Ideas for open access and open educational resources at BYU
It was a gorgeously sweet-smelling rainy day, but I managed to bring
myself into the confines of a BYU classroom to attend David
Wiley's IPT 692R: Intro to Open Education. Today we're looking
at how an institution, BYU in particular, might approach institutional
policy and practice supportive of open licensing of teaching materials
and research publications. The conversation was shaped by
the context of MIT's model for both OCW and
open access.
| Teaching Materials | Research |
|---|---|
Open teaching materials should be opt-in in order to
Could we require syllabi be made open? This would be a |
© still belongs to faculty, but institution claims
|
Besides institutional pressure, what are incentives for faculty to opt
in (open licensing of teaching materials)?
- For BYU, incentive may be scriptural/doctrinal imperative to share
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Tap into the motivation to Do Good (Is it true that BYU fac/staff
make _less_ than other institutions? To me, BYU seems so
well-funded, and in some instances over-funded.) - dissemination, reputation
Technology and Support Issues
Technology
- what system
- who pays
- who manages/hosts?
Support
- Who trains faculty, staff?
- Depositing where?
- Who pays?
-
Source
- Who?
Concluding Thoughts and Questions
Justin: We need a raison d'etre. we do this as an
institutional community because…
Aaron: Do we anticipate a change in structure to facilitate and
support openness?
Dr. Wiley: We need to fully consider existing systems and see how they
might pipe in. Syllabus Builder, Learning Outcomes wiki
Dr. W: Should we require open syllabi? Institutional IP policy says
faculty own it; but institution would step in and claim nonexclusive
right to redistribute.
John: Sounds harsh. If you require me to, that strips away my agency.
JMS: That's agreed, but from a student-centered focus argument for
it wins.
Dr. W: We should argue that open is good because of pragmatic reasons,
not openness for the sake of openness. We'll have recommendations
for teaching practice (e.g. cost of textbooks, availability of open
resources)
Aaron: What are conflicts of interest?
Dr. W: Can't require students to adopt your textbook unless
you're selling more copies off-campus than on-campus.
Justin: For pragmatic reasons it makes sense to model our policies on
the successful approaches of other institutions, for example, MIT. No
need to be different just to be different.
Dr. W: Use our repository OR go your own way.
