Monterrey Intro

OCWC 2009 – Monterrey, Mexico Content, Creativity, Infrastructure April 21, 2009

Welcome

Welcome
Business Meeting
Board Reports
OCWC 2009 – Monterrey, Mexico April 21, 2009

Tecnológico de Monterrey

Dr. Patricio López del Puerto President of the Virtual University, Tecnológico de Monterrey

Stephen Carson
External Relations Director, MIT OpenCourseWare
President, OpenCourseWare Consortium

8 years of OpenCourseWare

4 years for the OCWC

100s of leading Universities

1000s of courses published

Commitment

Project Staff

Community

Vision

We envision a world in which the desire to learn is fully met by the opportunity to do so anywhere in the world—where everyone, everywhere is able to access affordable, educationally and culturally appropriate opportunities to gain whatever knowledge or training they desire.

Mission and Goals

The mission of the OpenCourseWare Consortium is to advance formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.

Increase the number of members in the OCWC, and the number and diversity of OpenCourseWare courses they make available;

Enhance the value of OCW courses to all types of users around the world;

Build and nurture a vibrant, culturally diverse global OpenCourseWare community that is connected to the broader OER movement.

Support

Utah Meeting --Where’s Brandon?

This Meeting —Where Are John and Mike?
MIKE
JOHN

OCWC Global: Content, Infrastructure and Creativity

Excellent Teaching

Excellent Learning

Excellent Company

Today—OCWC Business
Business Meeting (elections, bylaws, annual planning, OCWC Global 2010).
Board Reports (committee work, including proposed fee structure and ED Search).
Project Updates
Breakout Sessions

Welcome
Business Meeting
Board Reports

Elections

Institutions Total Institutional Members: 155 Total certified voters: 86 Total votes cast: 52
Anka Mulder - Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) 37 (19.58%)
Edmundo Tovar - Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (Spain) 34 (17.99%)
Jose Escamilla De los Santos - Technologico de Monterrey (Mexico) 34 (17.99%)
Meena Hwang - Korea University (Republic of Korea) 31 (16.4%)

Affiliates Total Affiliate Members: 39 Total certified voters: 26 Total votes cast: 14
Catharina Maracke - Creative Commons International (United States) 5 (35.71%)

ByLaws—Measures Requiring Amendment
Meetings
The Consortium will hold one global meeting each year. The global meeting will be in April/May.

Streamlining and Updates

Updates to Conflict of Interest Policy Pursuant to recommendations of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office.

Membership
Affiliate membership will be expanded to include (accredited) primary / secondary education institutions.
A Corporate membership category will be added.

Membership

An Associate Institutional membership category will be created for institutions joining through associate consortia, with reduced membership fees and voting rights. Associate institutions vote for institutional board members through their associate consortia, with one additional vote for every ten (or portion) of ten Associate institutions.
An Associate Consortium Membership category will be added.

2010 Meeting

Annual Planning Calendar

Strategic Plan

Vision

We envision a world in which the desire to learn is fully met by the opportunity to do so anywhere in the world—where everyone, everywhere is able to access affordable, educationally and culturally appropriate opportunities to gain whatever knowledge or training they desire.

Mission and Goals

The mission of the OpenCourseWare Consortium is to advance formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.

Increase the number of members in the OCWC, and the number and diversity of OpenCourseWare courses they make available;

Enhance the value of OCW courses to all types of users around the world;

Build and nurture a vibrant, culturally diverse global OpenCourseWare community that is connected to the broader OER movement.

Values

The Right to Learn: We view the acquisition of knowledge as a fundamental right and the key to unlocking the potential of individuals, communities and cultures worldwide.

Inclusivity: We welcome, respect and celebrate all cultures and perspectives. We are committed to building a dynamic body of courses that represents our collective global, cultural and intellectual heritage. We will address the needs of under-resourced regions and institutions to ensure that the production and use of OpenCourseWare is truly global.

Openness: We support a collaborative community invested in the improvement of OpenCourseWare. We openly share intellectual content and best practices. We champion open processes and welcome members, partnerships and ideas that further the consortium’s goals.

Accountability: We are stewards of the Consortium’s resources, accountable to its members and funders. We measure the impact of our work and value transparency, reporting regularly on the OCWC’s finances and program outcomes. We demand excellence.

Responsiveness: We are responsive to our membership. We earn the continued investment of time, talent and resources by both our members and our funders.

Strategic Initiatives

Aggregate and make available knowledge online for producers of OCW
Foster a broad selection of, and growing quantity of, courses
Promote OCW through mass media and advocacy
Foster and develop OCW tools and technologies
Provide technical support and infrastructure to members
Support the rational management of course-related intellectual property
Build institutional member OCW sites sustainability
Goal One: Increase the number of education institution members in the OCWC, and the number of OpenCourseWare courses they make available.

Articulate and understand user demand of all types of users
Make OCW offerings efficiently and effectively discoverable
Foster sharing of best practices, tools and mechanisms targeted at the “less connected”
Enable better user online access to courseware
Support tools for identification of suitability of courses for a given task, or comparison of courses
Foster quality of OCW courses
Goal Two: To deepen the value of OCW courses to all types of users around the world.

Help under-resourced entities fully participate in OCWC
Organize and support rich, direct communication with the OCW community
Aggregate knowledge about OCW for researchers
Goal Three: Build and nurture a vibrant, culturally diverse global OpenCourseWare community that is connected to the broader OER movement.

Hire and retain a strong Executive Director
Diversify funding of the Consortium
Create sustainable organizational mechanisms
( Internal) Goal Four: To build the Consortium’s organizational infrastructure.

Business Plan

Welcome
Business Meeting
Board Reports

Board Reports —Membership
194 Formal Members (160 Institutional, 34 Affiliate)
8557 Published Courses
95 Published Sites

Board Reports —Sustainability Proposed Dues Structure
Institutional, Affiliate and Associate Consortium Members: $500
Same Categories in Developing Countries: $250
Associate Institutional Members $50
Corporate Members: $5000

Course Growth since 2003

Nominating Committee Robert Schuwer

Nomination Guidelines
Developed January, 2009
Content
Who can be nominated
Balance criteria for the Board
Timetable for process
Responsibilities of Board Members
http://wiki.ocwconsortium.org/index.php?title=Nomination_and_Election_Guidelines

Election 2009
March 2009
4 Institutional and 1 Affiliate member needed
8 nominations for Institutional member
6 nominations for Affiliate member

Candidates for Institutional
Meena Hwang
Anka Mulder
Edmundo Tovar
José Escamilla De Los Santos
Doris Rojas
Karen Vignare
Peter Smith
Alireza Rabi

Candidates for Affiliate
Catherine Ngugi
Pedro Arandazi Elejabeita
Catharine Maracke
Joel Thierstein
Richard R. Rowe
Paul G. West

Thank You! Visit The OpenCourseWare Consortium portal at http://www.ocwconsortium.org Contact the Consortium at: [email_address]

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