Best Paper Award 
Learner Autonomy through Adoption of OER 
using SNS 
and Multi-media E-textbooks 
NPO CCC-TIES Masumi Hori 
28th Annual Conference 
of the Asian Association of Open Universities
Index 
1. The Challenges of OER for Higher 
Education Institutions(HEIs) 
2. CHiLO’s Architecture 
3. Pilot study 
4. Conclusion
Challenges of OER for HEIs 
Technical 
– Lack of broadband and Interoperability 
the diffusion of broadband and development LTI and cliper 
Economic 
– Difficulties in covering cost 
Social 
– Unwillingness to share intellectual property 
– Assuring quality in open content 
Legal 
The assessment and certificates such as MOOC 
– Academics regarding copyright issues 
the popularization of Creative Commons or GPL. 
From paper commissioned by the Commonwealth of Learning for OER Workshop 
for Heads of Commonwealth Universities, 28 April 2010, Cape Town, South Africa 
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From OER to the Knowledge eco-cycle 
CHiLO Creative Higher Education Learning Objects 
Learners 
Higher Education for Everyone 
Knowledg 
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eco-cycle 
Society 
Transfer 
K 
Knowledge 
Providers 
Use 
K 
Generate 
K
Technology Components 
CHiLO Book 
CHiLO badge 
Assessment & Budges 
Authentication 
SNS 
LMS Forum 
CHiLO Community 
CHiLOs Analytics 
CHiLO Lecture 
one-minute nano lecture video clips 
CHiLO Repository 
LOM 
Weko 
Link center 
Semantic Web 
Google analytics 
Facebook insight 
Gakunin/OAuth 
Read offline 
EPUB3 
Read easily online 
WEB 
Repository 
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The OUJ MOOC 
The Open University Japan MOOC 
【How to provide】 
• Download from CHiLO site. 
• Online publishing on 
Google and iBooks Store 
From April 2014 
How Computers work in Japanese/All 11 Volumes 
Prof Yoichi Okabe(President of the OUJ) 
NIHONGO STARTER A1 in English/All 10 Volumes 
Prof. Tsuneo Yamada (the OUJ) & the Japan 
Foundation
Track Record of Online Bookstore 
How Computers work 
From April to October, 2014 
The 50 top free-of-charge eBooks 
The total download number of all 11books 
– Google play : 23,406 copies 
– iBooks store: 14,029 copies 
Google Play in Japan
Nihongo Starter A1 Facebook Group 
1,491 Participants 
from 94 countries
Results of the Experiment 
• Wide variety of sharing 
– Facilitate the promotion of content 
distribution 
– Willing to publish a (e-)book. 
– The expansion and the distribution of OER 
• Likelihood of resolution 
– The production cost. 
– The production effort .
Under Development 
The reading apps 
Automated CHiLO Book producer
Thank you

Learner Autonomy through Adoption of OER using SNS

  • 1.
    Best Paper Award Learner Autonomy through Adoption of OER using SNS and Multi-media E-textbooks NPO CCC-TIES Masumi Hori 28th Annual Conference of the Asian Association of Open Universities
  • 2.
    Index 1. TheChallenges of OER for Higher Education Institutions(HEIs) 2. CHiLO’s Architecture 3. Pilot study 4. Conclusion
  • 3.
    Challenges of OERfor HEIs Technical – Lack of broadband and Interoperability the diffusion of broadband and development LTI and cliper Economic – Difficulties in covering cost Social – Unwillingness to share intellectual property – Assuring quality in open content Legal The assessment and certificates such as MOOC – Academics regarding copyright issues the popularization of Creative Commons or GPL. From paper commissioned by the Commonwealth of Learning for OER Workshop for Heads of Commonwealth Universities, 28 April 2010, Cape Town, South Africa ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
  • 4.
    From OER tothe Knowledge eco-cycle CHiLO Creative Higher Education Learning Objects Learners Higher Education for Everyone Knowledg e eco-cycle Society Transfer K Knowledge Providers Use K Generate K
  • 5.
    Technology Components CHiLOBook CHiLO badge Assessment & Budges Authentication SNS LMS Forum CHiLO Community CHiLOs Analytics CHiLO Lecture one-minute nano lecture video clips CHiLO Repository LOM Weko Link center Semantic Web Google analytics Facebook insight Gakunin/OAuth Read offline EPUB3 Read easily online WEB Repository ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
  • 6.
    The OUJ MOOC The Open University Japan MOOC 【How to provide】 • Download from CHiLO site. • Online publishing on Google and iBooks Store From April 2014 How Computers work in Japanese/All 11 Volumes Prof Yoichi Okabe(President of the OUJ) NIHONGO STARTER A1 in English/All 10 Volumes Prof. Tsuneo Yamada (the OUJ) & the Japan Foundation
  • 7.
    Track Record ofOnline Bookstore How Computers work From April to October, 2014 The 50 top free-of-charge eBooks The total download number of all 11books – Google play : 23,406 copies – iBooks store: 14,029 copies Google Play in Japan
  • 8.
    Nihongo Starter A1Facebook Group 1,491 Participants from 94 countries
  • 9.
    Results of theExperiment • Wide variety of sharing – Facilitate the promotion of content distribution – Willing to publish a (e-)book. – The expansion and the distribution of OER • Likelihood of resolution – The production cost. – The production effort .
  • 10.
    Under Development Thereading apps Automated CHiLO Book producer
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