1. Are Open Educational
Resources Going to Sabotage
Our Distance and Online
Learning Programs?
Mary Lou Forward, OpenCourseWare Consortium
Larry Cooperman, University of California, Irvine
October 11, 2012 sessions 8 & 9
Unless otherwise noted, this presentation is licensed
3. 1.Open and Distance in Higher Education
2.Closer look at OER
3.Three Case Studies of Open/Distance
4.Trends and Future Possibilities
5.Discussion: How Can Open Fit Your Goals?
7. By James Cridland http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/613445810
THE UNIVERSITY
SYSTEM CANNOT
ACCOMMODATE
THE CURRENT
QUANTITY OF
STUDENTS
SEEKING HIGHER
EDUCATION
18. Because
2. The world cannot satisfy the
demand for higher education
through conventional means
19. Because
3. Open education stands on the
shoulders of distance education as
a technology-mediated
mechanism for cost
reduction, baseline quality, and
global reach
20. Open Education
Terms and clarifications
Open Educational Resources
OpenCourseWare
Open Educational Practice
Open Textbooks
22. Free Open
no cost No cost +
permission to change
By Adam Bartlett http://www.flickr.com/photos/atbartlett/2432704579/
By Sean MacEntee http://www.flickr.com/photos/smemon/4518528819/
30. 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%
31. Select the option that best describes you
30.00%
27.10%
25.00%
Student - secondary or high school
20% Student - university first degree
20.00%
Student - university advanced degree
Faculty/Teacher
Self-learner
15.00% Working professional
Journalist/blogger
11.00% Employer
9.00% 9.30%
10.00% 9.30% Retired
7.60% Other
5.00%
2.90%
2.70%
1%
0.00%
32. 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%
33. How do you use OCW?
35.00%
30.77%
30.00%
27.69%
to help understand concepts I am studying
25.00%
to learn something for a specific project or task
to help me create teaching materials
20.00%
16.92%
to update my skills or knowledge for work
15.38%
15.00%
for my personal interest
10.00% Other
6.15%
5.00%
3.08%
0.00%
34. 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
35. Age groups
25.00%
21.80%
20.50%
20.00% 19.60%
15.00%
13.90%
10.80%
10.00% 9.30%
5.00% 4.20%
0.00%
under 18 18-21 22-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+
36. OER and OCW are
building blocks
bdesham http://www.flickr.com/photos/bdesham/2432400623
58. 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.
67. By Luther College Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/luthercollegearchives/1485877774/ CC-BY-NC-ND
Faculty do it all Faculty don’t have to do it all
70. Free
By Adam Bartlett http://www.flickr.com/photos/atbartlett/2432704579/
By Marynbtol http://www.flickr.com/photos/marynbtol/5326460237 CC-BY-NC-SA
71. By Jeremny Brooks http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremybrooks/2732542838 CC-BY-NC
75. www.ocwconsortium.org
Mary Lou Forward
Executive Director
mlforward@ocwconsortium.org
http://ocw.uci.edu
Larry Cooperman
Director, OpenCourseWare
ljcooper@uci.edu
Editor's Notes
Nigeria 88%1/3 of the world’s population is under 15.
In regions where the percentage is still very low, such as Sub-Saharan Africa, the growth rate is among the highest in the world.
Basis of educationTenant of scholarshipInformation is not a scarce resourceSharing allows collaboration, innovation, advancementCost of not sharing – opportunity cost, etc – too high
Free = no costOpen = no cost and openly licensed, at least including the right to modify
“Big Bang” of the open education movement was announcement of MIT OpenCourseWare in 2001.
Over 20K open coursesOver 40M views
Not the tools of revolution, but ways to support, extend, create,
With building blocks, one can create many wonderous things, like this sea creature we encountered last night
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Learners need to interact with material, with each other or with a teacher – 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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