This document discusses openness in open and distance learning (ODL) systems with a special focus on open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). It defines key terms like OERs, MOOCs, and open licenses. It outlines benefits of OERs like increased access, affordability, and customizability. The document also examines how open universities can generate additional resources through MOOCs while addressing challenges like lack of star professors and ensuring student-teacher interaction. It proposes a theoretical approach for open universities to run MOOCs, including developing OER policies, adapting resources to local contexts, and creating a consortium platform based on openness principles.

1. Openness in ODL System:
Special Reference to OER &
MOOC
Barnali Roy Choudhury
Asst.Professor, LIS
Netaji Subhas Open University

2. ODL

3.  Present scenario….
Meta-Learning module , which is a kind of
guide where learners are directed to the
scope and coverage of the respective topic,
objective of the study , a list of resources
(available PDF files, Doc files, URLs , video
tutorials, class lectures, PPTs etc) where
they can find related information of that
topic.
Self-Learning Materials (SLMs)
Study materials,
PCP programs,
evaluation systems

4. OPENESS
Accessibility
Time
pace
place
Programming
People

5. Openness 2
Openness – Legal, Social, Economical
Openness – Standards, Software, Systems
Openness – Educational resources, Courses, Assessment

6. OER
Open Educational Resources (OERs) are any type of
educational materials that are in the public domain or
introduced with an open license. The nature of these open
materials means that anyone can legally and freely copy,
use, adapt and re-share them. OERs range from
textbooks to curricula, syllabi, lecture notes, assignments,
tests, projects, audio, video and animation. UNESCO,
Paris

7. Benifits
OERs are affordable and universally accessible teaching-
learning resources in order to enrich learning experiences;
OERs are easily sharable materials with the provisions of
open licensing systems like creative commons;
Updated materials which can be edited, augmented,
customized, combined and reformatted by anyone;
Amplify access of learning resources;
Assist with both teaching and learning @ free of cost or in
less expense.

8. What make OER different from
other product freely available ???
OER is simply an educational
resource that incorporates a license
that only facilitates reuse,
adaptation, reuse without requesting
permission from the copyright holder.
License

9.  Copyright Law varies by Jurisdiction, which
allows a work to be copied for the purpose of
private study and for parts of the work to be
reproduce in other works of a scholarly nature.
 Copyright is at the heart of the term Open
Access OER Open Data etc because
accessibility depends entirely upon the
copyright owner consent...

10. To get rid of……
Open License : to protect copyright holder's rights
in environments where content can so easily be
copied and shared using technology.
Copyright Fair Use
Fair
Dealing
Author
Addenda
Copyright
Transfer
agreement
(CTA)

11. Creative Commons License
<www.creativecommons.org>

12. Open Licensce
All rights reserved Some rights reserved Public
Domain

15. Resources
Learning Object
Repositories
University based
repositories
Open Courseware
Search Engines
of OER
Subject Specific
repositories
Multimedia
OER
Text Books
Videos
Audios
Full course
MIT Open
Courseware
Open Courseware
Consortium
Open Learning
Initiatives
Saylor Foundation
Tufts University
Open Courseware

17. Programming….

19. What is MOOC (Title Slide)

20. Important Facts….
Network technology enabled distance learning
Started in 2008 as an experiment in University of Manitoba
Coursera, Udacity, edX
Free courses
Designed to be accessed by large number of students across the world
Students are expected to learn through cooperation in the
cyberspace
The course credits are only for certifying certain competencies

21. Benefit
Possibility to reach large
numbers
Possibility to generate revenue
through certification,sponsorship,
employee recruitment

22. Kinds of MOOC

23. Can Open Universities be able to
generate additional resources
through MOOC?
 Can Open Universities be able to generate
additional resources through MOOC?
 Can MOOC provide an open platform for
exploration, interaction and collaboration?
 All ODL institutions may not have the capacity to
start MOOC
 May lack star Professors
 How to increase student-teacher interaction in
MOOC?
 Can we depend only on peer learning?
 Collaboration is the Key

24. How could we run: A theoretical
approach
 Digitization of content and release in OER
 Development of OER Policy in institutions
 material to Learning
 Students need support
 OER can reduce the cost and time of learning
material development
 To make education contextual OER will
require to be adapted
 Consortium of Open Universities to develop
MOOC platform based on principles of
“Openness”

25. WEKA- MOOC

26. Enrollment

27. Register

28. Course

29. Resources