open 101: an introduction to open and online education
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Open101An Introduction to Open and Online Education
Robert SchuwerOpen Universiteit (Netherlands)
Agenda
• What are OER?
• Why OER?
• What is a MOOC?
• What is open education?
• Business models for OER
• Open policies
• Challenges for introducing OER
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What are OER?
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Open Educational Resources
• Digital, freely available learning materials• User has five rights
– Reuse “as is”– Rework– Remix– Redistribute– Retain
• Certain conditions
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Conditions: open licenseCreative Commons
• Four building blocks
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Attribution
NonCommercial
ShareAlike
NoDeriv
Six possible licenses
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Attribution CC BY
Attribution – ShareAlike CC BY-SA
Attribution – NonCommercial CC BY-NC
Attribution – NoDerivs CC BY-ND
Attribution – NonCommercial – ShareAlike
CC BY-NC-SA
Attribution – NonCommercial – NoDerivs
CC BY-NC-ND
History
• 2001: MIT
• 2002: UNESCO
• 2005: Open Courseware Consortium
• 2006: OU-UK & OUNL
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Source: Abel Caine, UNESCO
http://dp.la/
https://p2pu.org/en/
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
https://www.boundless.com/
http://www.oerafrica.org/
https://www.khanacademy.org/
More examples
• Institution-based– University of Cape Town
(http://opencontent.uct.ac.za/)– African Virtual University (http://oer.avu.org/)
• Community-based– MERLOT (http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm)– Curriki (http://www.curriki.org/)– OERCommons (https://www.oercommons.org/)
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Why OER?
Benefits of OER
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http://www.slideshare.net/mpaskevi/benefits-and-challenges-of-oer-for-higher-education-institutions (Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams)
Benefits of OER (2)
• Personalized learning
• Fosters innovation
• Teaching = sharing
• Moral argument: learning materials payed by taxpayers’ money should be available for free
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Why not OER?
• Challenges for implementing an OER/based curriculum (later)
• More work!
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What is a MOOC?
MOOC
• Massive: many participants (> Dunbars number)
• Open: free available
• Online: via the internet
• Course: unit of offer (5-10 weeks througput time)
• Complete learning experience
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Skip example
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An example
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Video lectures
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At times a short quiz
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Immediate feedback
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Weekly problem sets…
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…with feedback and a grade
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Forums for learners
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Exam with immediate feedback
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Eventually a certificate
MOOC providers (Sep 2014)
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The big three
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Commercial – Platform – Universities create content
Commercial – Platform – Udacity creates content
Not-for-profit – Universities cooperate
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Other providers
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Open platform – Everyone can deliver content
(Not-for-)profit – Universities cooperate
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• Open, non-profit partnership on MOOCs
• European initiative
• 11 partners
• Portal, no platform
• Quality label
• http://www.openuped.eu/
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Offering Feedback Certificate Pacing Didactics
EdX(Consort.)
Courses Instructor/automated
Achievement Paced Instructor led
Udacity(Company)
Courses Instructor/automated
Achievement/Participation
Paced Instructor led
Coursera(Company/
Consort.)
Courses Instructor/Automated/Peer
Achievement/Participation
Paced Instructor led
Ted Ed Lectures - - Self-directed Instructor led
Khan Academy
Lectures - Badges Self-directed Instructor led
cMOOC Courses Peer None/Achievement/Badges
Paced Connec-tivism
OpenUpEd Courses Peer None/Achievement/Recognition
Self-directed/Paced
Self study
Saylor.org Programs - - Self-directed Instructor led
OERu Programs - Diploma Self-directed May vary p. course
Overviews
• Class-Central https://www.class-central.com/
• MOOCtivity http://www.mooctivity.com/
• Coursetalk http://www.coursetalk.com/
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What is Open Education?
Model of Open Education
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OpenEducation
Learning resources
Teaching effortServices
Learner Environment
Supply
Demand
http://www.surf.nl/binaries/content/assets/surf/en/knowledgebase/2013/Trend+Report+OER+2013_EN_DEF+07032013+%28LR%29.pdf, page 36
Types of open
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OpenEducation
Learning resources
Teaching effortsServices
•Gratis beschikbaar•Open in 5R zin:
•Reuse•Revise•Remix•Redistribute•Retain
•Open in plaats•Open in tijd•Open in tempo•Open in programma•Open toegang (geen ingangseisen)
Niet per se gratis!
Openness of OER
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Learning resources
Teaching effortsServices
•Gratis beschikbaar•Open in 5R zin:
•Reuse•Revise•Remix•Redistribute•Retain
•Open in plaats•Open in tijd•Open in tempo•Open in programma•Open toegang (geen ingangseisen)
OER
Openness of a MOOC
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Learning resources
Teaching effortsServices
•Gratis beschikbaar•Open in 5R zin:
•Reuse•Revise•Remix•Redistribute•Retain
•Open in plaats•Open in tijd•Open in tempo•Open in programma•Open toegang (geen ingangseisen)
MOOC
•Forum•Feedback•Exam•Certificate
•Teacher•Teaching assistant
MOOC vs OER: applicability
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MOOC OER
Ready to use Learning objects. Need effort before using
Applicable “As-is” Personalization possible
Useful for learner Useful for teacher
Applicable in specific situations Broad spectrum of application
Paradox for usability:(inspired by David Wiley)
OER
Applicability for reuse
fixed
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MOOC
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Business models
Funding models• Endowment - base funding (charity)• Membership – Institutions pay fee• Donations – by users• Conversion – to payed services• Contributor-pay• Sponsorship – advertisement• Institutional – variation of sponsorship• Governmental – similar to institutional• Partnerships and exchanges
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http://ijklo.org/Volume3/IJKLOv3p029-044Downes.pdf
Business model: canvas
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Example: OpenU @ OUNL
• 10% of each course is provided as OER. • Customers can remain anonymous, register
free of charge and create a profile, or can be paying customers.
• Each individual or organisation can take out a subscription to products or services.
• Communities are encouraged
• All forms of education are provided free of charge, (e.g. online master classes)
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•Institutions for HE (co-creation)•Organisations (co-creation)•Publishers•Graphic designers•Printing house•(Online) bookseller•Supplier IT-tooling•Postoffices•Network providers•Landlords (study centres)
•Experts in the communities
•Exploitation of education•Development of education•Research intertwined with education•Marketing•Starting and moderating communities•Create and manage OER•Manage OpenU infrastructure and services
•Developers•Teachers, TA’s•Researchers•Educational technologists•Support employees•Members OpenU•Experts Communities•Study centre•ICT and multi mediatools
•OER + provisions (without registration)•OER + extra provisions (with registration)•OpenU subscriptions•Individual courses•Full programs (BaMa)•Tailored programs•Other services related to education
•Selfservice (extended)•Personal contacts (online + offline)•Communities (online + offline + events)
•Internet•OpenU portal•Study centres•Study packages (paper)•Social media•Personal contact for advicing services
•Individual interested (not registered)•Individual interested (registered)•Individual learner (student)•Individual learner (OpenU subscription)•Organisations (companies, institutions)•Institutions for HE•Government
•Fixed costs: personal, board, support, logistics, ICT- and network infrastructure, housing•Variable costs: (physical) production of learning materials, marketing and information, printing costs, costs of delivery, ICT licenses, management copyrights, OU-organisation and personal (semi flexible), support (semi-flexible)
•Fixed subsidy Ministry of Education•Variable subsidy Ministry of Education•Course incomes (student / organisation)•Payment for additional services•Subscription fee from a learner / organisation•Payment learner / organisation for additional services
Red: additional for OpenU
Funding models for MOOC
• Payment for extra services– Certificate, proctored exam
• Series of courses (program)
• Offering courses specific for institutions
• Selling student data (e.g. to head hunter)
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Challenges for introducing OER
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Potential hurdles
• Findability of OER
• Quality of OER– Context specific
• Open licenses
• Business models
• Human factors
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