Open Scotland Declaration
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The Scottish Open Education Declaration outlines a cross-sector initiative to promote open education in Scotland, aiming to enhance sharing of educational resources and improve educational policies. It emphasizes the importance of open educational resources (OER) in addressing strategic priorities, including knowledge transfer and curriculum change. The document advocates for the adoption of open licensing and procurement policies that favor open source software and openly licensed materials to facilitate greater access to education.
Open Scotland Declaration
- 1. The Scottish Open Education Declaration Lorna M. Campbell
- 2. Cetis • Centre for Educational Technology, Interoperability and Standards http://www.cetis.ac.uk/ • A national UK technology advisory centre providing strategic, technical and pedagogical advice on educational technology and standards to funding bodies, standards agencies, government, institutions and commercial partners. Open Education, Open Scotland, ALT Scotland SIG, 3 June 2014.
- 3. Open Scotland Open Scotland is a cross sector initiative that aims to raise awareness of open education, encourage the sharing of open educational resources, and explore the potential of open policy and practice to benefit all sectors of Scottish education. Open Education, Open Scotland, ALT Scotland SIG, 3 June 2014.
- 4. Open Scotland Open Education, Open Scotland, ALT Scotland SIG, 3 June 2014.
- 5. Open Scotland Summit • Brought together senior managers, policy makers and key thinkers to explore the development of open education policy and practice in Scotland. • National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, June 2013. Open Education, Open Scotland, ALT Scotland SIG, 3 June 2014.
- 6. How can openness help to address strategic priorities and challenges? • Can openness address the government’s “Big Ticket” strategic agendas? • Post-16 education. • Knowledge transfer. • Curriculum change. • School – college – university articulation. Open Education, Open Scotland, ALT Scotland SIG, 3 June 2014.
- 7. UNESCO Paris OER Declaration Open Education, Open Scotland, ALT Scotland SIG, 3 June 2014.
- 8. Scottish Open Education Declaration http://declaration.openscot.net/ Open Education, Open Scotland, ALT Scotland SIG, 3 June 2014.
- 9. • Reclaim Hosting http://reclaimhosting. com/ • Comment Press http://futureofthebook .org/commentpress/ • The Institute for the Future of the Book http://futureofthebook .org Open Education, Open Scotland, ALT Scotland SIG, 3 June 2014.
- 10. Scottish Open Education Declaration http://declaration.openscot.net/ Open Education, Open Scotland, ALT Scotland SIG, 3 June 2014.
- 11. Paris OER Declaration C. Reinforce the development of strategies and policies on OER: Promote the development of specific policies for the production and use of OER within wider strategies for advancing education. Open Education, Open Scotland, ALT Scotland SIG, 3 June 2014.
- 12. Scottish Open Education Declaration C. Reinforce the development of strategies and policies for open assessment practices, open educational resources and open online courses. Support the adoption of open licences for all publicly funded educational content. Promote the development and use of open educational resources within wider strategies for advancing education. Open Education, Open Scotland, ALT Scotland SIG, 3 June 2014.
- 13. “Open education can promote knowledge transfer while at the same time enhancing quality and sustainability, supporting social inclusion, and creating a culture of inter- institutional collaboration and sharing. In addition, open education can expand access to education, widen participation, create new opportunities for the next generation of teachers and learners and prepare them to become fully engaged digital citizens.” Open Education, Open Scotland, ALT Scotland SIG, 3 June 2014.
- 14. Education as a public good Open Education, Open Scotland, ALT Scotland SIG, 3 June 2014.
- 15. Education as a public good Open Education, Open Scotland, ALT Scotland SIG, 3 June 2014.
- 16. Support for open source software Open Education, Open Scotland, ALT Scotland SIG, 3 June 2014.
- 17. Scottish Open Education Declaration K. Promote the adoption of procurement policies that give equal consideration to open source software and openly licensed materials, and support the development in education and related sectors of processes and practices to provide a level playing field for open source software and open education resources in procurement. Open Education, Open Scotland, ALT Scotland SIG, 3 June 2014.
- 18. Technology as an enabler, not a driver Open Education, Open Scotland, ALT Scotland SIG, 3 June 2014.
- 19. Technology as an enabler, not a driver Open Education, Open Scotland, ALT Scotland SIG, 3 June 2014.
- 20. Technology as an enabler, not a driver Open Education, Open Scotland, ALT Scotland SIG, 3 June 2014.
- 21. Culture shift and capacity building Open Education, Open Scotland, ALT Scotland SIG, 3 June 2014.
- 22. Culture shift & capacity building Open Education, Open Scotland, ALT Scotland SIG, 3 June 2014.
- 23. Cross sector sharing Open Education, Open Scotland, ALT Scotland SIG, 3 June 2014.
- 24. “Scotland is a wee place” cf. Opening up Slovenia http://openscot.net/event- reports/inspiration-from-openingupslovenia/
- 25. “a stronger commitment to openness”
- 26. declaration.openscot.net Open Education, Open Scotland, ALT Scotland SIG, 3 June 2014.
- 27. #OpenScot Open Education, Open Scotland, ALT Scotland SIG, 3 June 2014.
- 28. Licence The Scottish Open Education Declaration. By Lorna M Campbell, lorna.m.campbell@icloud.com of Cetis http://www.cetis.ac.uk is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Editor's Notes
- #5: Open Scotland is a collaborative cross sector initiative led by…
- #6: Despite these encouraging developments there has been no policy guidance or funded initiatives to encourage the sharing of open educational resources or to embed open educational practice across Scottish education.
- #8: Drivers for Open Scotland
- #9: We also discussed the potential development of an Open Declaration for Scotland. There was general agreement that the Paris declaration was a good thing, but too limited in scope and that any Scottish declaration should focus on education more widely.
- #11: We also discussed the potential development of an Open Declaration for Scotland. There was general agreement that the Paris declaration was a good thing, but too limited in scope and that any Scottish declaration should focus on education more widely.
- #14: The declaration is also prefaced by an introduction which draws on a range of Scottish policy documents. This particular paragraph has generated quite a lot of comments…
- #27: Every cause needs a hashtag.
- #28: Every cause needs a hashtag.
- #29: body copy no bullets