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Commissioned by SURF, Dialogic conducted an impact assessment of the Incentive Scheme for Open and Online Education. Since 2015, SURF has been implementing this scheme for the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science with the aim of encouraging higher education institutions to develop methods, materials, and tools for open and online education. For SURF's published theme edition Reuse of open educational materials, our researcher Max Kemman was interviewed regarding the results of this impact assessment in the article Subject communities stimulate reuse of educational materials.
The impact assessment revealed that tools developed within the Online Education pillar find their way within the institution, but materials from the Open Educational Materials pillar are often too subject-specific to be used outside the programme. Conversely, the results from the Open Educational Materials pillar show that reuse occurs more frequently outside the institution, but hardly within the institution itself. This is because the materials are often subject-specific, making them interesting for similar programmes at other institutions.
Some doubts still exist about the sustainability of open educational materials due to the quality, scope, and copyrights of the materials. The sustainability of projects within the Open Educational Materials pillar therefore relies particularly on subject communities, the collaborative networks in which open educational materials are developed. These subject communities lead not only to more exchange of educational materials but also to more exchange of knowledge and experiences. The impact of the Incentive Scheme is not only visible in the form of tangible tools and educational materials that are developed, but also in the increased awareness among participants of the possibilities of innovative applications and collaboration.
Interested in learning more about this research or about digitalization in higher education? Contact Max Kemman.