Presentation by Prof. Uma Kanjilal for Workshop on Open Educational Resources and Open Licensing Policies in the Indian Context on 22 February 2013 at India International Centre, New Delhi.
Skill Development at Bosch and Reflection on Use of OER by Dr. O P Goel
Open Educational Resources & Open Licensing Policies in the Indian Context: IGNOU Perspective
1. Open Educational Resources
& Open Licensing Policies in
the Indian Context:
IGNOU Perspective
Uma Kanjilal
Indira Gandhi National Open University
2.
3. The University has contributed
towards nation building in a great
way and evolved successful models
of democratization of
education, training and capacity
building.
4. The Mandate of the University
Access to higher education to all segments of society
Provide high quality, innovative and need-based
programmes at different levels, to all those who require
them;
Reach out to the disadvantaged at affordable costs; and
promote, coordinate and regulate the standards of
education offered through open and distance learning in
the country.
5. IGNOU At A Glance
• Established in 1985; Programmes offered: 1987
• Students : 2.9 million (12% of total higher education; about
50% of total distance education)
• Academic programmes: #445
• Courses on offer: #3,000
• Regional Centres: 67
• Study Centres/ Tele-learning Centres: #3107
• Teachers & academics: 447; Admin staff: 1219
• Tutors/ Counsellors: # 36,000
• Offer outside India: 36 countries / 67 Centres
6. IGNOU’s Technology Enhanced
Learning: Present Status
5 educational channels (Gyan Darshan)- also available on DTH
and IP TV
37 FM radio stations (Gyan Vani) with Interactive radio
counseling facility
Internet Radio and webcasting
Pan African e-Network Project
eGyanKosh (e=electronic, gyan= knowledge, kosh=
repository)
FlexiLearn initiative for open courses27
Online programmes in complete virtual environment
7. http://www.egyankosh.ac.in
Journey to e-content development
started with digitisation and
repository building
Over 95% of the self-instructional print material of the University
covering more than 2300 courses available
More 2500 video programmes available on YouTube with the
metadata link in the repository
More than 1,67, 593 registered users and visits per day
around 500 from all over the world
8. Webcasting of Broadcast channels Gyan
Darshan and Gyan Vani
IGNOU is the first Open University in the
world to adopt OER Policy CC- BY-NC-SA
license with Board of Management
Approval
9. http://www.ignouflexilearn.ac.in/
First MOOC (Massive Online Open Course)
portal in the country with crowdsourcing
philosophy
Open Course Portal for Course wise
registration and assessment with
modular approach for earning course
credits for a certificate, diploma or degree
10. • More than 900 courses available with
63699 registered users.
• E-portfolio for a formal record of all
formal and informal studies carried out
by the registered learner
11. Virtual Classrooms
27 online programmes- all processes online right from
registration to certification with the following features:
Walk in admission
Integrated multimedia courseware (personalized learning space )
Online counseling and mentoring (web conferencing, text based
chatting)
Assignment Management System
E-tutor based practical
Group based online seminar
Online Project platform
Online Term End Examination (proctored)
12. IGNOU Adopts OER Policy
IGNOU envisions to be a leading developer of
OERs with the use of its own as well as other
OERs fully incorporated into teaching and
learning at all levels within the University
system
The policy is adopted to guide the
promotion, development and usage of OERs
and to further ensure that the highest standards
of education are achieved thereof.
13. Purpose of the OER Policy
Make materials available under open license
Support voluntary participation of Faculty and others in
developing OER content
Clarify publication rights and licensing issues
Provide guidance in development and review of OER
materials prior to sharing them on a worldwide scale
Define collaborations within and without the university with
the intent to allow access to the open content.
14. Licenses for IGNOU OER Repository
In general all IP and the outputs and outcomes arising
from that IP will be owned by the creator whereas
IGNOU will derive benefits from the outcomes.
All materials released on the IGNOU OER Repository
site will be covered under the Creative Commons
Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.5 India (CC
BY-NC-SA)
15. Concluding Remarks
Developing culture of sharing and re-using – awareness
building
Contextualizing and mapping to curriculum – implications
for teaching/ learning and new methods of assessment
and accreditation
user-friendly tools to locate and retrieve OER
Formats and Interoperability