Institute for Open Leadership
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openpolicynetwork.org
WHY?
Current system = broken
Optimized system = possible!
OPEN POLICY:Publicly funded
resources are openly licensed resources
EXAMPLE
● Warsaw CC Summit 2011
● OER on the radar of policymakers
● affiliates requested support
● current efforts decentralized and uncoordinated
● need a network to share and discuss
● need best data, toolkits, arguments
● let’s not miss opportunities that arise!
IDEA
MISSION● Foster the creation, adoption, and
implementation of open policies that advance the public good.
● Do this by supporting advocates, organizations, policymakers, and connecting policy opportunities with those who can provide assistance.
PRINCIPLES
• ‘Open Policy’: publicly funded resources are openly licensed resources
• Default aim for policy licensing: Open Definition (with preference for CC BY and CC0).
• Do not recreate the wheel; leverage expertise
• Work from existing policy recommendations: Paris OER, BOAI, Panton Principles, Communia, etc.
• Free for anyone to join. Contribute and abide by mission and guiding principles.
WORK PLAN● Link to, catalog, and curate existing policy resources.
● Build new resources and/or services only where capacity or expertise does not currently exist.
● Connect policy makers to experts.
● Provide baseline level of assistance for all opportunities.
● Share information with openly with members and the public, using open licenses (of course), multiple languages, transparent fashion.
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Institute for Open Leadership
WHAT?
• weeklong intensive in-person training program on ‘open’
• train new leaders in the values and implementation of open licensing, policies, and practices
• connect emerging open leaders with one another
• provide access to experts in variety of open fields
• 20 participants each year; 2 years
• instructors from various open areas: education, science, open access, PSI, data, software, culture, etc.
Institute for Open Leadership
WHY?
● need for sustainable open movement and new generation of open leadership
● expand reach of open ideas and practice into new institutions and areas
● leaders can set positive example and give advice to others
● in person is valuable mode for training and networking
Institute for Open Leadership
• participants will propose an open project, work on at institute week, complete at their institutions within a year
● transform the concepts learned at the institute into practical, actionable, and sustainable initiative within his/her institution
● SUCCESS = ○ Increase the amount of openly licensed materials in
the commons;○ Increase awareness among colleagues and related
stakeholders about the benefits of openness;○ Successful implementation of policy;○ Demonstrate measurable results.
Focus on capstone projects
EXAMPLE
Librarian at a university able to foster an open access policy at
their institution; university faculty agree to contribute
publicly funded research into the university repository under
open licenses.
● who: emerging leaders and mid-level managers not already involved in the open community but showing interest and potential, high impact
● process: ○ application & selection period○ primed for institute by completing open courses from
School of Open○ intensive in-person event○ completion of open policy capstone projects
● timeline: ○ March 2014 application period; July 2014 institute 1○ November 2014 application period; March 2015 institute
2● travel/hotels/meals paid for through grants from Hewlett and
OSF
Logistics
OPN
IOL
Credits● Institution - by Thibault Geffroy from the Noun Project - CC BY
● Big idea - from the Noun Project, Public Domain
● Blueprint - by Dimitry Sokolov from The Noun Project - CC BY
● Check List - by fabrice dubuy from The Noun Project - CC BY
● Hackathon - by Iconathon 2012 - CC0
● Site Map - by Sergey Bakin from the Noun Project - CC BY
● Question - by Rémy Médard from The Noun Project - CC BY
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