The document discusses the potential of OpenCourseWare (OCW) in Europe for enhancing virtual mobility in higher education, pointing out the need for stronger cooperation between institutions and the challenges posed by existing copyright laws. It outlines objectives for creating a robust European OCW framework and highlights research results that inform best practices in OCW implementation. Future plans include creating guidelines for student mobility and promoting open educational resources across various initiatives.

1. OpenCourseWare in Europe
How to Make Use of Its Full Potential
for Virtual Mobility
29 November 2012
Willem van Valkenburg
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2. Please attribute
Willem van Valkenburg – OpenCourseWare Europe
http://opencourseware.eu
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3. Willem van Valkenburg
Projectleader
TU Delft OpenCourseWare
Assistant to the President of the
OpenCourseWare Consortium
Projectleader EU-project
OCW in the European HE context
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4. Agenda
• Introduction
• Objectives
• Results
• Future plans
• Questions
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5. Introduction
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6. OpenCourseWare in Europe
• Situation in Europe:
• Many different countries
• Already have the brick-and-mortar universities
• We educate students for more than 2000 years
• Very conservative in regards to education
• Universities face budget cuts due to the eurocrisis
• Consequences:
• Europe is lacking behind
• Eurocrisis gives opportunity to change
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7. OpenCourseWare in Europe
How to make use of its full potential for virtual mobility
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8. Partners
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9. Objectives
Facilitate virtual mobility
• Create of preconditions for a strong European
OCW-framework
• closer cooperation between European
institutes
• mutual use of material and even joint degrees
• enhance quality and increase the usage of
online courses
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10. Phases
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4
Research Workshops Final OCWC
Reports Europe
• Pedagogic and • Workshops for • Final • Foundation for a
cultural issues dissimination and results, based European branch
• Models for input of experts upon research and of the OCWC has
sustainable the outcomes of been initiated
cooperation the workshops. towards the end of
between HEI on • Results: 2013.
OCW publications end
• Educational 2013 through
innovation with different channels
OCW cited by major
• Comparing and organizations
assessing national active in the field
policies and the of OER.
role of
governments
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11. Research deliverables
• Analyses of existing research and best
practices
• Models for sustainable cooperation between
HEI on OCW
• Student Mobility Handbook
• Comparing and assessing national policies
and the role governments
– Combined with other initiatives
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12. Results
1. Survey to identify successful practices
2. Analyses of current open license practices in
Europe
3. Educational innovations with OCW, in
particular in the context of (virtual) student
mobility
4. Comparing and assessing national policies
and governmental roles
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13. 1. Survey HEI and organizations
• The aim was to identify successful practices
for implementation and use of OCW/OER in
HE and to investigate how OCW/OER could
facilitate student virtual mobility.
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14. Survey HEI and organizations
• A survey has been done by leaders of OER initiatives
from all around the world.
Responses from 31 Higher Education Institutions
and organizations from 14 different countries.
Majority of respondents (81%) defined initiatives
at their Institutions as OpenCourseWare (OCW)
with the remaining 19% contextualizing their
projects within the broader spectrum of Open
Educational Resources (OER).
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15. Results
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16. Use of OER/OCW
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17. 2. Open Licensing in Europe
• There is a EU Directive on Copyright, but each
country implemented differently
• The exemption for education use is part of the
country law
Source:
www.slideshare.net/ocweu/barcelona-workshop-copyright-limitations-and-
exceptions-for-education-in-the-eu
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18. Conclusion
• Fragmented, insufficient, non-uniform
solutions
• Online teaching is discriminated
• Lack of an international uniform rules
aggravated by the “territoriality” of copyright
• Education is a strong public interest 
Exceptions and limitations should be a matter
of strict public policy (addressed by the law):
Mandatory limitations!?
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19. Open Content Licensing
• 64 OCWC member websites inspected
• Conclusion: We are really bad at this
– Lack of license on the home page
– Different license notices
– Link to different licenses
– License depends the platform you use to access
the content
– Not clear how is the copyright owner
CC BY Ignasi Labastida:
http://www.slideshare.net/ocweu/workshop-barcelona-reports-on-legal-issues
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20. 4. Open Policy
• UNESCO and OECD did a survey
• OER Policy Registry:
wiki.creativecommons.org/OER_Policy_Registry
• 66 open policies available
• Please submit yours
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21. Future Plans
• Scenarios for the promotion of student virtual
mobility via OCW
• Guidelines and recommendations for
successful implementation of OCW
• Guidelines for quality and accreditation
• Case studies library featuring effective open
policies
• Workshops on Open Policy
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22. Workshop and presentations
• Open Education Week 11 – 15 March 2013
– Different webinars
• OCWC Global Conference 8 – 10 May 2013
– Presentation legal and quality guidelines
– Presentation OER Policies
• Workshops June 2013
– Workshop on the organisational implementation
of scenarios of virtual mobility
– Workshop on student mobility handbook
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23. Call for Partners
Academic Network for STEM Courses
• STEM = Science Technology
Engineering & Math
• 25 partners from 25 countries in Europe
• Deadline January 2013
• Grant to maximum of k€ 600
• TU Delft will coordinate
• More information:
http://opencourseware.eu/STEM
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24. Partners slideshare.net/ocweu
• Delft University of Technology twitter: #ocweu
• Universidad Politécnica Madrid
• Universitat de Barcelona
• Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
• Université de Lyon, VetAgro Sup
• OpenCourseWare Consortium
• Creative Commons
www.opencourseware.eu
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