Open.Michigan Enriching Scholarship Presentation

Slide 1: open.michigan The University of Michigan’s Open Educational Resource initiative ...in progress

Slide 2: the end current landscape umich projects open.michigan publishing framework where we are now activity the beginning

Slide 3: Begin at the end. Mark Shandro - http://www.flickr.com/photos/mshandro/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en

Slide 4: 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

Slide 6: 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)

Slide 7: 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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Slide 17: ccLearn

Slide 21: lkratz - http://flickr.com/photos/lkratz/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en

Slide 25: Why do this? Benefits to various groups: •students •faculty •alumni •self learners •universities •others throughout the world Can benefit all these people simultaneously

Slide 30: dr-chuck - http://flickr.com/photos/dr-chuck/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en

Slide 31: dr-chuck - http://flickr.com/photos/dr-chuck/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en

Slide 35: interplast - http://flickr.com/photos/interplast/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en

Slide 38: 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

Slide 39: High level benefits to: • U-M students • U-M faculty • U-M alumni • other universities • self-learners Can benefit all these groups simultaneously

Slide 40: 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

Slide 42: How it’s being done, elsewhere MIT OCW Challenges publication model Staff Centric • Cost • Access to Faculty • Scale • Refresh Rate

Slide 43: Open.Michigan publication framework Goals: •scalability •sustainability •participation Approach: •leverage institutional technologies: DeepBlue, Sakai & Ctools •U-M Libraries •dScribes

Slide 44: dScribe model • “Digital Scribes” • motivated students • organize, clear, tag course materials • familiar with technology • familiar with course material • learn about intellectual property & copyright

Slide 45: open.michigan dScribe Faculty dScribe2

Slide 46: select a dScribe I’ll do it! Class #1 Agenda: find dScribe for open.michigan

Slide 47: dScribe training course workflow software fun! tools IP

Slide 48: license material That’s easy!

Slide 49: transfer material open.michigan server Class #1 Agenda: find dScribe for open.michigan

Slide 50: vet material content capture tool Class #1 Agenda: Class #1 Agenda: find dScribe find dScribe for open.michigan for open.michig an

Slide 51: upload material Class #1 Agenda: find dScribe for open.michigan

Slide 52: review material content processing tool Who holds the copyright to this Content Processing Class #1 Agenda: find dScribe image? for open.michig an

Slide 53: edit material

Slide 54: final review Looks Class #1 Agenda: find dScribe for open.michigan good!

Slide 55: publication open.michigan Class #1 Agenda: find dScribe for open.michig an

Slide 56: dScribe training faculty licenses faculty & dScribe course: IP, software course materials for connect regarding tools, workflow OER publication interest in OER dScribe Publishing publish faculty transfers course Process to OER site Class #1 Agenda: find material to dScribe Class #1 Agenda: find dScribe for dScribe for open.michig open.michig an an faculty reviews dScribe identifies roles material; publishes and documents to OER site IP issues dScribe Class #1 Agenda: find clear IP dScribe for open.michig dScribe 2 an dScribe makes necessary changes team reviews and instructor to course material clears IP issues characters by Ryan Junell

Slide 57: 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

Slide 58: 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

Slide 60: Piloting dScribes tvol - http://www.flickr.com/photos/sixteenmilesofstring/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

Slide 61: Developing software

Slide 62: Modeling workflow

Slide 63: Publishing content

Slide 64: Sharing our work

Slide 65: Summer 2008

Slide 67: Choose your own adventure • Closed Open: open search and replacement technique • OER dScribe Tool demonstration • walk away... very slowly

Slide 69: How can we improve this process? Intellectual Property concerns are an obstacle •a mess to navigate •a mess to legislate •a mess to litigate

Slide 70: Hope lies in collaborators and supporters • U-M team members • OCW Consortium • ccLearn & Creative Commons • U-M Copyright Office • funders (Hewlett Foundation)

Slide 71: Action items! Faculty, Students can Staff, Students can do two things early on: help faculty / others: • search for and use more • promote search tools and open content copyright education • cite the work on which • remind all that academic you build work should be of publishable quality == attribution

Slide 72: 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

Slide 73: Colin Rhinesmith - http://www.flickr.com/photos/colinrhinesmith/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en

Slide 74: open.michigan@umich.edu http://open.umich.edu

Slide 75: We were made by Ryan Junell Other text and assets by Jon Phillips, Garin Fons, Pieter Kleymeer, Timothy Vollmer

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