7. OCW for BPS Workshops Overview Three day workshops were held in July 2010 at UMass Boston campus Over 30 attendees 75% were teachers 30% of the teachers taught Science, Math or Technology subjects 25% Guidance counselors /administrators 95% of attendees had limited previous knowledge of subjects presented in the workshop Workshop funding made possible by the Boston Foundation as part of a grant awarded to UMass Boston 3
14. Tufts OpenCourseWare Official launch June 2005 1 FT staff with support from Technology for Learning in the Health Sciences department Focus on health sciences courses Sustaining member of OCWC Reflection of Tufts’ commitment to open access content, furthering Tufts’ mission of knowledge sharing as part of its non-profit objective and leadership in civic engagement for global active citizenship. 7 Copyright 2005 G. Kaurfman TUSVM. From Zoological Medicine homepage." Published in Tufts OpenCourseWare (2005-2011). http://ocw.tufts.edu/Course/60/Coursehome. (Retrieved 4/18/11). Reproduced with permission of the author and publisher. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license
16. Ranking Tufts OCW Statistics from our 2010 Pop-up Survey Ratings to survey statements consistently > 4.0 (1, lowest - 5, highest) Tufts OCW has/will increase my interest in learning about a particular topic Tufts OCW has/will help me supplement my existing knowledge about a topic Tufts OCW website has/will increase my awareness of Tufts' academic programs I have/will have discussions with colleagues about specific materials or topics from the Tufts OCW website I have/will recommend the Tufts OCW website to others 9 Copyright 2005 G. Kaufmann, TUSVM. From Zoological Medicine homepage." Published in Tufts OpenCourseWare (2005-2011). http://ocw.tufts.edu/Course/5/Coursehome. (Retrieved 4/18/11). Reproduced with permission of the author and publisher. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License
17. Consists of 42 graduate and undergraduate courses Launched in 2007 About 12 courses added to the collection each year Team consists of 1 staff member working quarter time and 3 work study students 78,659 unique visitors in 2010 10 UMass BostonOpenCourseWare
18. Topics Covered in Teacher Workshops: General Intro. to OpenCourseWare - What it is and why it's useful Creative Commons License - What it is why it's important to anyone who is developing curriculum Guided Tour of several OpenCourseWare collections Strategies for integrating OCW into the high school classroom workshop and for advising students Guidelines for reusing and remixing curriculum materials found online and for managing and sharing own original materials online Managing OCW materials with Web 2.0 tools such as Zotero, & delicious Creating Curriculum with Google Docs 11
22. Workshop Findings Presented with OCWC collections teachers were not sure how they would reuse OCW materials Creating curriculum with OCWC materials is not easy for teachers Most teachers are not familiar with the tools necessary to reuse OCW materials Teachers need more resources to guide and support their use of OCW 15
24. Follow-up Data from Workshop Participants Surveyed nine months after attending the workshop, 75% of teachers who responded said that they made use of OpenCourseWare materials in their classrooms Google docs ranked as the top new tool they were introduced to in the summer workshops On a scale of 1-5 (with 1 being easy to reuse and 5 being difficult) they gave OCWC materials a 3 17
25. Opportunities for OCWC Organize more workshops to train teachers how to reuse and remix OCW materials Create OCWC content in a modular way so it’s easier to remix Develop tools for remixing curriculum Sponsor more research on how teachers remix OCWC materials Develop mobile applications for reusing and remixing OCWC materials 18
40. Boston Public Schools (BPS) – Profile 134 schools in the system Annual budget $821 million 57,050 students 74% students low-income Diversity of ethnic backgrounds in student body 41% - Hispanic 13% - White 36% - Black 9% - Asian 23 http://www.flickr.com/photos/kristopherm/
41. MITOpenCourseWareQuotes “Viewing your courses has made me a better teacher and I expect to be sending some of my students to MIT in part because of your efforts.” “Just wanted to say "thank you" for the wonderful content! I teach chemistry and physics at the HS level. I review my content knowledge as well as some wonderful demo ideas. MIT OpenCourseWare is awesome!!!!” 24
49. Persian (49)16.8% 44.1% 20.0% 4.5% 8.7% 1.5% 4.3% Educators 9% Self learners 43% Students 42%
50. Visitors to Tufts OCW / courses visited Statistics from 2010 Google Analytics Visits grew 23.17% from 2009 to 2010 Visitors came from 218 countries/territories and 20,159 cities Top 10 course homepages visited Basic Human Pathology, Parts I and II; Pathophysiology of Infectious Diseases; Blender 3D Design; Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Medicine I; Cardiovascular Pathophysiology - Human Growth and Development; Microbiology; Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology; Zoological Medicine 26
51. Tufts OCW Faculty Contributor Comments “… the final product is wonderful and I am proud to have my name associated with it.” “… OCW has provided us two wonderful assets: (1) as bridge to many other campuses, scholars, and internet users around the world: and (2) the chance to work with the OCW staff whose professionalism and end-product have made our courses even better than they already were.” “… I’m glad I did it and would do it again…the main reason I support it is that it takes knowledge out of the marketplace and makes it freely accessible to all…this is as it should be .…” 27
52. Tufts OCW User Comments “…Tufts OCW impacted my learning by making available other non-traditional sources of information at my fingertips.” “… I think that this is a good way to share the resources of a nonprofit institution. Tufts cares about the people of the world, and shows its social responsibility to the world through projects such as this ...” “… I’m a South African medical student who’s struggling with an epidemiology assignment and this information you made available helped me tremendously.” 28
53. Ranked Top Components of OCWC Downloadable Tools PowerPoints Projects Syllabi Exams Video Lectures Audio Lectures Course Overview Simulations Podcasts Department Offerings 29 What components of OpenCourseWare do you consider most valuable in guiding or teaching your students? (Check all that apply)
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134 schools in the systemAnnual budget $821 million57,050 students74% students low-incomeDiversity of ethnic backgrounds in student body41% - Hispanic 13% - White 36% - Black 9% - Asian
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Were you able to successfully accomplish your objectives today using the OCW website? 74.1%Tufts OCW website has/will enhance my understanding of Tufts OCW's mission to openly share knowledge with the global communityWhat is the highest education level you have attained to date:
All share our observations about workshop: Low technical skillsLittle knowledge of copyright, creative commonsResponse to fair use – RobbinBy end of workshops, attendees said they were likely to reuseTeachers found the workshop valuable would welcome more
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Include some stats from survey here:Fair Use: Very familiar-1% Somewhat familiar-50% Not familiar-44%
Surveyed nine months after attending the workshop, 75% of teachers who responded said that they made use of OpenCourseWare materials in their classroomsGoogle docs ranked as the top new tool they were introduced to in the summer workshopsOn a scale of 1-5 (with 1 being easy to reuse and 5 being difficult) they gave OCWC materials a 3
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White board culling everyone’s ideas for OCWC resulting in digital document we’ll postHave suggested topics if not forthcoming from attendees:Embed video from YouTubeModular content units easiest to work withTips on using videosCopyright explanationTeacher section
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$ per student – low level of technology use in classroom and low teacher technology skills