20110606 future of TU Delft OpenCourseWare

1|35

The Future of OpenCourseWareWhy do we give away our content?

Willem van Valkenburg, Director TU Delft OpenCourseWareDelft University of Technology 2011

2|35

Who am I?

Willem van Valkenburg•Director TU Delft OpenCourseWare•Manager of TU Delft VLE (Blackboard)•Projectleader TU Delft Mobile

http://twitter.com/wfvanvalkenburghttp://www.e-learn.nlhttp://nl.linkedin.com/in/wfvanvalkenburg

Presentation will be available on http://slideshare.net/wfvanvalkenburg

3|35

1.What are OERs and OpenCourseWare?2.Results3.Motives4.The future

4|35

OCW part of the Open Movement• OCW is only one type of Open

Educational Resource (OER).

• OERs are only one type of Open Content.

• We have much to share with each other.

Open Content

Open Educational Resources

OCW

5|35

What is OCW?

An OpenCourseWare is a free and open digital publication of high quality educational materials, organized as courses for faculty, students, and self-learners throughout the world.

•An ocw is a collection of high-quality learning materials presented in the form of courses

•An ocw is not a distance-learning initiative: there are no degrees granted and in most cases no student/faculty interactions

•OCW materials are there for the taking and for transformation.

6|35

Mission

to advance formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.

7|35

>260 members>15.000 courses>4.000 translated courses

http://ocwconsortium.org

Advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.

8|35

TU Delft is leading the ConsortiumThe OpenCourseWare Consortium (OCW Consortium) Board of Directors has elected Anka Mulder as its new President. The announcement was made at the Consortium’s global conference, which included representatives from the more than 250 universities and associated organizations worldwide committed to advancing opencourseware (OCW). Mulder currently serves as the director of education and student affairs at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.  She succeeds Stephen Carson of MIT, who held the position for three years.“Anka takes on her leadership role at an important pinnacle in our organization—the 10th anniversary of the OCW movement and our  goal to usher in a new era of international awareness and commitment,” said Mary Lou Forward, executive director of OCW Consortium. “Anka, the first president from outside the U.S., will lead our mission to build more attention to the movement and the Consortium worldwide.”

Source:http://ocwconsortium.org/en/community/blog/2011/05/20/ocw-consortium-announces-new-president/

9|35

2. Results of Delft

10|35

ICT in education: TU Delft

11|35

TU Delft Open Content• OpenCourseWare

view of our education

OER within the context of a course

• Collegerama video recording (Mediasite)

• Lecture slides• Literature• Assignments• Exams• Solutions and answers

• iTunes U / Youtube EduMainly focused on marketing

OER without context

• Collegerama video recording (Mediasite)/Flash Lectures

• Engineering Challenges• Campus life & Student Projects

12|35

OCW.TUDelft.nl

13|35

History of TU Delft OCW

• Started in 2007• Started with courses of 3 master programmes:

• Watermanagement, Offshore Engineering, Micro-electronics

• Now 55 courses online

• Courses are based on the existing course material in Blackboard

• We don’t distinguish specific target groups• Very limited interaction around a courses

14|35

Water management

Dr.ir. Jasper Verberk – Collegeramahttp://ocw.tudelft.nl/about-opencourseware/ocw-seminar/

• Challenges• Water Management OpenCourseWare• Further Developments

Courses

15|35

Courses

Delft Design Guide

16|35

Delftse LeerlijnBridging the gap

17|35

Results

• Quality of educational resources have improved• More focus and attention for the quality of education• TU Delft national and international recognized for our OCW• Increase in new students and PhD’s• Grant from Ministry of Economic Affairs for a project with

ITB Bandung• Nuffic grants for projects with South Africa and Mozambique• SURF (Dutch JISC) starts with a national programme for

OER/OCW• TU Delft (Anka Mulder) board-member of the OCW

Consortium

18|35

3. Motives

19|35

Context of HE:Internationalisation as a condition for excellence

International competition to get the best students, best education, best research

Bridging the gap-problems causes increased heterogeneity

Student as customer: higher expectations

Increase in number of students versus decrease in government funding

Opportunities of the digital age

20|35

From a university perspectiveCore tasks university is to deliver know-how and building knowledge networks in an international context.

• Way to improve quality of education• Reputation/ branding• Irreversible trend

21|35

From a faculty perspective•Reputation/Exposure/Visibility•Additional contribution to knowledge networks•Attracting new students and researchers•Easy access (material is part of a joint degree)•Preparation for future students•Opening up for new connections worldwide •Investing in future learning and education

methods/basis for blended learning.

22|35

“EPA wants to be recognized as an

international education program.

With OCW we can! ”

Engineering & Policy Analysis

Dr. Ir. B. Enserink

What do faculty member say?

WatermanagementDr. Ir. J.Q.J.C. Verberk

“Since we publish our courses on OCW, we see an increase in the number of international PhD students”

23|35

“The participatory learning I experienced in TU Delft OpenCourseWare I never experienced before”

The students

“TU Delft content is almost as good as MIT, if not better”

Erasmus Mundus student

Egeruoh Chigoziri

24|35

4. The future

25|35

Changes in Sources of Information

• Middle Ages• Source of information = Professor

• Printing Press• Source of information = University

• Digital Age• Source of information = Internet

26|35

Implications for the institution?

• We are no longer THE source of information

• What does a university have to offer?• Content: information• Context: explanation, interpretation of information• Feedback: examinations, assessment• Reputation• Accredited diploma• Social network

27|35

Possibilities with OpenCourseWare

• Offer blended learning programmes• Start of knowledge centres around the courses• Improve study selection (introduction course of every

programme)• More education methods for our own students• Freedom to choice: on campus, online or self-study• For joint degrees• Virtual cooperation with other (technical) universities• Knowledge transfer to developing countries• Serve LifeLongLearners with interessanting subjects,

added with (paid) summer course

28|35

Where do we go with OCW?

29|35

quality

quantity

now

Go for quantity

TU DelftOnline

Go for Quality

Scenarios

30|35

Scenario 1: Go for quantity

• All courses available as OCW-course• Available course material is used, no post-

processing• No specific target audiences

31|35

Scenario 2: Go for quality

• Align with Delft Research Initiatives (Energy, Health, Environment, Infrastructures)

• OCW-courses suitable for self-study• Create communities around a course with additional (paid)

services• High quality of resources by post-production• Quality attracts quality• Platform for online activities• Serve different target audiences

32|35

Scenario 3: Delft Online University of Technology

• Complete educational programmes online on OCW• OCW-courses suitable for self-study• Students can choice for campus or online versions• Communities around a course with interaction with

instructors and researchers• Possibility to certification• International students can do their programme

(partly) online

33|35

What did we choice?

TU Delft Online•Started with introduction courses of all bachelor programmes•Change OCW-courses to self-study courses

•Ambition to have an online programme within 3 years•Got full commitment of our executive board

34|35

“In order for open education to reach its varied potentials, openness must become a core cultural value for each and every faculty member.” David Wiley

35|35

May 1, 2023 35

w.f.vanvalkenburg@tudelft.nltwitter.com/wfvanvalkenburgslideshare.net/wfvanvalkenburg

OCW.tudelft.nl