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Erfarenheter från Erfarenheter från StorbritannienStorbritannien
Experiences from Great BritainExperiences from Great Britain
Patrick McAndrew
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www.open.ac.uk
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8m visitors since launch
I am currently in the Army on a 6 month tour in Iraq. It has been difficult for me to get computer access
consistently but when I have been able to go on open learn I have enjoyed the opportunity. The
purpose of my learning is mainly self development but also work related.
I believe OpenLearn is a brilliant concept. It challenges traditionally held views about
education. OpenLearn IS the way teaching & learning need to be. Free. No boundaries. Web-
based, self-paced, 365-24-7, collaborative.
User feedback
Probably the best on-line resource for language learning I have come across.
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Our motivations1. The philosophy of open content matches the Open University’s mission.2. Open Content is a developing movement: join sooner rather than later.3. The Risks in doing nothing: technology and globalisation need to be
addressed.4. A route for outreach beyond our student body that builds on our good
experience of broadcast with the BBC.5. A chance to learn how to draw on the world as a resource and introduce
new technologies.6. A Demonstration of the quality of Open University materials in new regions.7. A testbed for new technology and new ways of working.8. A way to work with external funders who share similar aims and ideals.OpenLearn = an experiment to understand more
OpenLearn: Motivation and futuresOECD Expert Workshop 26th October 2006
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Research Questions• How can we sustain our work with Open Content?
– What are the costs?– What are the benefits?
• What do our users do in the Learning Space?– Where is the Learning?– What do users enjoy doing?
• How can tools enable users to participate?– Do the tools work with the content?– How do tools help build communities?
• How can free content help people enter education?– Reaching under-represented classes?– Can free content lead to further learning?
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Research Questions• How can we sustain our work with Open Content?
– What are the costs? Measure our own experience.– What are the benefits? Holistic view – look for examples
• What do our users do in the Learning Space?– Where is the Learning? Identify activity patterns as learning– What do users enjoy doing? Stories from the users
• How can tools enable users to participate?– Do the tools work with the content? Trials of tools – feedback – How do tools help build communities? Support shared aims
• How can free content help people enter education?– Reaching under-represented groups? Targeted studies– Can free content lead to further learning? Monitor connections
Ask…Ask…
Enhance OU reputation Extending reach Recruitment of students Widening participation Experiment with courses Accelerate technologies Catalyst for collaboration Research base
http://oro.open.ac.uk/17513/
RecruitmentRecruitment
•13, 000+ registrations via OpenLearn
•Fifth most selected reason
•Best conversion to become a student.
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OLnet and Collective OLnet and Collective IntelligenceIntelligenceCollective intelligence: augmented functions that enabled by the existence of a community.
Collective intelligence emerges through the coexistence of people in the same environment.
In OLnet we aim to develop a software infrastructure that exploits the collective action and interaction of a community of users online in an “intelligent way”; that is to say: obtaining effects and reaching goals that exceed single users and community capability and intentions.
Collating viewsCollating views
Listening to othersListening to others
Testing ideasTesting ideas
Getting dataGetting data
Participatory learningParticipatory learning
Content attractsContent attracts
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If it is …• Unique• Quality• Fresh• Fast• Micro• Relevant
Social supportSocial support
Participation:• Browse/gather• Share expertise• Collaborate• Spread control
http://olnet.org
UK OER ProgrammeUK OER Programme
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OpenLearn 3 years on, Tuesday 19th January
UK OER Institutional projects1. Coventry University Open Content Employability Project2. Exeter University Open Exeter3. Leeds Metropolitan University Unicycle4. Leicester University OTTER5. Nottingham University BERLiN6. Oxford University Open Spires7. Staffordshire University OpenStaffs
UK OER Individual projects– University of York Open Source Electronics Learning Tools– University of Westminster
www.multimediatrainingvideos.com project– University College Falmouth openUCF– Anglia Ruskin University NumBat (Numeracy Bank)– UCL OL Environment Early Modern Low Countries History– University of Central Lancashire EVOLUTION – University of Lincoln Chemistry.FM– Bradford University OER Project
UK OER Subject projects – SC LLAS (Southampton), ENG (Royal Holloway),
PRS (Leeds), HCA (Warwick) The HumBox Project– SC ICS (Ulster) OE Repository for Computer Science– SC ENG (Loughborough) OER Pilot– SC UKCME (Liverpool) CORE-Materials– SC Economics (Bristol) TRUE – SC Physical Sciences (Hull/Liverpool) Skills for Scientists– SC GEES (Plymouth) C-change in GEES
SC ADM (Brighton) OER in Art, Design and Media– SC MSOR (Nottingham Trent) FETLAR – SC Bioscience (Leeds) Interactive Lab & Fieldwork Manual– SC UKCLE (Warwick) Simulation Learning Resources– SC HSAP (KCL) Public Health OER in University Sector– (PHORUS) SC C-SAP (Birmingham) Evaluating
collective endeavour in OER for the social sciences– SC MEDEV (Newcastle) Organising OERs (OOER)
Do OER approaches transfer?
Do OER threaten the University model?
How to have successful projects?
Questions?Questions?
Dr Patrick McAndrewDr Patrick McAndrewThe Open UniversityThe Open UniversityWalton HallWalton HallMilton KeynesMilton KeynesMK7 6AAMK7 6AA
www.open.ac.uk/[email protected]