The document discusses research being conducted on the reuse of open courseware (OCW) materials. The researcher is conducting literature reviews, interviews, and surveys to understand why OCW materials are not being reused more widely. Some potential hypotheses for why reuse is not higher include benefits of reuse being outweighed by difficulties in searching materials, technical barriers, copyright concerns, or a professor's desire to teach unique courses or use their own materials. The researcher is focusing the study on those already familiar with OCW through their own work or activism and comparing experiences in the US and Japan.

1. Reuse of OCW materials Tomoaki Watanabe, Ph.D. Director, CC Japan Senior Research Fellow, GLOCOM (Center for Global Communications), International University of Japan

2. A bit of myself & this research… Director, CC Japan Senior Research Fellow / Assistant Professor, GLOCOM, Center for Global Communications, International U. of Japan A Wikipedian Collaboration with Catharina Maracke

3. Question Are OCW materials reused? Why don’t I hear about it? (Reuse = change and re-publish) Materials are there, professors are busy, and OCW can help save their time. It seems ripe for reuse on the surface.

5. Methods -(done) Literature Review -(done but continuing) In-depth Interview -(ongoing) Survey

7. Some hypotheses Potential Benefits Increase + Use of slides in class + Use of the Internet to find course materials (video, image, etc.) + Internet & computer literacy - Teaching a unique course - Use of publisher-provided slides - Professional ethic (I don’t want to use other people’s materials) - Difficulty in searching - Technical difficulties (e.g. format conversion) - Copyright worries

8. Thank you! Questions, comments, suggestions: tomoaki at creativecommons.jp