ABSTRACT

Interest in the adoption of open educational practices (OEP) is growing, and the strongest arguments in its favor are that the adoption of such practices has the best chances of making education affordable and accessible to all. However, engagement with such practices requires the adoption of a fundamentally different set of beliefs and value systems about the role of education and educational resources in the development of societies. The development of these beliefs and values are achievable through a combination of strategies. These include appropriate policies, as well as capacity building through sustained engagement in carefully designed learning experiences, which involves people reflecting on authentic problems and situations around the adoption of OEP. The impacts of such capacity building are difficult to ascertain because they are an outcome of a combination of factors involving the practitioners themselves, their educational context, as well as their views about intellectual property, its ownership, and role in educational development. This article discusses our approach to shifting the mindsets of practitioners around OEP and ascertaining its impacts on them.

摘要

人们对采用开放式教育实践（OEP）的兴趣与日俱增，最有力的论据是，采用开放式教育实践具有使所有人都能负担得起和获得教育的最佳机会。但是，参与这种做法需要就教育和教育资源在社会发展中的作用采取一套根本不同的信念和价值体系。这些信念和价值观的发展可以通过多种策略来实现。这些措施包括适当的政策，以及通过持续参与精心设计的学习经历而进行的能力建设，这需要人们反思采用OEP的真实问题和情况。很难确定这种能力建设的影响，因为它们是从业者自身，他们的教育背景以及他们对知识产权，所有权及其在教育发展中的作用的看法等多种因素共同作用的结果。本文讨论了我们围绕OEP改变从业者心态并确定其对他们的影响的方法。