Under Covid-19](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/webinar-06-presentation/2265)
_Robert Farrow, Anne Adams, Magreth Bushesha, Olivier Biard, Simon Cross, Chris Edwards, Matthew Foster, Margaret Ebubedike, Christothea Herodotou, Nashwa Ismail, Felix K Olakulehin, Kate Lister, Khehla Ndlovu, Edephonce Nfuka, Dorothy Ofoha, Rachel Rogers, Kris Stutchbury and Denise Whitelock_
- **Discussion:** Led by session chair drawing on presentations and online participant comments and questions (~30 minutes).
## Webinar Recording
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpErse9h8pk)
The chat can be found here:
> **[Webinar06 saved\_chat.pdf](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GYoMqBCFdFIctxFa2wBIv6tfeWgH8ELz/view?usp=sharing)**
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> Google Drive file.
**Direct Links to Presentations within the Webinar**
- A framework for categorizing digital learning materials
[📼 https://youtu.be/QpErse9h8pk?t=266](https://youtu.be/QpErse9h8pk?t=266)
- Go open! Supporting higher education staff engagement in open educational practices
[📼 https://youtu.be/QpErse9h8pk?t=1137](https://youtu.be/QpErse9h8pk?t=1137)
- Designing Infrastructures Allowing Higher Education Teachers to Reuse, Adapt and Exchange Open Educational Resources
[📼 https://youtu.be/QpErse9h8pk?t=2352](https://youtu.be/QpErse9h8pk?t=2352)
- Pathways to Learning: International Collaboration Under Covid-19
[📼 https://youtu.be/QpErse9h8pk?t=3343](https://youtu.be/QpErse9h8pk?t=3343)
## Participate
Reply below with comments, questions about the action area as a whole or specifically respond to each presentation
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### Author:  [@JaneF](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/JaneF)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2021, 7:49am UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/webinar-06-building-capacity/2172/2 "2021-09-27T07:49:25Z")
Hello participants. Greetings from Abuja, Nigeria. I am Jane-Frances Agbu and I will be facilitation this session. As we all know, the Action Area of focus is “Building Capacity”. We shall to hearing from Janssen et al; Farrell et al; Schroeder et al; Farrow et al; who will share experiences through their presentations. I look forward to this learning experience. The following is the session format:
Welcome and introduction of the session - 10 minutes
Presentations - 20 minutes
Comments and discussions - 30 minutes
Conclusion - 10 mins
See you soon. All the best
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### Author:  [@IslaHF](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/IslaHF)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2021, 8:43am UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/webinar-06-building-capacity/2172/3 "2021-09-28T08:43:42Z")
Links shared in the session:
@bdelosarcos The accessibility challenge:
[Accessibility of learning materials and Schrödinger’s Cat – Open Education](https://www.robertschuwer.nl/?p=3281)
@Anthere Example and history of digital accessibility through offline OER solutions:
> [@Using offline tools to build open content and introduce to open knowledge movement async](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/pre-recorded-presentation/2209):
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> [[Using offline tools to build open content and introduce to open knowledge movement] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJII-6A8oA0) Florence Devouard (Wiki in Africa) Last year, during OEGlobal, I presented - WikiFundi(1), an open-source offline editable wiki-based environment that provides a similar experience to editing Wikipedia (and Vikidia) online as well as - the WikiChallenge Ecoles d'Afrique (2), a writing contest using WikiFundi and running in a dozen of French speaking African countries. But those are not the only init…
@OrnaF Go Open: A beginners guide to open education on Zenodo
> **[Go Open: A beginners guide to open education](https://zenodo.org/records/4593103)**
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> In this short guide, we aim to give you a beginners guide to the area of open education, so that you can engage with open education practices in your teaching, research and support activities and to Go Open!
@bruntonj Go Open: A beginners guide to open education on LibGuides:
> **[LibGuides: Go Open: a beginner's guide to open education: Introduction](https://dcu.libguides.com/c.php?g=689786&p=4938438)**
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> A guide to engaging with open education practices in your teaching, research and support activities
@MartijnOuwehand : Delft University of Technology applied the 5 components model to MOOC/OER policy in 2015:
> **[(open) licensing MOOCs](https://www.slideshare.net/MartijnOuwehandMsc/open-licensing-moocs)**
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> (open) licensing MOOCs - Download as a PDF or view online for free
@OpenRobert55: The Coalition S movement and the DORA initiative recognizes and rewards involvement in OER:
> [@Towards more effective adoption of OER by integrating implementation of Open Science and Open Education async](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/towards-more-effective-adoption-of-oer-by-integrating-implementation-of-open-science-and-open-education/2233/7):
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> Like Open Access publishing is part of how academic staff is being recognized and rewarded, we like to learn if and how educational design, including the creation of educational material, could be part of staff career paths Does your institute have any activities in this area of recognition and reward in the context of (open) education? Do you for instance add DOIs to open educational material or do you reward good practices of sharing and reusing OER? Please provide us with your experiences …
Some resources here from @OpenRobert55 :
[https://www.uu.nl/sites/default/file/210401%20-%20White%20Paper%20Open%20Science%20Education.pdf](https://www.uu.nl/sites/default/file/210401%20-%20White%20Paper%20Open%20Science%20Education.pdf)
> **[Open Education in Promotion, Tenure, and Faculty Development](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FcwXWVHb4wDbyLUkpRibuUVkMzct3jL4WODpMNSatEQ/edit#heading=h.xi8wdxp9ob76)**
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> This Doc is private
@Simonne shared [WikiEducator](https://wikieducator.org/Main_Page)
@MartijnOuwehand : This asynchronous session invites you to explore what worked or didn’t work in online/remote, hybrid, and Blended Learning (BL) formats in your organization. Feel free to provide feedback through a survey and join a discussion:
> [@Open Practice Discussion on Online Social Elements in Education - What Worked or Didn’t Work in the Past Year async](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/open-practice-discussion-on-online-social-elements-in-education-what-worked-or-didn-t-work-in-the-past-year/2249):
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> Naomi Wahls (Delft University of Technology), Martijn Ouwehand (Delft University of Technology), Wiebe Dijkstra (Delft University of Technology) In this interactive open practices session, you will be able to share out what worked and didn’t work in online/remote, hybrid, and Blended Learning (BL) formats in your organization. You will complete a poll with questions about what type of online social elements do you (or your organization) add to a course. With the poll results, we will share out w…
@RobertFarrow shared:
> **[Pathways - e-Assessment for African Higher Education](https://research.open.ac.uk/news/pathways-e-assessment-african-higher-education)**
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> A project funded by the OU is addressing the urgent need for online assessments across the African continent.
> **[Open Learning](https://www.open.edu/openlearn/)**
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### Author:  [@Simonne](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/Simonne)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/webinar-06-building-capacity/2172/4 "2021-10-01T01:12:30Z")
Thanks for a very interesting set of presentations and discussion. I’ve posted my report of the session [here](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/open-doesnt-just-happen-we-have-to-make-it-happen-webinar-06/3087) - please continue the discussion!