Open Education in EstoniaHans PõldojaTallinn University

Hans Põldoja

LecturerInstitute of Informatics, Tallinn University (Estonia)

Doctotal studentSchool of Arts, Design and Architecture, Aalto University (Finland)

hans.poldoja@tlu.eehttp://www.hanspoldoja.net

Some background information

Basic facts

Population: 1,310,000

Students:General education: 140,000Vocational education: 26,000Higher education: 64,000

534 schools, 14,000 teachers48 vocational education institutions29 higher education institutions (incl 6 universities in public law)

http://www.hitsa.ee/en

http://htk.tlu.ee

http://haridustehnoloogia.ut.ee

Open educational resources

http://koolielu.ee

https://www.e-ope.ee/en/repository

http://lemill.net

http://www.kae.edu.ee

http://6htu6pik.ut.ee

http://www.biodigi.edu.ee

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Koolielu e-ope.ee LeMill

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103160

OER's in Estonian repositories by licences (2014-04-22)

AttributionAttribution-ShareAlikeAttribution-NoDerivsAttribution-NonCommercialAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlikeAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs

Open online courses

Course blog

Learner blogs

Blog-based courses

http://oppematerjalid.wordpress.com

http://beta.wikiversity.org

https://sisu.ut.ee/measurement/uncertainty

Open source software for education

Development of open source software for education in TLU

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

LMS's and lightweight

VLE's

Experiments with weblogs

Digital learning

ecosystems

LePress

http://htk.tlu.ee/viko/

http://krihvel.opetaja.ee

http://krihvel.opetaja.ee

http://lepress.net

http://www.edufeedr.net

Blog-based course with EduFeedr

Course blog

Learner blogs

EduFeedr

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Conclusions

• Estonian Ministry of Education and Research is starting to recognize the importance of open education

• Limited funding for open education initiatives

• Lack of strong open education community

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Hans PõldojaLecturerTallinn University, Estonia

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