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Delft OpenCourseWareFrom repository to community: TU Delft OpenCourseWare

EADTU conference, 27 October 2008

Anka Mulder, Director Education and Student Affairs Joost Groot Kormelink, Coordinator E-learning

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What we will cover

• A few words about Delft University of Technology

• The pilot phase OCW (2007/2008)

• Evaluation of the pilot (ongoing)

• Outline for the next phase (2008/2010): from repository to community

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A few words about Delft

• High ratings (THES 17)

• Research & Education driven by demands of society

• High quality educational programmes, with a focus on ICT in education

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Fact sheet

• Faculties: 8• Bachelor programmes: 14• Master programmes: 36• Total number of students on campus: 15,000• International students: 2,100• Scientific staff: 2,600 • Number of PhD-theses per year: 250• Focal Multi-disciplinary Research Programmes:

Energy, Health, Infrastructures, Environment.

TU Delft

www.tudelft.nl

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Student Projects

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Example Student Project: World Solar Challenge

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Pilot Phase OCW-project: Characteristics• Start: May 2007• 6 pilots (MSc-programmes) on a voluntary basis:

• Micro-Electronics, Offshore Engineering, Drinking Water • Sustainable development, Nano science, Biomedical

Engineering

• Technical infrastructure: Hive (repository) and Typo3 (CMS) • Steering group headed by the rector magnificus• Completed: October 2008

‘Content centred’ model like MIT -using existing courses

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Why this initiative (1)Board

• Core tasks university is to deliver know-how and building knowledge networks in an international context

• Way to improve quality of education

• Reputation/ branding

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Why this initiative (2)6 Pilot programmes (different motives)

• Reputation/Exposure• Additional contribution to knowledge networks• Attracting new students and researchers • Easy access for students:

• material is part of a joint degree• Preparation for future students

• Opening up for new connections worldwide; • Investing in future learning methods/basis for blended

learning

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Results / Oct 08

• 22 courses published

• Bureau OpenER is in place (lean & mean)

• Workflow has been defined

• Technical infrastructure in place

• TU Delft (board) member of OCW Consortium

• Evaluation report (in progress): external recognition

Green light for the next phase

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WWW.OCW.TUDELFT.NL

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CoursesOffshore Engineering• Offshore Hydromechanics• Dredge Pumps and Slurry

Transport• Dredging Processes• Design of Dredging Equipment• Offshore Wind Farm Design• Offshore MooringsWatermanagement• Drinking water treatment

(Technology)• Drinking water treatment (Design)• Public hygiene and epidemiology• Civil Engineering in Developing

CountriesNanoScience• Advanced Statistical Mechanics• Mesoscopic Physics

Microelectronics• Methods and Algorithms for

System Design• Solar Cells• Digital Signal Processing• Advanced Device PhysicsBioMechatronics• BioMechatronics• Biomedical Engineering Design• System Identification and

Parameter EstimationSustainable Development• Technology and Global

Development• Technics and Future• Technology Dynamics and

Transition Management

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University Rankings for Technology OCW

http://degreedirectory.org/

#1 MIT

#2 Delft University of Technology

#3Berkeley

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License: Creative Commons 3.0: Attribution, Noncommercial, Share-alike http://creativecommons.org/license/

Workflow:

Workflow & licence for publishing

dansays, flickr

ContentLay-out

CooperateIdentity

Author rightsUpload content

Metadata

Staff member Bureau OpenER

Peer review Adjustments

Faculty/department

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Evaluation pilot phase: set up

• Google Analytics

• Feedback forms on the website

• Interviews with potential users: Lecturers from other institutesProspective studentsCompanies in the field of drinking water (public

sector), offshore engineering (like Shell) and Micro-Electronics (Philips, Texas Instruments)

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Evaluation Aspects:

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Evaluation OCW: Results (1)Google Analytics

• October 2007 – May 2008:

28,000 visits from 23,000 unique visitors (100 visits/day).

• Going up to > 200 unique visitors/day since May 2008.

• Visitors from 169 countries / 4196 cities: significant geographical

exposure of educational material

• Materials reused in e.g. Tanzania, Egypt, Netherlands

• Note: There are more visitors because the material is also published at

other websites of the faculties involved (data unfortunately not

available).

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Evaluation OCW: Results (2)

General

• High appreciation of the initiative;

• Very positive about the quality of the content; TU Delft ‘signature’ is important;

• Clear website structure

• Could you also publish courses in the field of ….??

• Can we jointly develop courses??

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Evaluation OCW: Results (3)

Interviewees recommendations

• More information for users about the entrance level required to understand the resources

• More interactivity & functionalities• Create ‘depository’ where users (companies) can

upload and publish their own material• Communities• Self study

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Evaluation OCW: Results (4)

Questions from external users:

• Updates?

• How can users can contribute or interact with the university?

• Services around OCW?

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Next phase Recent discussions with

directors of education TU Delft

Keyword: Integrate OCW

in regular activities

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Outline for the second phase until 2010

• OCW portal for 3 different target groups:• secondary schools• Ba/Ma (preparatory courses)• Master students/ LLL

• More functionalities • Editorial board • Gradual growth in the number of publications • PhD-research on OER • External Sponsorship

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1. Challenges:from repository to community

• Add website functionalities: • who else used these resources

• number of views

• rating, discussion area..

• Link to other university resources (integration)

• Depository: other people can add content

• Additional services like customized support/courses, student projects

• Communities for people who have shared interests

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2. Challenges: business model

• Business model: internal

• Create incentives for publication in university financial model

• Make clear that OCW can reduce other costs (marketing)

• Embed OCW in regular educational activities

• Business model: external

• External sponsorship

• Create paid services?

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Thesis

OCW = open innovation =>

generates knowledge

i.e. deserves strong support from universities & governments

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Thank You for Your Time

Questions?

Contact: OCW@TUDELFT.NL

OCW.TUDelft.nl