Increasing the Impact of Open Education
Stephen Carson, External Relations Director, MIT OpenCourseWare
22 June 2012
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Increasing the Impact of Open Education
Unlocking Knowledge
The Idea
“The idea is simple, to
publish our teaching material,
our course content, on the
Internet, and make it widely
available...for free.”
MIT Professor Dick Yue
Chair, MIT Lifelong Learning Committee 2000
Flickr: tidefan
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Increasing the Impact of Open Education
Unlocking Knowledge
2,107 Courses
• 2,107 Syllabi & reading lists
• 17,531 lecture notes
• 9,460 assignments
• 980 exams
• 705 projects
Many include:
• Audio/video (~100)
• Complete texts (~30)
• Simulations/animations
http://ocw.mit.edu
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Increasing the Impact of Open Education
Empowering Minds
A Global Audience
17.1%
44.6%
4.3%
4.5%
18.9%
9.0%
17.5
Visits (M)
1.6%
18.6
15
13.4 12.9
7.2
Educators
9%
Self learners
43%
4.5
2004
Students
42%
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Increasing the Impact of Open Education
5.3
2005
2006 2007 2008
2009 2010
2011
Empowering Minds
A Global Audience
125 million individuals
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Increasing the Impact of Open Education
Empowering Minds
Self Learner Use
Jean-Ronel Noel and Alex Georges
Entrepreneurs, Cité Soleil, Haiti, used OCW to
develop solar-powered street lights for some of
Haiti’s poorest communities.
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Increasing the Impact of Open Education
Empowering Minds
Self Learner Use
“It was much better than any other information
I found on the Internet, since the other sites
were written by electronics experts who
assumed that it would be read by other experts.
I didn't want to just copy the circuit without
understanding it. MIT OpenCourseWare was
different because it explained things step
by step. Using the OpenCourseWare saved
us a lot of time and money.”
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Increasing the Impact of Open Education
The Next Decade
Open Education
Web 1.0
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Web 2.0
Increasing the Impact of Open Education
AI/Adaptive
Learning
The Next Decade
Open Education
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Increasing the Impact of Open Education
The Next Decade
OCW’s Innovation Framework
• Enhance content (e.g. more video)
• Explore open ed ecosystem
• Share OCW more widely
-e.g. mobile, Wikipedia
• Target key user groups
-e.g. high school, self-learners, educators
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Increasing the Impact of Open Education
Thank You!
Visit MIT OpenCourseWare online at
http://ocw.mit.edu
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Increasing the Impact of Open Education
The Next Decade
MITs Educational Innovation Infrastructure
• Targeted online education
• Experimentation & research
• Open platform (edX)
MITx
OCW
• Comprehensive resource
• Reference for tracking
innovation
• Dissemination platform
MIT
Residential
• Faculty innovation
• Reimagining the residential
experience
• Blended experiences
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