Learning from OpenLearn

Learning from OpenLearn Patrick McAndrew Institute of Educational Technology

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Findin http://cloudworks.open.ac.uk/node/980

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“ … we chose the Creative Commons licence as the licensing mechanism that best allows us to deliver the outcomes of the OpenLearn project.” Richard McCracken

Licencing
Being open has not caused us any problems - but
Commercial organisations may add conditions
Clean licencing is difficult
Mixed licencing is uncertain
Need to accept some uncertainty
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Institutional impact
3m new “users”
232 countries
7700 “sign ups”
10 funded projects
30 collaborations
Developed technology
Established methods
Changed image
Won awards
New plans

Approach
For learners and for educators
For the institution and for the world
Action research

Finding out

LearningSpace LabSpace V

Integration to Disaggregation Supported Open Learning Users Content Support Assessment Awards

Content

Content v social

User augmented content

Can we trust our users?

Labspace only
Collaboration space
Export formats
Exporting to Moodle
Duplicating courses
RSS feeds to other environments
XML upload and download

Collaborations

POCKET

Time http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/60496147/
Grow awareness
Carry out good intentions
Establish practice
Get feedback
Understand options

OLnet: Open Learning network Network Research Fellowships
$3m 3year initiative
From producing open resources to use of open resources
Build capacity
Find evidence
Refine the issues

Dr Patrick McAndrew Open Content Initiative The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes MK7 6AA
www.open.ac.uk/openlearn

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