Introduction to the Open Policy Network and Institute for Open Leadership

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1. Institute for Open Leadership
3. openpolicynetwork.org
4. WHY?
5. Current system = broken
6. Optimized system = possible!
7. OPEN POLICY: Publicly funded resources are openly licensed resources
8. EXAMPLE
10. • Warsaw CC Summit 2011 • OER on the radar of policymakers • affiliates requested support • current efforts decentralized and uncoordinated • need a network to share and discuss • need best data, toolkits, arguments • let’s not miss opportunities that arise! IDEA
11. MISSION • Foster the creation, adoption, and implementation of open policies that advance the public good. • Do this by supporting advocates, organizations, policymakers, and connecting policy opportunities with those who can provide assistance.
12. PRINCIPLES • ‘Open Policy’: publicly funded resources are openly licensed resources • Default aim for policy licensing: Open Definition (with preference for CC BY and CC0). • Do not recreate the wheel; leverage expertise • Work from existing policy recommendations: Paris OER, BOAI, Panton Principles, Communia, etc. • Free for anyone to join. Contribute and abide by mission and guiding principles.
13. WORK PLAN • Link to, catalog, and curate existing policy resources. • Build new resources and/or services only where capacity or expertise does not currently exist. • Connect policy makers to experts. • Provide baseline level of assistance for all opportunities. • Share information with openly with members and the public, using open licenses (of course), multiple languages, transparent fashion.
16. Institute for Open Leadership
17. WHAT?
18. • weeklong intensive in-person training program on ‘open’ • train new leaders in the values and implementation of open licensing, policies, and practices • connect emerging open leaders with one another • provide access to experts in variety of open fields • 20 participants each year; 2 years • instructors from various open areas: education, science, open access, PSI, data, software, culture, etc. Institute for Open Leadership
19. WHY?
20. • need for sustainable open movement and new generation of open leadership • expand reach of open ideas and practice into new institutions and areas • leaders can set positive example and give advice to others • in person is valuable mode for training and networking Institute for Open Leadership
21. • participants will propose an open project, work on at institute week, complete at their institutions within a year • transform the concepts learned at the institute into practical, actionable, and sustainable initiative within his/her institution • SUCCESS = ◦ Increase the amount of openly licensed materials in the commons; ◦ Increase awareness among colleagues and related stakeholders about the benefits of openness; ◦ Successful implementation of policy; ◦ Demonstrate measurable results. Focus on capstone projects
22. EXAMPLE
23. Librarian at a university able to foster an open access policy at their institution; university faculty agree to contribute publicly funded research into the university repository under open licenses.
24. • who: emerging leaders and mid-level managers not already involved in the open community but showing interest and potential, high impact • process: ◦ application & selection period ◦ primed for institute by completing open courses from School of Open ◦ intensive in-person event ◦ completion of open policy capstone projects • timeline: ◦ March 2014 application period; July 2014 institute 1 ◦ November 2014 application period; March 2015 institute 2 • travel/hotels/meals paid for through grants from Hewlett and OSF Logistics
25. OPN IOL
26. tvol@creativecommons.org cable@creativecommons.org
27. Credits • Institution - by Thibault Geffroy from the Noun Project - CC BY • Big idea - from the Noun Project, Public Domain • Blueprint - by Dimitry Sokolov from The Noun Project - CC BY • Check List - by fabrice dubuy from The Noun Project - CC BY • Hackathon - by Iconathon 2012 - CC0 • Site Map - by Sergey Bakin from the Noun Project - CC BY • Question - by Rémy Médard from The Noun Project - CC BY This work is dedicated to the public domain. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Attribution is optional, but if desired, please attribute to Creative Commons. Some content such as screenshots may appear here under exceptions and limitations to copyright and trademark law--such as fair use--and may not be covered by CC0.