OER Grantees Meeting 2012: Opening Exercise Part 2
Opening Exercise in Two Parts, Part 2: Prioritizing Issues and Setting the Overall Strategy (Hewlett Foundation Update)
- Welcoming remarks by Martha Minow, Dean, Harvard Law School
"We are at in inflection point in education: (1) technological change; (2) learning theory and empirical research about how people learn; (3) and political/legal movement towards understanding education as a fundamental right. The development of informal education, credentialing, badging, interactive learning, and co-productive learning all showing great promise." - #oer12hf HLS Dean Martha Minow encourages OER community to play and innovate instagr.am/p/JQMy_ypjZl/
- Part 2: Prioritizing Issues and Setting the Overall Strategy (Hewlett Foundation Update): Members of the Hewlett team will highlight the Education Program's 2012 strategic goals, including an update on its Deeper Learning strategy and a deep dive into OER. They will share their perspectives on trending issues and emerging challenges and opportunities within the grantee community and OER generally, with a focus on key pillars including High Quality Supply, Supportive OER Policies, Implementable Standards, Influential Research, and Innovative OER.
- Barbara Chow on Hewlett Education Program
3 key areas:
(1) state policy (2) open education resources (3) deeper learning in k-12 classrooms throughout the US
Deeper Learning:
To provide students the skills and knowledge they will need to be successful in 21st century work and life
Core competencies:
(1) ability to:think critically and solve complex problems; (2) communicate effectively; (3) work collaboratively - US is in 31st place for math critical thinking skills. #OER12HF instagr.am/p/JQN7WQRs0e/
- Kathy Nicholson on OER Infrastructure Portfolio
* Knowledge is a public good, goal is to equalize access
* Build an infrastructure to obtain mainstream adoption of OER 
Huge growth (300%) increase in mobile visit to 19 major OER distributors. #oer12hf not surprising but still striking http://pic.twitter.com/NIGg8Rtf- Vic Vuchic on Opportunities and Risk
Opportunities:
(1) continued growth at the policy level; (2) grant Oopportunities; (3) open textbooks; (4) credentialing & MOOCS; (5) designing OER for mobile delivery; (6) increase awareness for OER
Risks:
(1) policy attacks and legal risk; (2) continue to drive demand across stakeholders; (3) address supply capacity; (4) mobile and tablets
4 Asks:
(1) continue building awareness about OER; (2) encourage government support of the Paris OER Declaration; (3) organize and link OER research and evidence; (4) link deeper learning and OER outcomes 
4 #oer12hf keys: increase awareness, encourage gov't support, organize & link evidence, link deeper learning w/outcomes via @Hewlett_Found
