SURF, together with a group of experts, recently developed an
online roadmap for developing policy for OER in Dutch higher education. The tool will help higher education institutions to draft a clear policy on publishing and reusing OER, either at faculty or at institutional level. Developing a good policy is complex because it involves many different aspects and there are many barriers to get started with OER. The tool helps to take all the necessary steps and provides numerous suggestions for possible policy choices, based on a variety of sources.
Online Roadmap Policy for Open Learning Materials
During this presentation we will give a demo of this tool, which can be found online at http://beleidopenleermaterialen.surf.nl. (The tool itself is in Dutch).
We will explain how the tool has been established, in close cooperation with experts from higher education institutions, and what the starting points were. The tool contains many open sources, primarily fitting the Dutch circumstances, but also international sources are included.
Current users of the tool will be present at this session and share their first experiences with the tool.
During the presentation we will talk with the audience about:
• Their advice on how such a tool can best be used in an institution and whether additional support is necessary;
• Other tools to support policy makers in policy development; which are available?
• Additional resources that can help institutions to set up policies.
