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Slide 1 Impact of Open Educational Impact of Open Educational Resources: Resources: What Does Research Tell Us? What Does Research Tell Us? 16 July 2008 16 July 2008 IAU 13 IAU 13 th th General Conference General Conference Utrecht, Netherlands Utrecht, Netherlands
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Slide 1
Impact of Open Educational Impact of Open Educational Resources:Resources:What Does Research Tell Us?What Does Research Tell Us?
16 July 200816 July 2008IAU 13IAU 13thth General Conference General Conference
Utrecht, NetherlandsUtrecht, Netherlands
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Hewlett Foundation - Education Program
Panelists:Panelists:
Dr. Grainne ConoleDr. Grainne ConoleInstitute of Educational TechnologyInstitute of Educational TechnologyThe Open University, UKThe Open University, UKNew Ways of Achieving the Vision of OER’sNew Ways of Achieving the Vision of OER’s
Dr. Mona LaroussiDr. Mona LaroussiUniversity of Lille, FranceUniversity of Lille, FranceNational Institute of Applied Sciences & National Institute of Applied Sciences & Technology, Tunis, TunisiaTechnology, Tunis, Tunisia
Elearning 2.0:Pedagogical Illusion Elearning 2.0:Pedagogical Illusion
Dr. Sally M. JohnstoneWinona State University U.S.A
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Hewlett Foundation - Education Program3
OER: a definitionOER: a definition
Web-based materials offered freely and Web-based materials offered freely and openly for use and reuse in teaching, openly for use and reuse in teaching, learning and research learning and research
(UNESCO, 2002)(UNESCO, 2002)
Only open if they are released under an Only open if they are released under an open licenceopen licence
Includes any tool, material or technique Includes any tool, material or technique used to support access to knowledgeused to support access to knowledge
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Hewlett Foundation - Education Program
Why OER?Why OER?
Knowledge as public good + www = Knowledge as public good + www = extraordinary opportunity for extraordinary opportunity for sharing, use, and reuse of sharing, use, and reuse of knowledge and tools to help others knowledge and tools to help others learn. learn.
William & Flora Hewlett Foundation’s William & Flora Hewlett Foundation’s OER Goals:OER Goals:To help equalize access to To help equalize access to
knowledge and educational knowledge and educational opportunities across the worldopportunities across the world
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Hewlett Foundation - Education Program
Critical assumptions for OER success:Critical assumptions for OER success:Fundamentally social and technical .. Fundamentally social and technical ..
An entire ecosystem – not just pipes and An entire ecosystem – not just pipes and wireswires
Fostered, not builtFostered, not builtDeveloped by ‘searchers’ not ‘planners’ Developed by ‘searchers’ not ‘planners’
that adapt to local systemsthat adapt to local systemsNot built all at once or globally, but built in Not built all at once or globally, but built in
modular incrementsmodular incrementsInfrastructure results from creating Infrastructure results from creating
interoperability between systemsinteroperability between systemsBuilt on what has already been done; Built on what has already been done;
leveraging prior investmentsleveraging prior investments
The Cape Town Declaration
“…a statement of principle, a statement of strategy and a statement of commitment … meant to spark dialogue, to inspire action and to help the open education movement grow.”(Cape Town Open Education Declaration, 2008)
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Open Educational Resources
The Way Forward
Susan D’AntoniManager of UNESCO on-line community
exploring issues of OER
Aims of the on-line community:
International dialogue and information exchange
Linking people who might not otherwise meet
Creating an international OER community
What are the characteristics of the community?
North America22%
Sub-Saharan Africa16%
Latin America6%
East Asia5%
The Pacific4%
Central and Eastern Europe3%
Western Europe30%
South and West Asia
9%
Arab States3%
Caribbean1% Central Asia
0.5%
600+ members
98 countries
67 developing countries
What are the issues?
Advancing the movement Awareness raising Communities and networking Research
Enabling creation and re-use Policies Standards Technology tools Quality assurance Capacity development
Enabling learning with OER Learning support services Assessment of learning
Removing barriers to OER Accessibility Copyright and licensing Financing Sustainability
Join the community
Consult the resources
Wiki
http://oerwiki.iiep-unesco.org
www.oercommons.orgwww.oercommons.org
