open.michigan The University of Michigan’s Open Educational Resource initiative ...in progress

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Mark Shandro - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mshandro/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en Begin at the end.

Where does this all lead? toward a culture of “OPEN-ness”: a culture using creative materials for a variety of purposes: art, music, education , etc. holistic view--how we get there is important defining the 21st century education landscape

toward a culture of “OPEN-ness”:

a culture using creative materials for a variety of purposes: art, music, education , etc.

holistic view--how we get there is important

defining the 21st century education landscape

What are the main features of OERs? “ ...educational materials and resources offered freely and openly for anyone to use and under some licenses to re-mix, improve and redistribute” learning content (courses & learning assets) tools (CMS) implementation resources (CC licensing)

“ ...educational materials and resources offered freely and openly for anyone to use and under some licenses to re-mix, improve and redistribute”

learning content (courses & learning assets)

tools (CMS)

implementation resources (CC licensing)

faculty utilizing openly licensed educational media institutions supporting open access journals and textbooks developers building software tools on open source platforms keep door open to new modes of learning How do we get there?

faculty utilizing openly licensed educational media

institutions supporting open access journals and textbooks

developers building software tools on open source platforms

keep door open to new modes of learning

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ccLearn

lkratz - http://flickr.com/photos/lkratz/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc -sa/2.0/deed.en

Benefits to various groups: students faculty alumni self learners universities others throughout the world Can benefit all these people simultaneously Why do this?

Benefits to various groups:

students

faculty

alumni

self learners

universities

others throughout the world

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dr-chuck - http://flickr.com/photos/dr-chuck/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/de ed.en

dr-chuck - http://flickr.com/photos/dr-chuck/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/de ed.en

interplast - http://flickr.com/photos/interplast/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/ deed.en

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Open.Michigan goals share and make teaching and learning resources easier to reuse for people everywhere increase collaboration among educational content, courses, and larger curriculum utilize innovative Umich tools and explore research opportunities commitment to the mission of the university

share and make teaching and learning resources easier to reuse for people everywhere

increase collaboration among educational content, courses, and larger curriculum

utilize innovative Umich tools and explore research opportunities

commitment to the mission of the university

U-M students U-M faculty U-M alumni other universities self-learners Can benefit all these groups simultaneously High level benefits to:

U-M students

U-M faculty

U-M alumni

other universities

self-learners

faculty can showcase work and connect with other researchers students participate helping with publishing, content creation students can gain a better understanding of what is happening at U-M, what courses might be like, and how to plan a future career or curriculum staff have a more transparent view of U-M work and materials, can participate in the education process, can better assist faculty research/instruction and student education Specific benefits

faculty can showcase work and connect with other researchers

students participate helping with publishing, content creation

students can gain a better understanding of what is happening at U-M, what courses might be like, and how to plan a future career or curriculum

staff have a more transparent view of U-M work and materials, can participate in the education process, can better assist faculty research/instruction and student education

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Cost Access to Faculty Scale Refresh Rate How it’s being done, elsewhere MIT OCW publication model Staff Centric Challenges

Cost

Access to Faculty

Scale

Refresh Rate

Goals: scalability sustainability participation Approach: leverage institutional technologies: DeepBlue, Sakai & Ctools U-M Libraries dScribes Open.Michigan publication framework

Goals:

scalability

sustainability

participation

Approach:

leverage institutional technologies: DeepBlue, Sakai & Ctools

U-M Libraries

dScribes

“ Digital Scribes” motivated students organize, clear, tag course materials familiar with technology familiar with course material learn about intellectual property & copyright dScribe model

“ Digital Scribes”

motivated students

organize, clear, tag course materials

familiar with technology

familiar with course material

learn about intellectual property & copyright

open.michigan dScribe Faculty dScribe2

select a dScribe Class #1 Agenda: find dScribe for open.michigan I’ll do it!

dScribe training course IP software tools fun! workflow

license material That’s easy!

transfer material open.michigan server Class #1 Agenda: find dScribe for open.michigan

vet material Class #1 Agenda: find dScribe for open.michigan Class #1 Agenda: find dScribe for open.michigan content capture tool

upload material Class #1 Agenda: find dScribe for open.michigan

review material Content Processing Class #1 Agenda: find dScribe for open.michigan Who holds the copyright to this image? content processing tool

edit material

final review Class #1 Agenda: find dScribe for open.michigan Looks good!

publication open.michigan Class #1 Agenda: find dScribe for open.michigan

dScribe Publishing Process roles dScribe 2 dScribe instructor faculty transfers course material to dScribe faculty & dScribe connect regarding interest in OER dScribe training course: IP, software tools, workflow faculty licenses course materials for OER publication dScribe identifies and documents IP issues Class #1 Agenda: find dScribe for open.michigan team reviews and clears IP issues clear IP characters by Ryan Junell dScribe makes necessary changes to course material Class #1 Agenda: find dScribe for open.michigan faculty reviews material; publishes to OER site Class #1 Agenda: find dScribe for open.michigan publish to OER site

Benefits to Students: master course content learn about IP establish connection w/ faculty get course credit get paid? Benefits to Faculty: students in course know best! establishing connection w/ students quality assurance of materials Open.Michigan publication framework

Benefits to Students:

master course content

learn about IP

establish connection w/ faculty

get course credit

get paid?

Benefits to Faculty:

students in course know best!

establishing connection w/ students

quality assurance of materials

Open.Michigan publication framework How will Michigan be different? process (dScribes, fair use, open search) multiple file formats international collaboration web 2.0/3.0 outcomes, curriculum, career

How will Michigan be different?

process (dScribes, fair use, open search)

multiple file formats

international collaboration

web 2.0/3.0

outcomes, curriculum, career

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tvol - http://www.flickr.com/photos/sixteenmilesofstring/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Piloting dScribes

Developing software

Modeling workflow

Publishing content

Sharing our work

Summer 2008

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Closed Open: open search and replacement technique OER dScribe Tool demonstration walk away... very slowly Choose your own adventure

Closed Open: open search and replacement technique

OER dScribe Tool demonstration

walk away... very slowly

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How can we improve this process? Intellectual Property concerns are an obstacle a mess to navigate a mess to legislate a mess to litigate

Intellectual Property concerns are an obstacle

a mess to navigate

a mess to legislate

a mess to litigate

U-M team members OCW Consortium ccLearn & Creative Commons U-M Copyright Office funders (Hewlett Foundation) Hope lies in collaborators and supporters

U-M team members

OCW Consortium

ccLearn & Creative Commons

U-M Copyright Office

funders (Hewlett Foundation)

Action items! Faculty, Students can do two things early on: search for and use more open content cite the work on which you build Staff, Students can help faculty / others: promote search tools and copyright education remind all that academic work should be of publishable quality == attribution

Faculty, Students can do two things early on:

search for and use more open content

cite the work on which you build

Staff, Students can help faculty / others:

promote search tools and copyright education

remind all that academic work should be of publishable quality == attribution

Where do you begin? You have already started by: showing up today exploring the open search and the CC licenses and marking materials You can continue to help by: learning the dScribe process and applying it educating yourself about copyright and alternative licensing

You have already started by:

showing up today

exploring the open search and the CC licenses and marking materials

You can continue to help by:

learning the dScribe process and applying it

educating yourself about copyright and alternative licensing

Colin Rhinesmith - http://www.flickr.com/photos/colinrhinesmith/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en

[email_address] http://open.umich.edu

Other text and assets by Jon Phillips, Garin Fons, Pieter Kleymeer, Timothy Vollmer We were made by Ryan Junell