August 18, 2006 OpenCourseWare Brainstorming Lunch

OpenCourseWare Brainstorming Lunch 1

August 18, 2006

OpenCourseWare Brainstorming Lunch


I. Open Educational Resources

II. OpenCourseWare

III. Understanding value to US Schools


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II. OpenCourseWare



Open Educational Resources — OER Landscape

OER

ContentMaterials published for learning or reference

Repositories Portals

• Merlot• Development Gateway• OCW Consortium• OER Portal

Reference• OCWs• Connexions• Wikipedia • Harvard Open Collection• Open Access Journals

Online Courses

• CMU• Monterey Institute• Open University

DevelopmentTools

• Rice Connexions

Groupware • Wikis • Social networking tools

Content Management

Systems (CMS) • USU’s EduCommons• Kewl Next Gen

ToolsSoftware for developmentand delivery of resources

Licensing Tools

• Creative Commons

Best Practices

• Intellectual property• Metadata

Implementation Resources

Shared conventions for publishing of open resources

Learning Management

Systems (LMS) • Sakai • Moodle


Open Educational Resources — Some History

Rice Connexions site launched

MIT OCW announced

Term “Open Educational Resources” adopted at UNESCO Forum on Impact of OpenCourseWare for Higher Education

Harvard University Library Open Collections initiative launched

MIT OCW Pilot site launched

eduCommons OCW Content Management System launched

Japan OCW Alliance launched

CORE established

Tufts OCW launched

ParisTech OCW launched

OCW Consortium Meetings

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II. OpenCourseWare



Open Course Ware — OCWC Kyoto, April 2006

› Representatives of over 100 institutions worldwide China (CORE) France (ParisTech) India Japan (Japan OCW Consortium) Spain (Universia) Thailand United States Vietnam (VOICE)

› 50 have OCW content published; 50 more are in process


OpenCourseWare — The Consortium

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OpenCourseWare — OCW as transformative

› In China, OCW is a tool for rapidly developing and scaling educational system

› In Vietnam, OCW is a way of improving national curriculum and pedagogy

› In France and Japan, OCW is a tool for enhancing competitiveness for international students



II. OpenCourseWare



OCW in the US — MIT internal metrics

› 71% of students

› 59% of faculty

› 41% of alumni

› 35% of freshmen who were aware of the site before deciding to come to MIT say it was a significant influence

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“OCW was one of the main reasons why I decided to come here and not another university--it provided a good understanding of what I was going to get ... that's the reason why I ended [up] here, and not in Stanford or Columbia.” (MIT Graduate Student)

“When I have trouble understanding the material for a course or test, OCW is the best place to find added resources. (MIT Undergraduate Student)


OCW in the US — Other US OCWs

› Tufts University

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OCW in the US — Other US OCWs

› Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

“As challenges to the world's health escalate daily, the School feels a moral imperative to provide equal and open access to information and knowledge about the obstacles to the public's health and their potential solutions.”

› Notre Dame University

“It is our privilege to share freely with the worldwide community an intellectual and ethical framework for viewing, confronting, and reflecting upon some of the most complex issues facing our society.”

› Utah State University

“USU OCW provides an unprecedented degree of free and open access to the knowledge and expertise of our faculty for the benefit of every citizen of the state of Utah and every person in the world.”


OCW in the US — Discussion

› Is there an opportunity being missed here for US schools?

› Is OCW/OER on your radar at all?

› What about OCW is attractive to your institution? What is not?

› What systems and resources on your campus might make OCW publication easier? More difficult?

› What external factors might influence your interest in OCW?


Thank You!

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Visit the “Opencourseware How To” site on the Web athttp://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/HowTo/index.htm

August 18, 2006 OpenCourseWare Brainstorming Lunch

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