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Welcome to the Institute of Educational
Technology
www.open.ac.uk/iet
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The Open University
• Largest University in the UK• 260,000 students• 7,000 tutors• 1,200 academic staff• Modern distance learning
Milton Keynes
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25% of undergraduates aged under 25
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Open Education
• “The Open University's mission is to be open to people, places, methods and ideas”
• 44% of undergraduates start without qualifications needed for a conventional university
• 12,000 students with disabilities• 20,000 students outside the UK• Free access to some learning materials online• 20 million downloads from iTunesU
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Institute of Educational TechnologyIET ensures that the Open University is a world leader in research in educational technology.• Open approaches to research• Collaboration with world
class researchers internationally
• Linking research and practice
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IET innovation• First fully online Open University course,
in 1998• Masters (MA) in Online and Distance
Education• Postgraduate Certificate in Academic
Practice• Pioneer development of learning objects • Journal of Interactive Media in Education
(JIME)– Open access journal, launched in 1996
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IET research• Open Educational Resources
– Olnet, Bridge to Success
• iSpot• Out There In Here• Personal Inquiry• xDelia• Mobile learning
– MOTILL– MASELTOV
• Wolfson virtual science lab• Accessibility• Learning analytics• Learning design
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Olnet: Open Learning Network
• Global research hub for open educational resources– Participatory learning– Design of OER– OER effectiveness– OER reuse
• Supported by William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
• Partnership with Carnegie Mellon
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iSpot• Open citizen science• Wildlife observation• 16,000 registered
users• 85,000 observations• Re-discovered
‘extinct’ species• Identified invasive
species
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Out There In Here
• Research project funded by EPSRC
• Live collaboration between students on field trip and in technology-enhanced room
• Ubi-learning: sharing and commenting on field data at a distance
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Personal Inquiry
• Three year project• Open University /
University of Nottingham• Aim:
– To help children become scientists, by developing their skills of effective science investigation
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xDelia
• 3 year European Union Project
• Bio-sensors and serious games to explore effects of emotional bias in financial decision making
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Mobile learning
Relevance
Context
Continuity
PersonalisationLearning Design
Embedding
Community
Access
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MOTILL• Funded by European
Commission• Analysis of mobile
technologies for lifelong learning
• Collecting evidence from research and practice
• Working with policy makers to raise awareness
• 11 best practice case studies
Key aim
MoULe To facilitate outdoor learning and collaboration
FÓN To support language learning for life
Federica To open up access to advanced knowledge
LOGOS To enable flexible access to courseware and objects from repositories
BathSMS To support students entering university
WoLF To link college and work-based learning
Bletchley Park Text
To personalize learning and link museum visit with school or home
Contsens To enable context-sensitive and location-based learning
Ensemble To support integration and active citizenship by using everyday tools
MobileDNA To support extracurricular or outreach activity and collaboration
Mobile Mood Diary
To support self-monitoring for long term health care
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MASELTOV• Mobile Assistance for Social Inclusion
and Empowerment of Immigrants with Persuasive Learning Technologies and Social Network Services
• Funded by European Commission
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Wolfson OpenScience Lab
• £1 million grant from Wolfson Foundation
• Online science lab• Remote access to
facilities and data
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IET support to the University• Access for disabled students
– Expertise– Training– Evaluation of new technology
• Monitoring and evaluation of student learning experience– Database of student profiles and
progress– Surveys of student views on quality– Employability – Learner analytics
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Data toolsData tables
Open comments Key Performance Indicators
Executive dashboardFocus AreasProgrammes
Module reviewsExternal audits/accreditation
Actions to improveSharing good practice
Collecting/measuringStudent RetentionStudent Feedback