JANINA VAN HEES, ROBERT SCHUWER, RIA JACOBI

Higher Education Institutions as boosters of (steps towards) a national policy on open and online education

OpenEd 2014, Washington D.C.

SURF is a partnership of and for institutions for higher education and research on the topic of ICT in higher education.

• 14 research universities

• 42 universities of applied sciences (hogescholen)

• 8 university hospitals

• National Library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek)

• Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)

• Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)

Dutch HEI uniting in SURF and Special Interest Group

What is SURF?

• One of 17 SIGs supported by SURF

• Community of experts on specific topic

• exchange information and ideas, trend-spotting, organization of meetings

Dutch HEI uniting in SURF and Special Interest GroupWhat is the Special interest group Open Education?

• one of 17 SIGs supported by SURF

• Community of experts on specific topic

• exchange information and ideas, trend-spotting, organization of meetings

Dutch HEI uniting in SURF and SIG What is the Special interest group Open Education?

Rationale:

- Working in a community contributes to individual expertise and motivation

- Output of community supports all HEI

- Boost to national-level knowledge exchange and policy-making

Examples of cross-institutional activities

Co-editing a trend report

Yearly publication

Jointly edited by HEI members of staff (united in Special interest Group)

HEIs combining fields of expertise

Presentation of trend report to ministry

https://www.surf.nl/en/knowledge-and-innovation/knowledge-base/2014/2014-open-education-trend-report.html

Examples of cross-institutional activities

HEI learning from each other: SURFacademy

SURFacademy:

professionalization activities- Seminars- Masterclasses- Summer schools - etc

HEIs transferring expertise among each other

Examples of cross-institutional activities

HEI learning from each other: SURFacademy

SURFacademy:

professionalization activities- Seminars- Masterclasses- Summer schools - etc

HEIs transferring expertise among each other

Effects:

- Active community of contributing and benefiting from each other’s expertise

- Key players at different HEI know who-is-who and can consult each other’s expertise

- Reasons for different strategic choices at HEI become clear(er)

Examples of cross-institutional activities

Strategy workshops for individual HEI

Offer to all HEI:

Moderation of In-house strategy workshop on open education

- Diverse representation- Presence of board required

organization through neutral party helps to reflect and gives insight into similarities and dissimilarities

Examples of cross-institutional activities

Strategy workshops for individual HEI

Offer to all HEI:

Moderation of In-house strategy workshop on open education

- Diverse representation- Presence of board required

organization through neutral party helps to reflect and gives insight into similarities and dissimilarities

Effects:

- Topic is on the agenda at 12 HEI

- Boost to enthusiasm, awareness, knowledge

- HEI board is actively involved

- Take-up after strategy-workshop is diverse:- No follow-up…- Internal pilots….- Strategic choices ….

Examples of cross-institutional activities

Field trip for HEI board members

SURF organizes field trip

for 16 HEI board members and ministry of Education representatives

to Washington DC, Boston, New York

daily blog as wrap-up of experiences and conclusions

Examples of cross-institutional activities

Field trip for HEI board members

SURF organizes field trip

for 16 HEI board members and ministry of Education representatives

to Washington DC, Boston, New York

daily blog as wrap-up of experiences and conclusions

Effects:

- Key opportunity to generate a shared vision

- Input given to ministry representatives for development of programme

- Sparked an initiative for joint development of OER among all nursing schools

First steps towards a national policy on open and online education in higher education

Minister’s letter to Parliament

funding for 4-year support programme on Open and Online Education

Programme starts17 nov 2014

Minister of Education Jet BussemakerCC By Wikimedia

Steps towards a national policy on open and online education in higher education

Minister’s letter to Parliament

funding for 4-year support programme on Open and Online Education

Programme starts17 nov 2014

Minister of Education Jet BussemakerCC By Wikimedia

SURF organized discussion with HEI

on how programme should be set up

HEI define main topics that should be addressed (‘knowledge agenda’) during programme

4-year support programme as base for further steps towards a national policy?

Can you do the same? Why shouldn’t you?

- Does country size matter?- Does organization form of higher education matter?- Does policy-making mechanism matter?- ….?

- Feedback Barbara Unger on her study concerning Austria-takeup of SURF approach

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Janina van Hees

Janina.vanhees@surf.nl

@janinavhees of @SURF_NL

Janina van Hees

Janina.van.hees

http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Dutch-Special-Interest-Group-Open-3681051

www.surfspace.nl/openeducation of www.surf.nl/openeducation

Janina van Hees

030 - 234 66 14

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