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Presentation given by Andy Lane at the SCORE Shortterm Fellows week, April 2011
Transcript of Oer projects, programmes and initiatives in the uk and internationally april 2011 andy lane
A global OER movement?
Professor Andy Lane, Senior Fellow, SCORE
OER involves lots of groups and organisations around the world
• OER are explicitly funded by:– Foundations– Governments– NGOs– Institutions– Donations
• OER can be found in:– funded institutional repositories – funded and non-funded community based initiatives – proprietary channels
– websites of projects, groups and individuals • OER are being supported via
– International and national consortia– Commercial activities and organizations – Infrastructure activities and organizations
Collaborate or compete?
• Take 5 minutes to discuss with the person next to you when it might be better to collaborate or when it might be necessary to compete in higher education around teaching and learning
Online Learning Task Force
• Recommendation 6: Investment is needed for the development and exploitation of open educational resources to enhance efficiency and quality
• There is no point duplicating effort to create content that is already available and has been proven to work. Institutions can build on the existing open educational resources initiative (funded by HEFCE, managed by the JISC and the HEA) to achieve economies of scale and efficiencies. In addition they can pull in the best content and openly available learning resources from around the world and adapt them for particular courses. Students can then access a richer, wider range of material to enhance their learning experiences wherever they are studying, and leading experts can build a profile beyond their institution. There are also significant opportunities for partnership with private organisations to produce content that is interactive, responsive and pedagogically effective.
• Responsibility of the JISC, HEA and the Open University (as part of its national role) – suggested investment of £5 million per year for five years, awarded under broad direction from funding councils.
Open Sharing, Global BenefitsThe OpenCourseWare Consortium
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Presenter Name
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
I. The OCW Movement
II. The OCW Consortium
III. Benefits of Membership
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
The OCW Movement—What is OCW?
OCW is a type of Open Educational Resource (OER).
OER are a type of Open Content.
OpenEducationalResources
Open Content
OCW
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
What is OpenCourseWare?
• High quality educational materials organized as courses A package of educational materials starting a particular point in the knowledge
spectrum, leading to greater understanding of the issue or topic
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
What is OpenCourseWare?
• Materials organized as courses
• Generally includes course planning documents, thematic content, learning activities and evaluation instruments
lecture notes
syllabicourse calendarassignments, projects, testsvideos or recordings of lecturesdemonstrations and illustrations of concepts
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
What is OpenCourseWare?
• Materials organized as courses• Course planning documents, thematic content, learning activities and
evaluation instruments
• Openly licensed for distribution, re-use and modification
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
What is OpenCourseWare?
• Materials organized as courses• Course planning documents, thematic content, learning activities and
evaluation instruments• Openly licensed for distribution, re-use and modification
• Materials are a reflection of the education provided by the sponsoring institution, and from the authoring instructor(s)
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
What is OpenCourseWare?
• Materials organized as courses• Course planning documents, thematic content, learning activities and
evaluation instruments• Openly licensed for distribution, re-use and modification • Materials are a reflection of the sponsoring institution’s education
• Institutions are the decision makers for their contributions, so OpenCourseWare projects can be quite different
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
What is OpenCourseWare? Summary:
An opencourseware (ocw) is a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners throughout the world.• An ocw is not a distance-learning initiative: there are no
degrees granted, no student/faculty interactions and no transcripts.
• An ocw is a collection of high-quality learning materials presented in the form of courses.
• OCW materials are there for using and re-purposing. Modifications welcome!
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
The OCW Movement—How it Started
Two Questions:
The OCW Movement—How it Started
MIT Administration posed two Questions to the Faculty Committee:
How is the internet going to change education?
What is MIT going to do about it?
Former MIT President Charles Vest
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
The OCW Movement—How it Started
The Report
•Focus on MIT’s Mission: “to advance knowledge in ways that will best serve the nation and the world”
•Use technology to openly share educational materials
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
The OCW Movement—Global Growth
As institutions and learners around the world began to realize the power of opening education to the world, the movement began on a global scale
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
The OCW Movement—What is the Value?• Meeting your organization’s desire to contribute to the
social welfare of the world by making course materials free on a global scale to educators, students, and self-learners
• Showcasing your organization’s instructional efforts by providing high quality, high visibility examples to the public, prospective students, and parents
• Creating a repository where faculty and researchers can have their work seen by the world
• Presenting potential funding agencies with attractive and useful opportunities for disseminating research results
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
The OCW Movement—What is the Value?• Increasing traffic to the institution’s website• Providing a preview of the institution’s education to
prospective students, donors, employers, officials• Providing a cost- and time-efficient vehicle for staff and
faculty training and development• Attracting independent funding for public service projects• Promoting the incorporation of high-quality educational
materials produced elsewhere• Providing entree to a world-wide community of dedicated
educators
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
I. The OCW Movement
II. The OCW Consortium
III. Benefits of Membership
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
Our mission is to advance formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
Who we are
The OCW Consortium
• ~100 live OCW sites
• ~8600 courses
http://ocwconsortium.org
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
The OCW Consortium—Growth
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
The OCW Consortium—Members
Membership Categories
Commit to publishing, under the institution's name, materials from at least 10 courses
Publish courses in an area other than higher ed. or engage in activities that further Consortium goals
Support the development of OCW in particular regions or around common interests
Provide services for fees to other members and contribute substantially to support of the Consortium through their membership fees.
Institutional Members
Affiliate Members
Associate Consortia
Corporate Members
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
I. The OCW Movement
II. The OCW Consortium
III. Benefits of Membership
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
Benefits of Membership:Consultation
with experts in the Consortium
Collective Visibility through international exposure
Collaboration
and networking with members from all
over the world
Sustainability
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
Benefits of Membership:Consultation• For new and existing OCW projects, OCWC staff and
members are available to support you • OCWC conferences and ongoing forums provide
members the opportunity to share solutions and best practices
• Webinars and newsletters address common issues and new developments
• The OCWC site and Toolkit provide tools for OCW development.
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
Benefits of Membership: Collaboration• The OCWC provides administrative support and space
for Working Groups gathered around areas of common interest, such as Evaluation, Accessibility or Intellectual Property
• The OCWC encourages members to report on nascent projects to allow time and opportunities for collaboration
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
Benefits of Membership: Collective Visibility
• The OCWC website provides direct links to the sites of its members
• The OCW Course Finder allows users to search across OCWC member sites
• The OCWC helps develop e-visibility guidelines for its members
• OCWC members share media exposure
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
Benefits of Membership: Sustainability• Sharing of best practices among OCWC members
promotes quality and efficiency within individual projects
• Resource-sharing across OCWC members cuts down on duplication of cost, effort and expertise
• OCWC discussions assist members in articulating the value of OCW to their home institutions
• Estimated 4 million additional teachers to meet EFA Goals• Substantial proportion of existing teachers are under
qualified or unqualified• Concern over quality of current teacher education • Limited capacity and resources in existing institutions and
systems • Poor working and learning conditions for teachers • Multitude of languages • Issues of status, morale and HIV/ AIDS
Sub Saharan Africa: The challenges for teacher education
French
Arabic
Kiswahili
Some examples: • National Teachers Institute (Nigeria): Nigeria Certificate in Education
(NCE) – In-service (distance) 102,000 students• Kyambogo University (Uganda): Diploma in Education Primary
External (distance) 1,500 students• Open University of Tanzania (Tanzania): Diploma in Primary
Education 700 students• Open University of Sudan (Sudan): B Ed ( distance) 45,000 students • Kigali Institute of Education (Rwanda): National Retraining
Programme for Primary School Teachers – endorsed by Ministry for Education (Apr-08) 12,000 teachers
‘To train quality teachers who can impact positively on pupils’/students’ learning.’
TESSA in Use
• Evidence of improved teaching practices
• More reflective thinking after lessons
• Teacher and pupil enjoyment
• Flexibility of OER allowed use in range of programmes
‘I have enjoyed using the materials because they make classroom
activities simple and easy. Pupils are now improving in their
performance and it has helped me to improve my teaching skills.’
Student Teacher, Nigeria
Emerging Findings
TESSA Model of intervention
• Starting point = classroom
• Practical, activity based teacher learning
• Valuing of school practitioner agency
• Implementation dispersed and decentralised
• Alignment and interaction with existing communities of practice
• Local autonomy: importance TESSA coordinators
The TESSA Resources
• Highly structured study units - template • Core set of 75 study units• Teachers’ learning located in their own classrooms • Developing the professional knowledge (both subject
and pedagogic) and practices of teachers • Contextualised to reflect the environment of the teacher
Materials creation and adaptation
Localisation of study units by consortium
partners
Sharing in the Tessa OER
resource bank
Quality Assurance and Editing and
User Testing
Creation of original study units by
consortium partners
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Lots of activity but what is the impact?
• Evidence of impact comes from:– Stories from stakeholders– Surveys of users– Observations of behaviours– Web traffic through Analytics
• Evidence of viability/sustainability comes from:– Actual and perceived strategic value to organisation
– New business models
Designs
Many aspects and issues
Many possible approaches
Business models and sustainability
• Mainstream and/or embedded within existing business model practices and processes
• Provide additional paid for services – the Freemium model
• Donations from supporters
• Grants from funding bodies
• Free labour of volunteers
