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Overview open education, NCSE Webinar Nov 8
1. Open Education:
Expanding access,
developing community &
spurring innovation in higher
education
Mary Lou Forward, OpenCourseWare Consortium
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4. World Bank, The State of Education, 2011
60
50
Gross Enrolment Rate. Tertiary (ISCED 5 & 6). Total (%)
40
30
25.9 27.1
24.0
22.5
20
20.0
18.1
10
0
1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009
EAP ECA LAC MNA SAS SSA WLD
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics in EdStats, July 2011
Note: SAS 2009 is 2008 data.
15. Because
2. The world cannot satisfy the
demand for higher education
through conventional means
16. Because
3. Open education stands on the
shoulders of distance education as
a technology-mediated
mechanism for cost
reduction, baseline quality, and
global reach
Credit for previous 5 slides to Larry Cooperman, UC Irvine
17. Open Education
Terms and clarifications
Open Educational Resources (OER)
OpenCourseWare
Open Educational Practice
Open Textbooks
19. Free Open
no cost No cost +
permission to change
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24. Select the option that best describes you
25.00%
22.00% 22.00% 22.00%
20.00%
Student - secondary or high school
15.00% Student - university first degree
Student - university advanced degree
Faculty/Teacher
11.00%
10.00% Self-learner
10.00%
9.00%
Working professional
Employer
Other
5.00%
4.00%
1.00%
0.00%
25. How do you use OCW
60.00%
57.00%
50.00% 49.00%
46.00%
to help understand concepts I am studying
40.00%
to learn something for a specific project or task
to supplement/create teaching materials
31.00%
30.00% to update my skills or knowledge for work
for my own interest
Other
20.00%
20.00%
10.00%
6.00%
0.00%
26. Age groups
35.00%
31.00%
30.00%
25.00%
20.00%
18.00% 18.00%
15.00%
15.00%
11.00%
10.00%
6.00%
5.00%
0.00%
19 and under 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60 and above
27. Open Educational Resources are
building blocks to innovation
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28. What do learners want?
What do learners need?
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45. The OER University http://wikieducator.org/OER_university/Home
The OER university is a virtual collaboration of institutions committed to creating
flexible pathways for OER learners to gain formal academic credit.
The OER university aims to provide free learning to all students worldwide using OER
learning materials with pathways to gain credible qualifications from recognized
education institutions.
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Faculty do it all ïš Faculty donât have to do it all
58. Free
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60. Webinars
Information
Videos
Live events
All free & open
www.openeducationweek.org
In regions where the percentage is still very low, such as Sub-Saharan Africa, the growth rate is among the highest in the world.
To meet this demand would require a furious pace of building physical infrastructure, which carries a similarly burdensome financial investment. Alternatively, we can seek non traditional solutions, in which OER can play an important role.
Nigeria 88%1/3 of the worldâs population is under 15.
Basis of educationTenant of scholarshipInformation is not a scarce resourceSharing allows collaboration, innovation, advancementCost of not sharing â opportunity cost, etc â too high
Free = no costOpen = no cost and openly licensed, at least including the right to modify
Over 20K open coursesOver 40M views
Not the tools of revolution, but ways to support, extend, create,
Alan Drimmer
Learners need to interact with material, with each other or with a teacher â citation of studyHow does distance ed compare with classroom instruction? A Meta-analysis of the emperical literature. Concordia U, Robert Bernard review of 600 papers on improving student performance in distance ed. Increased interaction with content most improved performance, followed by interaction with peers, then interaction with instructors.
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