1. OpenCourseWare
KU Leuven
FRED TRUYEN1,
WIM VAN PETEGEM2,
STEPHANIE VERBEKEN1,2
1 KULeuven – Faculty of Arts
2 KU Leuven - Media & Learning Unit
http://ocw.kuleuven.be

2. Time
http://ocw.kuleuven.be

3. Content
• OCW
– what?
– why?
– how?
• The pilot courses
• Example: Open Course "Leren, Onderwijzen en
Evalueren" ("Learning, Teaching and Evaluating")
http://ocw.kuleuven.be

4. OpenCourseWare
KU Leuven
What? Why? How?
http://ocw.kuleuven.be

5. What?
• Open Courses, freely accessible
• Include all educational resources that are part of
a course:
– course texts and other materials
– lectures (weblectures)
– study guide
– selftests
– coursespecific materials
• Using a Creative Commons License
• No accreditation or qualification (university)
http://ocw.kuleuven.be

6. Why?
• Exposure:
– KU Leuven: presence in academic world, online, as a provider
of (high quality) knowledge and research
– individual professors: sharing expertise with a wide audience
(social relevant knowledge) as well as in his/her expertise
network
• Mainstreaming:
– Increasing impact on learning contents in HE in Flanders (and
beyond)
(= role that KU Leuven should take in society)
http://ocw.kuleuven.be

7. Why?
• Internationalisation
– Importance of language diversity
– Enhance student mobility
• Quality control
– Feedback from stakeholders / knowledge domain / expertise
network
– Innovation/Creativity will be valued
• Bond with stakeholders
– Professionalisation
– Life Long Learning
– Example: Pentalfa
http://ocw.kuleuven.be

8. OCW Europe
http://ocw.kuleuven.be

9. How?
• 5 pilot courses
– Out of 8000+ Blackboard courses
– Different characteristics when it comes to
• didactics
• content
• (especially) target groups
• Technical: Development of a website (Plone), including
all educational resources
– content
– learning process
http://ocw.kuleuven.be

10. Five pilot courses
Pentalfa
Professionalisation for
Faculty of Medicine Flemish physicians (LLL)
Moral Philosophy
Bachelors course
Faculty of Philosopy
Web Literacy
Faculty of Arts Bachelors + Masters course
Faculty of Psychology & Educational Sciences
Instructional psychology and Technology
Bachelors course + used in
Faculty of Psychology & Educational Sciences Teacher Education at KU Leuven
Technology for Society
General course for several
Faculty of Engineering Science Bachelors and Masters studies
http://ocw.kuleuven.be

11. The learning process in OCW
• Study guide provides all information about acquiring
knowledge and competences in open course
– exercices with keys
– selftest with keys
– FAQs
– (discussion forum?)
• Study guide ≠ ECTS-form:
– advice in learning process
– links to other OERs and interesting materials
http://ocw.kuleuven.be

12. Example
Open Course:
"Leren, Onderwijzen en Evalueren"
by Prof. Dr. J. Elen
Click
http://ocw.kuleuven.be

13. Discussion
http://ocw.kuleuven.be

14. Discussion
• Advice when it comes to the embedding of OCW
structurally in KU Leuven?
• Experiences?
• Questions?
http://ocw.kuleuven.be

15. Thank you for your attention
Contact:
• Prof. Dr. Frederik Truyen – Promotor
frederik.truyen@arts.kuleuven.be
• Prof. Dr. Ir. Wim Van Petegem – Co-promotor
wim.vanpetegem@dml.kuleuven.be
• Stephanie Verbeken – Project Assistant
stephanie.verbeken@arts.kuleuven.be
http://ocw.kuleuven.be