Learning from OpenLearn Patrick McAndrew Institute of Educational Technology

Designs

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

Stages

“ … 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 + = ?

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

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

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

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

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

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

$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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