The Never Ending Story of Open

What is open?

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I say open, you say?

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Definitions

"mouthful of open pins"

Layers of open

History of open education

Of our time?

• 2002 - Budapest Open Access Initiative, Creative Commons
• 2007 Cape Town Open Education Declaration
• 2012 Paris OER Declaration

"Its foundations lie in one of altruism, and the belief that education is a public good." (Weller, 2014)

Open as infrastructure:
open source
open data
open standards

Open Research

Open Educational Resources

Open Policy

Open Online Learning

Open Educational Practice

"Use of OEP by educators is complex, personal, contextual, and continuously negotiated" (Cronin,2017)

"Use of OEP by educators is complex, personal, contextual, and continuously negotiated" (Cronin,2017)

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Open Community

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The Gift of Open?

Never ending issues

• Sustainability
• Balance
• Open washing
• Safety
• "the Nothing"

"another story (and) shall be told another time"

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