Presentation about the OpenCourseWare Consortium

Open Sharing, Global Benefits February 25, 2009 Willem van Valkenburg, TU Delft Presentation is derived from the presentation Introduction to OCWC by Terri Bays

Who are we?

What are we doing here?

Open Sharing, Global Benefits February 25, 2009

Who Are We?—The OCW Movement

An Open courseware (OCW) is a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners throughout the world.

OCW is not a distance-learning initiative: there are no degrees granted, no student/faculty interactions and no transcripts.

OCW is a collection of high-quality learning materials presented in the form of courses .

OCW materials are there for the taking and for transformation.

Syllabi

Readings

Lecture notes

Tests/quizzes

Lectures (video, audio)

etc…

The OCW Movement —OCW is composed of… OCW can be fully instructional, but does not need to be.

But OCW does not:

Provide access to faculty

Grant credit, a certificate, or a degree.

Who are we? —Your Partners in OER OCW is only one type of Open Educational Resource (OER). OERs are only one type of Open Content. We have much to share with each other. Open Educational Resources Open Content OCW Open Sharing, Global Benefits February 25, 2009

The OCW Consortium —Mission

The OpenCourseWare Consortium is a collaboration of more than 200 higher education institutions and associated organizations from around the world creating a broad and deep body of open educational content using a shared model. The mission of the OpenCourseWare Consortium has been to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware.

The OCW Consortium http://ocwconsortium.org

The OCW Consortium —Growth

Growth in Official Membership Since April 2008

Growth by Region Since April, 2008

Number of Courses Since October, 2003

The OCW Consortium —Members

Institutional Members commit to publishing, under the institution's name, materials from at least 10 courses in a format that meets the agreed-upon definition of an opencourseware.

Affiliate Members either publish courses in an area other than higher ed. (e.g. corporate training or K-12) or engage in activities that further Consortium goals (e.g. software development, translation, distribution or regional support).

Benefits of Membership —Consultation

Whether you’re just starting your OCW site or fine tuning an existing site, the OCWC is available to help you out.

OCWC conferences and ongoing forums provide OCWC members the opportunity to share solutions and best practices.

The OCW Toolkit provides recommendations and tools for OCW development.

Benefits of Membership —Collaboration

The OCWC provides administrative support and space for Working Groups gathered around areas of common interest, such as Evaluation, Accessibility or Intellectual Property.