Following on last year's announcement of a national Open Education declaration for Welsh Higher Education, some good news from Scotland.

The Open Scotland group acknowledge that changing practice is the real goal and the declaration is just a starting point, but it's a significant step. Wikimedia UK are mentioned by name.

Acronyms:
Cetis = Centre for Educational Technology, Interoperability and Standards

Jisc RSC = Jisc Regional Support Centre

SQA = Scottish Qualifications Authority

ALT = Association for Learning Technology

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From: Lorna M Campbell <lorna.m.campbell@icloud.com>
Date: 17 March 2014 12:57
Subject: [Open-education] Scottish Open Education Declaration
To: Open Educational Resources <OER-DISCUSS@jiscmail.ac.uk>, open-education@lists.okfn.org, Open Education Special Interest Group <OPENEDSIG@jiscmail.ac.uk>, ALT-SCOTLAND@jiscmail.ac.uk

Dear all, 

(Apologies for cross posting.)

In order to coincide with Open Education Week last week the Open Scotland initiative released a public draft of the Scottish Open Education Declaration http://declaration.openscot.net/   Open Scotland is a a voluntary cross sector initiative led by Cetis, SQA, Jisc RSC Scotland and the ALT Scotland SIG, which aims to raise awareness of open education, encourage the sharing of OER, and promote the development of open policy and practice.

One of the primary deliverables we agreed to produce following the Open Scotland Summit (http://openscot.wordpress.com/2013/10/09/open-scotland-report-and-actions/) held in Edinburgh last year, was a declaration supporting open education in Scotland based on the UNESCO Paris OER Declaration. There was general agreement that the Paris Declaration was a “good thing” however many participants felt it was too focused on OER and that a Scottish declaration should encompass open education more widely. The result is the Scottish Open Education Declaration, a draft statement adapted from the Paris OER Declaration.

The first draft of the Scottish Open Education Declaration has been shared online using the CommentPress application to enable all members of the community to add comments and feedback.  We invite all those with an interest in open education to comment on and contribute to this draft and to encourage their colleagues to join the debate http://declaration.openscot.net/

Many thanks. 

Lorna

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