OER based capacity building to overcome staff equity and access issues in higher education

Carina Bossu; Julie Willems

OER based capacity building to overcome staff equity and access issues in higher education

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Abstract

Open educational resources (OER) have already impacted educational systems around the world. In higher education more specifically, it has benefited learners, and has influenced institutional strategic plans and policies. Additionally, the benefits of OER also extend to staff in higher education, such as academic staff. For this group, OER can provide opportunities for collaboration, promote curriculum innovation and student led content development, as well as contribute to university teachers' much needed continuing professional development. In this paper, we examine the potential of OER to build capacity of academic staff in higher education, in particular to overcome some equity and access issues that they may face. It also examines some existing activities and strategies for professional developmen in higher educational institutions and provides some recommendations for academics, academic developers, institutions, and the sector in general.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Me, Us, IT! Proceedings ASCILITE2017: 34th International Conference of Innovation, Practice and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education
Editors	H Partridge, K Davis, J Thomas
Place of Publication	Tugun, QLD
Publisher	Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education
Pages	22-26
Number of pages	5
Publication status	Published - 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education 2017 - Toowoomba, Australia Duration: 4 Dec 2017 → 6 Dec 2017 Conference number: 34th https://2017conference.ascilite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/ASCILITE-2017-Proceeding.pdf (Proceedings)

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Conference	Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education 2017
Abbreviated title	ASCILITE 2017
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Toowoomba
Period	4/12/17 → 6/12/17
Internet address	https://2017conference.ascilite.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/ASCILITE-2017-Proceeding.pdf (Proceedings)

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Bossu, C., & Willems, J. (2017). OER based capacity building to overcome staff equity and access issues in higher education. In H. Partridge, K. Davis, & J. Thomas (Eds.), Me, Us, IT! Proceedings ASCILITE2017: 34th International Conference of Innovation, Practice and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education (pp. 22-26). Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education.

Bossu, Carina ; Willems, Julie. / OER based capacity building to overcome staff equity and access issues in higher education. Me, Us, IT! Proceedings ASCILITE2017: 34th International Conference of Innovation, Practice and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education. editor / H Partridge ; K Davis ; J Thomas. Tugun, QLD : Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, 2017. pp. 22-26

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Bossu, C & Willems, J 2017, OER based capacity building to overcome staff equity and access issues in higher education. in H Partridge, K Davis & J Thomas (eds), Me, Us, IT! Proceedings ASCILITE2017: 34th International Conference of Innovation, Practice and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education. Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, Tugun, QLD, pp. 22-26, Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education 2017, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 4/12/17.

OER based capacity building to overcome staff equity and access issues in higher education. / Bossu, Carina; Willems, Julie.
Me, Us, IT! Proceedings ASCILITE2017: 34th International Conference of Innovation, Practice and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education. ed. / H Partridge; K Davis; J Thomas. Tugun, QLD: Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, 2017. p. 22-26.

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Bossu C, Willems J. OER based capacity building to overcome staff equity and access issues in higher education. In Partridge H, Davis K, Thomas J, editors, Me, Us, IT! Proceedings ASCILITE2017: 34th International Conference of Innovation, Practice and Research in the Use of Educational Technologies in Tertiary Education. Tugun, QLD: Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. 2017. p. 22-26

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