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OER and its Impact on Teaching Practices Meena Hwang, Director of Community Outreach OpenCourseWare Consortium UNESCO IITE Conference Nov. 16th, 2010
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
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What is OCW
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Impact on Teaching Practices
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OCW Consortium
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Open Educational Resources “digitized materials offered freely and openly for educators, students and selflearners to use and re-use for teaching, learning and research” UNESCO’s 2002 Forum on the Impact of Open Courseware for Higher Education in Developing Countries funded by the Hewlett Foundation
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Examples of OER “collections” • • • • • •
Open Textbooks Open Journals Videolectures.net Open Learning Initiative Connexions OpenCourseWare
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
So, what is OpenCourseWare? • A particular kind of Open Educational Resource, a particular kind of “collection”
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
So, what is OpenCourseWare? • High quality educational materials organized as courses • Openly licensed for distribution, re‐use and modification, available to all on the internet
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
OCW is composed of… Image courtesy of Shelley Henson Johnson
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Syllabi Readings Lecture notes Tests/quizzes Lectures (video, audio) • etc…
OCW can be fully instructional, but does not need to be. November 24, 2010
OCW Consortium
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Syllabus
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/aeronautics-and-astronautics/16-050-thermal-energy-fall-2002/syllabus/ November 24, 2010
OCW Consortium
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Course Calendar
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OCW Consortium
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Lecture Notes
http://ocw.jhsph.edu/courses/soceconaspectsfertility/PDFs/SocE conFertil_Session2.pdf
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OCW Consortium
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Lecture Videos
http://oyc.yale.edu/classics/introduction-to-ancient-greek-history/content/sessions/session-3-the-dark-ages-cont.
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OCW Consortium
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Tests
http://ocw.tudelft.nl/courses/nanoscience/advanced-statisticalmechanics/exams/
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OCW Consortium
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
The OCW Consortium Collaboration of more than 250 higher education institutions and associated organizations from around the world.
November 24, 2010
OCW Consortium
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
The Mission to advance formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
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OCW Consortium
The OCW Consortium • ~250 members • ~100 live OCW sites • ~13,000 courses
http://www.ocwconsortium.org
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
OCW Course Growth Globally
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
I.
What is OCW
II.
Impact on Teaching Practices
November 24, 2010
OCW Consortium
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
All 1800 courses offered at MIT open.
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OCW Consortium
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Transparency
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OCW Consortium
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
The OCW publication process helps MIT faculty improve their teaching methods and materials ďƒ 90% of MIT faculty have published on OCW Benefits of OCW publication % agree Increased quality or organization of course materials Increased level of comfort with use of the web in teaching
30% 29%
Allowed me to rethink my teaching approach 26% Source: 07 Faculty Survey November 24, 2010
OCW Consortium
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
MIT undergraduates and graduates use OCW to perform better in their classes and to extend their learning beyond their formal curriculum MIT Student Use of OCW Complement a current course
UG 88%
Grad 58%
Both 70%
Plan course of study
52%
42%
46%
Enhance personal knowledge
30%
45%
39%
Review previous courses
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36% 30% 33% Source: 06 Grad Survey, 07 UG Survey
OCW Consortium
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Collaboration : Students Open.Michigan: Chemical Process Dynamics and Controls
https://open.umich.edu/education/engin/che/che466/fall2008 November 24, 2010
OCW Consortium
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Open Textbook Peer review/evaluation Faculty feedback
http://controls.engin.umich.edu/wiki/index.php/Main_Page November 24, 2010
OCW Consortium
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Collaboration : Inter-institutional
Jasper Verberk’s OpenCourseWare videos on water management course -Collaborative project with ITB Bandung of Indonesia to develop the core curriculum to be used in Indonesia. -Local lecturers contribute to the course with local contents November 24, 2010
OCW Consortium
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Collaboration : Inter-institutional OER Health
University of Michigan OER Africa Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology University of Ghana University of Cape Town University of the Western Cape University of Malawi’s Kamuzu College of Nursing University of Botswana Health Education and Training in Africa Project of the Open University University of Nairobi November 24, 2010
OCW Consortium
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Collaboration : Inter-governmental African Virtual University - Open and Distance eLearning Centers - Teacher Education Project - OER Repository
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OCW Consortium
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Collaboration Decrease faculty time on materials development Evaluate curriculum and teaching styles Identify ‘general’ lessons Strengthen teaching and curricular alignment
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dou_ble_you/3907358672/ November 24, 2010
OCW Consortium
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Offering more to the students UC Berkeley Webcast - supplement to learning - grassroots initiative
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OCW Consortium
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Re-purposing the material
APTIKOM : an association of 700 computer science departments NEXXUS: collaborative project with the Ministry of Education to translate and repurpose OCW materials to meet the needs of lifelong education
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OCW Consortium
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
OER philosophy “Resources that are to be shared, built upon, re-shaped, re-purposed – and then returned to the commons to be available for the same exercise to take place over again”. Susan D’Antoni, UNESCO OER programme Cambridge International Conference on Open and Distance Learning, 2009
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
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Thank you very much!! Visit The OpenCourseWare Consortium portal at http://www.ocwconsortium.org Contact the Consortium at: meena@ocwconsortium.org
November 24, 2010
Meena Hwang—OCW Consortium