the oer hub
DESCRIPTION
The Open University has organised the way it works on Open Educational projects around different elements. These are shared in a description of the OER Hub. Presented at Open Education 2012 #opened12 by Gary Elliott-Cirigottis 18 October 2012. Presentation by Patrina Law, Gary Elliott-Cirigottis and Patrick McAndrew. CC-BYTRANSCRIPT
The OER Hub
Patrina Law, Gary Elliott-Cirigottis, Patrick McAndrewThe Open University, UK
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• In top three for student satisfaction in the UK National Student Survey every year since 2005.
• 250,332 students• 22% outside UK• 50% undergrads below standard UK HE entry level• 13,589 with declared disabilities• 4927 direct staff 1218 academic• 7413 associate lecturers• 7592 students on most popular course (Intro to
Arts)
Our vision for OER at the OUWe believe that the three main barriers to starting education are access, cost and lack of confidence. Hence we aim to remove all three of these from the first steps in learning through OER:
• Access (off and online): we want to build on formats and platforms to improve discoverability
• Cost: we want to ensure sound sustainable business models to underpin free delivery of OER
• Confidence: we want to build on badging and analytics to improve learner esteem and build confidence
Developing learners with OERThe OU now ensures it provides around 5% of free open educational content every year. Over 7m learners every year start a free learning journey with the OU via our OpenLearn website:
• There have been over 22 million visitors since launch in 2006• Content includes: 631 active study units, educational interactives,
topical videos, academic blogs, direct access to OU podcasts and opportunities to order free printed materials.
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YouTube EduThe OU has a dedicated channel on YouTube EDU containing bite-sized learning from a wide range of subjects and an insight into studying with The OU which is the largest presence on YouTube EDU in Europe.
• We have posted over 1400 videos that have received 10.4 million video views by 5.7 million visitors;
• There are 36,650 subscribers to our YouTube content, more than any other UK educational institution;
• 86% of video views are from outside the UK.
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iTunesUIn June 2008 The OU were invited to join iTunes U. The OU is the first university in Europe to reach more than one million subscriptions through the iTunes app. and over 50m international downloads.
• There have been over 54.6m downloads by c.6.7m unique visitors;
• over 1m subscriptions to OU content via the iTunes app;
• 392 collections containing 3,103 tracks;
• 422 eBooks representing over 5,000 hours of study;
• 52 courses on the iTunes app; • and 70% of visitors now
download straight to mobile devices.
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So, lets go…
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Why did we start thinking about a Hub?
• Reviewed for best fit with the US curriculum
• Embellished (quizzes, animations, videos)
• Re-contextualised for the US• Usability/accessibility tested• Published online to targeted
students and the world…
OU ‘gateway’ print-based
courses converted to
be OER
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OU as OER user, provider, participant and practitioner – shaping our OER business
The OER Hub at the OU
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The OER Hub at the OU
Learn about OER
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Produce And
Use OER
The OER Hub at the OU
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Find
OER
(O
penL
earn
)
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The OER Hub at the OU
Connect
and
Network
The OER Hub at the OU
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Understand OER Research/Policy(Evidence Hub)
The OER Hub at the OU
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Help me run m
y
OER Project
The OER Hub at the OU
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Host a
nd Tr
ack
OER
The OER Hub at the OU
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OU as OER user, provider, participant and practitioner – shaping our OER business OpenEd12- Vancouver -18th October
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OER at the OU
The portal to all OU OER projects, current and complete: http://www8.open.ac.uk/about/open-educational-resources/
OER content on OpenLearn: http://www.open.edu/openlearn/
Bridge to Success: http://b2s.aacc.edu
The OER Evidence Hub: http://ci.olnet.org
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