Into the next 10 years of OER with sustainable metadata!

At the OER­camp, we were able to put for­ward a the­sis on how didac­tic meta­data can sus­tain­ably improve open uni­ver­sity teach­ing.

On Wednes­day, 06.03.2024, there was an enter­tain­ing net­work­ing event with an evening pro­gram on the topic “10 the­ses for the next 10 years of OER” as part of the OER­camp. The occa­sion was the tenth anniver­sary of the Alliance for Open Edu­ca­tion. The focus of the event, which thrived entirely on the exchange between par­tic­i­pants, was the ques­tion of what we need in terms of edu­ca­tion for an open, dig­i­tal soci­ety for the next 10 years?

Ten mem­bers of the Bünd­nis freie Bil­dung, includ­ing twillo, pre­sented state­ments for dis­cus­sion on what prac­ti­tion­ers of dig­i­tal and open teaching/learning mate­ri­als in Ger­man-speak­ing coun­tries would like to see in terms of edu­ca­tion for an open, dig­i­tal soci­ety over the next 10 years and what plans they them­selves have. The the­ses were pre­sented on stage and then dis­cussed lively in three rounds at stand­ing tables in the hall with chang­ing par­tic­i­pants. Dis­cus­sion top­ics included the impact of AI tools on the cul­ture of shar­ing, the stronger link between OER and edu­ca­tion for sus­tain­able devel­op­ment and the need for a state-funded Ger­man OER pub­lisher.

twillo was rep­re­sented with a the­sis on the increased sus­tain­abil­ity of open teach­ing through didac­tic meta­data: Through a bet­ter descrip­tion of teach­ing mate­ri­als by means of meta­data

• sim­pli­fies the poten­tial reuse of open learn­ing mate­ri­als for teach­ers,
• the reuse of OER is strength­ened,
• con­tributes to valu­able self-reflec­tion in uni­ver­sity teach­ing.
  

The topic met with a strong response; among other things, par­tic­i­pants asked them­selves what infor­ma­tion is actu­ally hid­den behind didac­tic meta­data, reported very dif­fer­ent expe­ri­ences with the descrip­tion of OER and wished for a relief in the descrip­tion of OER through auto­matic (AI-based) fill-in sug­ges­tions.