We would like to submit a proposal about the Open Educational Resources (OER) Leaders Network in Quebec. We would first present an overview of the context on OER in Canada and Quebec as well as the motivations for the creation of the OER Leaders Network within the framework of the Digital Plan (funded by the Ministry of Education in Quebec) for higher education. The Ministry of Education wanted to establish a network of OER leaders as a community of practice that would be built through a series of activities, meetings, webinars including a week of intensive training offered by the Creative Commons organization, which resulted in certification for those who participated. We will explore the challenges of implementing this network as well as those related to its ongoing continuity and development
Moreover, and more importantly, the intention of this presentation is to describe the concepts and prototypes that were developed during this week of intensive training (on Creative Commons Open Licenses) with participants from this network (librarians, teachers, educational advisors from the post-secondary education community (college and university)). These innovative, complementary and collaborative projects were focused on OER training, promotion and research, providing a toolkit to equip and empower the network. These tools and prototypes really deserve to be documented and promoted.
By attending this session, attendees will be able to:- Identify and describe the situation et emergence of the OER movement in Quebec
- Identify specific strategies for collaborating with practitioners and create a community of practice
- Learn about an innovative portfolio and tool kit for the development of Open Education
