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Susan D'Antoni-A Way Forward
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First International Conference of the CNIE27-30 April 2008Banff, Canada
Open Educational Resources
The Way Forward
Susan D’AntoniUNESCO
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Structure of the session
OER: an overview and some examples A donor vision: the Hewlett change strategy Creating an international community: the UNESCO IIEP
initiative The community speaks: the Way Forward Conclusion: next steps
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OER: a definition
Web-based materials offered freely and openly for use and reuse in teaching, learning and research
(UNESCO, 2002)
Only open if they are released under an open licence Includes any tool, material or technique used to support
access to knowledge
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OER: milestones in the movement
1998: “open content” and the Open Publication License
2001: founding of Creative Commons
2001: MIT announces OpenCourseWare
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The Cape Town Declaration
“…a statement of principle, a statement of strategy and a statement of commitment … meant to spark dialogue, to inspire action and to help the open education movement grow.”
(Cape Town Open Education Declaration, 2008)
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What approaches have providers taken to making content freely and openly
available?
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MIT OpenCourseWare Institutional, faculty response to
challenge of online education 2002: launched 50-course pilot 2008: almost all course materials
available for over 2,000 subjects An adventure! (Charles Vest)
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OpenCourseWareConsortium Established in 2005 to assist the OCW
movement Supports collaboration among over 180
member institutions worldwide
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Rice University Connexions Individual response to limitations of
traditional textbooks The vision: “textbooks adapted to many
learning styles and translated into myriad languages… textbooks that are continually updated and corrected by a legion of contributors” (Rich Baraniuk)
The result: an environment for developing, sharing and publishing academic content on the web
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Carnegie MellonOpen Learning Initiative Aim: to develop stand-alone, cognitively
informed open courses Course design stresses interactivity,
problem solving and feedback A research project: aim to better
understand effective practices in online learning environments
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Open UniversityOpenLearn Course-publishing model (like MIT)
BUT Materials designed for distance
learning
AND Site designed to support collaboration
and group work
Challenges OU’s current business
model
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How have Canadian institutions responded to the challenge of OER?
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Capilano CollegeOpenCourseWare Only Canadian member of the
OCW Consortium 17 courses available in 10
subject areas
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BCcampus
A province wide initiative Funded using public money ($6.25 million by
mid-2007) An online service provider Sharable Online Learning Resources
repository Developers can choose to share materials at
local provincial level using custom BC Commons license
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A donor vision: the Hewlett change strategy Aim: to equalize access to knowledge through:
– Sponsoring high quality content– Understanding and stimulating use– Removing barriers
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UNESCO: removing barriers through awareness raising Potential of OER to contribute to:
– Education for All– Building knowledge societies – especially
“knowledge-sharing societies”
But… No awareness of availability = resources not utilized
and potential of OER not realized
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Aims of the IIEP OER initiative
International dialogue and information exchange Linking people who might not otherwise meet Creating an international OER community
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Steps in the creation of a community
Forum 1: an introduction to OER Short discussions on key topics
– OER research agenda– A “Do-It-Yourself/Do-It-Together” resource for
developing capacity– FOSS for OER
Forum 2: OECD study on OER
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Sharing the outputs
Forum 1 background documents and report OER research questions DIY/DIT resource outline FOSS for OER and lessons from the FOSS movement Forum 2 background documents and report The Way Forward: priority issues for advancing the OER
movement
Resources made available on website and wiki
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After two years of intense reflection
and discussion…
…what did the community have to say about the priorities for advancing
the OER movement?
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What are the characteristics of the community?
North America22%
Sub-Saharan Africa16%
Latin America6%
East Asia5%
The Pacific4%
Central and Eastern Europe3%
Western Europe30%
South and West Asia
9%
Arab States3%
Caribbean1% Central Asia
0.5% 600+ members Almost 40 from Canada 98 countries 67 developing countries
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Community members…organizations represented
Over 50% from higher education institutions
Over 20% from international organizations and NGOs
University36%
Self-employed4%
Other18%
Distance-learning university institution
11%International organization
10%
Research institution
6%
International NGO6%
National NGO5%
National government
4%
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Community members…positions held
Almost 40% hold high-level positions
Almost 20% are teaching professionals
Senior official or manager17%
Researcher12%
Consultant5%
Other9%
Teaching professional
18%
Director or chief executive
20%
Project or programme officer
12%
ICT professional
7%
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What are the issues?
Advancing the movement Awareness raising Communities and networking Research
Enabling creation and re-use Policies Standards Technology tools Quality assurance Capacity development
Enabling learning with OER Learning support services Assessment of learning
Removing barriers to OER Accessibility Copyright and licensing Financing Sustainability
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Which stakeholders should take action? Higher education institutions International organizations National government Academics
A key stakeholder role…
…OER champion!
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The Way Forward: 6 priorities
Advancing the movement Awareness raising at all levels Community building and network development
Enabling creation and re-use Developing capacity through a DIY/DIT resource Quality assurance – develop guidelines
Removing barriers Sustainability models to ensure viability of initiatives Copyright and licensing
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What is the way forward for UNESCO?
Create an OER Network of nodes for local awareness raising and development
Continue supporting OER Community as international forum for discussion
Focus on awareness raising through international reach of UNESCO and the community itself
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How has the community responded?With passion! Creation of resources to support awareness raising and
community building:– OER stories– Introductory brochure– PowerPoint presentation
Translation of the Way Forward into 11 languages
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Join the community
s.dantoni@unesco.org
Consult the resources
Wiki
http://oerwiki.iiep-unesco.org
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