Open Conference on Open Education/Introductions and agenda



We met from 9 am in the new LIMS building, on the second floor, room 205. There was tea and coffee, and time to mingle and settle in. The introductory session started at 9.30 am.

Ruth Jelley began the day with some background on how the open conference came about, supported by John Hannon who explained the structure of the day. Both Ruth and John situated where we thought La Trobe University was in relation to open education resources and practices.

Links

 * Live notes (notes summarised below)
 * Video recording

Discussion points
La Trobe CTLC OER handout (pdf)
 * 1) Australian participation in Open Education Week: Ruth Jelley
 * 2) Format of the day's proceedings - how contributions/knowledge will be shared and recorded; the big questions that we hope to address/discuss John Hannon
 * 3) What is open? Definitions of open, open vs free access: Ruth Jelley. Background: Jelley, R (2013) OER Literarture Review. See also What is OER? for a quick overview.
 * 4) Where we sit with intellectual property policy at La Trobe La Trobe University IP policy :"The University encourages the authors of Teaching Materials to consider making such materials publicly and freely available, e.g., via the internet, or publishing commercially providing that those materials are not subject to a prior third party agreement, such as a contract for the design or delivery of a course or training program."