What is OpenCourseWare? Best practices worldwide Willem van Valkenburg

Who am I? e-learning consultant for Shared Service Centre ICT Projects I am involved: Blackboard (Administrator and project leader) Educational Repository Social Software (mainly weblogs and wikis) OpenCourseWare Blog on www.e-learn.nl Twitter on twitter.com/wfvanvalkenburg

e-learning consultant for Shared Service Centre ICT

Projects I am involved:

Blackboard (Administrator and project leader)

Educational Repository

Social Software (mainly weblogs and wikis)

OpenCourseWare

Blog on www.e-learn.nl

Twitter on twitter.com/wfvanvalkenburg

Content What is OpenCourseWare? OCW-models How to create a OCW-website?

What is OpenCourseWare?

OCW-models

How to create a OCW-website?

1. What is OpenCourseWare

What is OpenCourseWare? MIT started in 2001 with two main objectives: “ Provide free, searchable, access to MIT's course materials for educators, students, and self-learners around the world.“ “ Create an efficient, standards-based model that other institutions may emulate to openly share and publish their own course materials."

MIT started in 2001 with two main objectives:

“ Provide free, searchable, access to MIT's course materials for educators, students, and self-learners around the world.“

“ Create an efficient, standards-based model that other institutions may emulate to openly share and publish their own course materials."

What is OCW? An OpenCourseWare is a free and open digital publication of high quality educational materials , organized as courses for faculty, students, and self-learners throughout the world. An ocw is a collection of high-quality learning materials presented in the form of courses An ocw is not a distance-learning initiative: there are no degrees granted and in most cases no student/faculty interactions OCW materials are there for the taking and for transformation .

An OpenCourseWare is a free and open digital publication of high quality educational materials , organized as courses for faculty, students, and self-learners throughout the world.

An ocw is a collection of high-quality learning materials presented in the form of courses

An ocw is not a distance-learning initiative: there are no degrees granted and in most cases no student/faculty interactions

OCW materials are there for the taking and for transformation .

OCW part of the Open Movement 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 Content Open Educational Resources OCW

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.

2. OCW-models

Different OCW-models multiple institutions content focus community focus single institution

Content centered – single institution Original model introduced by MIT Publish mainly existing material Publication takes time All content is approved

Original model introduced by MIT

Publish mainly existing material

Publication takes time

All content is approved

Content centered – multiple institution Model used by nationwide initiative Differences : Only promoting OCW Funding and facilitating Aggregate all the local websites Examples: EduNet Vietnam Japan OCW Turkisch OCW Consortium

Model used by nationwide initiative

Differences :

Only promoting OCW

Funding and facilitating

Aggregate all the local websites

Examples:

EduNet Vietnam

Japan OCW

Turkisch OCW Consortium

Multiple institutions working together with learners in a community creating courses Examples: OCW Consortium? Community centered – multiple institution

Multiple institutions working together with learners in a community creating courses

Examples:

OCW Consortium?

Community centered – single institution Not all the content is owned by the institution Individuals can contribute and remix Examples: LabSpace from OpenUniversity UK Connexions (although this is more OER-focused)

Not all the content is owned by the institution

Individuals can contribute and remix

Examples:

LabSpace from OpenUniversity UK

Connexions (although this is more OER-focused)

3. How to create a OCW-website?

What technology to use? OCW Platforms available Open Sources eduCommons Moodle Sakai Connexions Proprietary LMS Content Management System Or your own flavor Factors to include Your publishing goals Existing systems infrastructure Existing publication processes Number of end users Budgets OCW Platform Comparison

OCW Platforms available

Open Sources

eduCommons

Moodle

Sakai

Connexions

Proprietary LMS

Content Management System

Or your own flavor

Factors to include

Your publishing goals

Existing systems infrastructure

Existing publication processes

Number of end users

Budgets

Interoperability OCWFinder.org is a search engine for OCW-courses To aggregate all the courses we use RSS-feeds ( more info )

OCWFinder.org is a search engine for OCW-courses

To aggregate all the courses we use RSS-feeds ( more info )

TU Delft - Architecture oerrecommender.org Hive Typo3 Blackboard Lorenet.nl OAI-PMH OCWFinder.org RSS CourseBase RSS ?

Publication process

Translations Translating other courses to own language eg. CORE Translating own courses to other languages eg. Universia

Translating other courses to own language

eg. CORE

Translating own courses to other languages

eg. Universia

“ In order for open education to reach its varied potentials, openness must become a core cultural value for each and every faculty member.” David Wiley

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