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advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
OER and its Impact on Teaching Practices
Meena Hwang, Director of Community Outreach OpenCourseWare Consortium
UNESCO IITE Conference Nov. 16th, 2010
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
November 24, 2010 OCW Consortium
I. What is OCW
II. Impact on Teaching Practices
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Open Educational Resources
“digitized materials offered freely and openly for educators, students and self-learners to use and re-use for teaching, learning and research”
UNESCO’s 2002 Forum on the Impact of Open Courseware for Higher Education in Developing Countries funded by the Hewlett Foundation
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Examples of OER “collections”
• Open Textbooks• Open Journals• Videolectures.net• Open Learning Initiative • Connexions• OpenCourseWare
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
So, what is OpenCourseWare?
• A particular kind of Open Educational Resource, a particular kind of “collection”
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
So, what is OpenCourseWare?
• High quality educational materials organized as courses
• Openly licensed for distribution, re‐use and modification, available to all on the internet
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
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• Syllabi• Readings• Lecture notes• Tests/quizzes• Lectures (video,
audio)• etc…
OCW can be fully instructional, but does not need to be.
OCW is composed of…
Image courtesy of Shelley Henson Johnson
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Syllabus
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/aeronautics-and-astronautics/16-050-thermal-energy-fall-2002/syllabus/
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CourseCalendar
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
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Lecture Notes
http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/soceconaspectsfertility/PDFs/SocEconFertil_Session2.pdf
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http://oyc.yale.edu/classics/introduction-to-ancient-greek-history/content/sessions/session-3-the-dark-ages-cont.
Lecture Videos
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Tests
http://ocw.tudelft.nl/courses/nanoscience/advanced-statistical-mechanics/exams/
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
November 24, 2010 OCW Consortium
The OCW Consortium
Collaboration of more than 250 higher education institutions and associated organizations from around the world.
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
November 24, 2010 OCW Consortium
The Mission
to advance formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of
free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
The OCW Consortium• ~250 members
• ~100 live OCW sites
• ~13,000 courses
http://www.ocwconsortium.org
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
OCW Course Growth Globally
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
November 24, 2010 OCW Consortium
I. What is OCW
II. Impact on Teaching Practices
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
November 24, 2010 OCW Consortium
All 1800 courses offered at MIT open.
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
November 24, 2010 OCW Consortium
Transparency
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
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The OCW publication process helps MIT faculty improve their teaching methods and materials
90% of MIT faculty have published on OCW
Benefits of OCW publication
% agree
Increased quality or organization of course materials 30%Increased level of comfort with use of the web in teaching 29%
Allowed me to rethink my teaching approach 26%Source: 07 Faculty Survey
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
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MIT undergraduates and graduates use OCW to perform better in their classes and to extend their learning
beyond their formal curriculum
MIT Student Use of OCW
UG Grad BothComplement a current course 88% 58% 70%
Plan course of study 52% 42% 46%
Enhance personal knowledge 30% 45% 39%
Review previous courses 36% 30% 33%Source: 06 Grad Survey, 07 UG Survey
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November 24, 2010 OCW Consortium
Collaboration : StudentsOpen.Michigan: Chemical Process Dynamics and Controls
https://open.umich.edu/education/engin/che/che466/fall2008
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http://controls.engin.umich.edu/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
Open TextbookPeer review/evaluationFaculty feedback
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
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Collaboration : Inter-institutional
Jasper Verberk’s OpenCourseWare videos on water management course-Collaborative project with ITB Bandung of Indonesia to develop the core curriculum to be used in Indonesia. -Local lecturers contribute to the course with local contents
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
November 24, 2010 OCW Consortium
Collaboration : Inter-institutional
OER Health University of Michigan OER Africa
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyUniversity of Ghana
University of Cape Town University of the Western Cape
University of Malawi’s Kamuzu College of Nursing University of Botswana
Health Education and Training in Africa Project of the Open University
University of Nairobi
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
November 24, 2010 OCW Consortium
Collaboration : Inter-governmental
African Virtual University- Open and Distance eLearning Centers- Teacher Education Project- OER Repository
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
November 24, 2010 OCW Consortium
Collaboration
Decrease faculty time on materials developmentEvaluate curriculum and teaching stylesIdentify ‘general’ lessonsStrengthen teaching and curricular alignment
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dou_ble_you/3907358672/
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November 24, 2010 OCW Consortium
Offering more to the students
UC Berkeley Webcast
- supplement to learning- grassroots initiative
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Re-purposing the material
APTIKOM : an association of 700 computer science departments
NEXXUS: collaborative project with the Ministry of Education to translate and repurpose OCW materials to meet the needs of lifelong education
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
OER philosophy
“Resources that are to be shared, built upon, re-shaped, re-purposed – and then returned to the commons to be available for the same exercise to take place over again”.
Susan D’Antoni, UNESCO OER programme Cambridge International Conference on Open and Distance Learning, 2009
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Connect with us!
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ocwconsortium@ocwnews
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November 24, 2010 Meena Hwang—OCW Consortium
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