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Understanding OER and OCWTom CaswellStrategic Outreach ManagerOpenCourseWare Consortium
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Tom Caswell, Open & Distance Learning Consultant
November 26, 2009
Understanding OER and OCW
Tom CaswellStrategic Outreach ManagerOpenCourseWare Consortium
1st CAMPUS CONGRESSLoja, Ecuador
Tom Caswell, Open & Distance Learning Consultant
November 26, 2009
Understanding OER and OCW
• What is it?• Why do it?• How do you do it?
What is the OER movement?• Access to knowledge for
the global community• High quality educational
materials• Freely available on the
web to share, reuse, and, often, re-purpose
• Diversity of materials available
Tom Caswell, Open & Distance Learning Consultant
November 26, 2009
What is OER trying to do?
• Create a space where learners and educators can come to find materials and knowledge, presented in a variety of styles, in a variety of languages, from a variety of viewpoints
• An international community of educators building a universal, virtual library
Tom Caswell, Open & Distance Learning Consultant
November 26, 2009
Characteristics of a library• Repository of knowledge• Archives materials• Evolving hub for knowledge• Houses different collections• Serves a variety of users• Users can select what is relevant to them• Compliments formal education• Community center• Public good
Tom Caswell, Open & Distance Learning Consultant
November 26, 2009
Characteristics of a library• Repository of knowledge• Archives materials• Evolving hub for knowledge• Houses different collections• Serves a variety of users• Users can select what is relevant to them• Compliments formal education• Community center• Public good
These characteristics also describe OER
Tom Caswell, Open & Distance Learning Consultant
November 26, 2009
OER philosophy
“Resources that are to be shared, built upon, re-shaped, re-purposed – and then returned to the commons to be available for the same exercise to take place over again”.
Susan D’Antoni, UNESCO OER programme Cambridge International Conference on Open and Distance Learning, 2009
Tom Caswell, Open & Distance Learning Consultant
November 26, 2009
Examples of OER “collections”
• Open Textbooks• iTunes University• Videolectures.net• Open Learning Initiative • Connexions• OpenCourseWare
Tom Caswell, Open & Distance Learning Consultant
November 26, 2009
So, what is OpenCourseWare?
OCW is a type of Open Educational Resource (OER).
OpenEducationalResources
Open Content
OCW
Tom Caswell, Open & Distance Learning Consultant
November 26, 2009
What is OpenCourseWare?• Materials organized as courses• Course planning documents, learning activities and
evaluation instruments• Openly licensed for distribution, re-use and modification • Materials are a reflection of the sponsoring institution’s
education• The institution decides what materials to contribute, so
OpenCourseWare projects can be quite different from one institution to the next
Tom Caswell, Open & Distance Learning Consultant
November 26, 2009
Institutional Benefits of OCW
• Showcase for your institution’s educational quality• A window onto researcher and faculty intellectual work,
raising their profile (and the institution’s)• More accessible to officials, employers, donors• Connection to students before, during, and after enrollment• Meaningful collaboration opportunities
Tom Caswell, Open & Distance Learning Consultant
November 26, 2009
Lots of considerations
• Intellectual Property issues• Copyright and licensing• Software and technology
Tom Caswell, Open & Distance Learning Consultant
November 26, 2009
Lots of considerations
• Intellectual Property issues• Copyright and licensing• Software and technology
Fortunately, there is an international OCW community to support and help you
Tom Caswell, Open & Distance Learning Consultant
November 26, 2009
Tom Caswell, Open & Distance Learning Consultant
November 26, 2009
Mission: To advance formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Tom Caswell, Open & Distance Learning Consultant
November 26, 2009
• ~100 OCW sites
• ~9000 courses
http: ocwconsortium.org
Tom Caswell, Open & Distance Learning Consultant
November 26, 2009
Benefits of OCWC Membership:
• Consultation• Collaboration• Sustainability
Tom Caswell, Open & Distance Learning Consultant
November 26, 2009
Understanding OER and OCW:
• What is it?• Why do it?• How do you do it?
Tom Caswell, Open & Distance Learning Consultant
November 26, 2009
Thank You!Visit The OpenCourseWare Consortium portal athttp://www.ocwconsortium.org
Tom Caswell, Open & Distance Learning [email protected] http://tomcaswell.com/consulting
