advancing formal and informal learning through the
worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality
education materials organized as courses.
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.
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.
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”
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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)
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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/
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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.
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
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.
Lecture Videos
http://oyc.yale.edu/classics/introduction-to-ancient-greek-history/content/sessions/session-3-the-dark-ages-cont.
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.
Tests
http://ocw.tudelft.nl/courses/nanoscience/advanced-statisticalmechanics/exams/
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 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.
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.
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
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
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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.
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
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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 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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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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advancing formal and informal learning through the
worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality
education materials organized as courses.
Thank you very much!!
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Contact the Consortium at:
[email protected]
November 24, 2010
Meena Hwang—OCW Consortium