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Introduction to Open Education
Anka MulderPresident OpenCourseWare Consortium
Secretary General Delft University of Technology
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Agenda
1. Open Education● OpenCourseWare Consortium● What is Open Education?● Why Open Education Week?
2. Challenges in Higher Education● Impact of OpenEd● Life of a student in 2020
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1. Open Education
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Mission
to advance formal and informal learning
through the worldwide sharing and use
of free, open, high-quality education
materials organized as courses.
OpenCourseWare Consortium
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Over 260 institutions and organizations worldwide supporting open sharing in education
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http://ocwconsortium.org
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Number of courses from members
Oct/03 Apr/04 Oct/04 Apr/05 Oct/05 Apr/06 Oct/06 Apr/07 Oct/07 Apr/08 Oct/08 Apr/09 Oct/09 Apr/10 Oct/10 Apr/11 Oct/110
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
511 550 760 995 1,3061,747
3,1883,845
4,634
6,023
7,591
10,550
15,885 16,12316,574
18,135
21,056
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open open licensing
open source
open content
open courseware
open access
open science
open educational resources
what is open ed?open data
open teaching
open assessment
open learning
open policy
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open webinars
videos
documents
discussions
resources
FAQ
links to events around the world
open education week event
150 organisations participating
more than 50 live events
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2. Challenges in Higher Education
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A. Role of Universities Changes
●Middle Ages• Source of information = professor
●Book printing• Source of information = university
●Digital age• Source of information = internet
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Gathering information 25 years ago
Picture by Hans Schleimer, University Library of Graz
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Information in the Digital Age
●Example: history of Dutch cuisine●Results 1 - 18 of about 4,920,000 for
history of dutch cuisine. (0.19 seconds)
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From an information monopoly to learning facilitator
• Context: explanation, interpretation of information
• Social interaction• Feedback, examination • Reputation• Accreditation
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B. Governments’ Expectations Change:
Student numbers are growingVersus less government funding available
International competition for talent
Bridging the gap between secondary and higher education
Life Long Learning: necessary for a competitive economy
How to make use of the possibilities of the digital age
CC-BY-NC: flickr.com/jimbarter
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What do governments expect from Higher Education?
●Teach more students●For a lower price●Increase quality of education●Teach high school graduates as well
as life long learners●Be globally competitive
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C. Learners’ expectations change
CC-BY-NC-SA flickr/com/heycoach
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●Motivation●I want education to be interesting &
motivating
●Any time, any place●I am a life long learner●I want to combine education &
work
●Access●There are millions of me●I cannot afford Higher Education
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So
●Higher education changes●Open Education seems to have an
obvious role
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Impact
What can Open Education do?
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High Quality..
Stanford University – AI Course – 160.000 students - worldwide
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Social interaction,any place, any time
Communities of thousands of self learners, studying OCW together, on line
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Be Global …
OpenCourseWare in Watermanagement:Delft University – University of Bandung - NUS
(photograph: FAO/17343/R. Faidatti)
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The $5 Textbook
●Pay $5 instead of $80 per book
●Students can highlight, take notes ..
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Life of a student in 2020
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A day in the life of a student
20128.00 Get up, have breakfast and
check class schedule8.30 Cycle to university
Photo: Flickr.com/FaceMePLS
20208.00 Get up, have breakfast and
check on line personal planner
Photo: flickr.com/Vyusseem
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A day in the life of a student
20128.45 Lecture Thermodynamics
20208.30 Online work with live study
group
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A day in the life of a student
201210.45 Lecture Process
Engineering
Photo flickr.com/PromoMadrid
202010.00 Online lecture Design Methods
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A day in the life of a student
201210.45 Lecture Process
Engineering
Photo flickr.com/Chris.Corwin
202011.30 Discussion with study group via
Skype
Photo: flickr.com/Pitel
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A day in the life of a student
201212.30 Lunch with friends
Photo flickr.com/Richard Vignola
202012.30 Lunch with friends
Photo flickr.com/Markaci
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A day in the life of a student
201213.30 Lab work with
project group and professor
Photo: flickr.com/cam_rich345
202013.30 Lab work with Project group and
professor
Photo: flickr.com/Idaho National Lab
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A day in the life of a student
201215.00 Last minute preparation
for test
Photo flickr.com/HereStanding
202015.00 Last minute preparation for
test
Photo flickr.com/Clemsonunilivrary
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A day in the life of a student
201216.00 Taking test
Photo: flickr.com/comedy nose
202016.00 Taking test
Photo: flickr.com/jiscimages
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A day in the life of a student
201218.00 Dinner with friends19.00 Go to student club
Photo flickr.com/Niel T
202018.00 Dinner with friends21.00 Work on project with student
from Delft and Brazil
Photo flickr.com/Wayan Vota
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Choice
Virtual and life blende
d
Build your own
programme
Inter-nationa
l project groups
Online educatio
n is normal
Learning
through gaming
No fixed
course schedul
e
Lectures live & on line
Campus is social meeting place
Study books almost
free
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openQuestions
?16-18 April 2012 Cambridge, UK
Mathematical Bridge by Christopher Chan www.flickr.com/photos/chanc/1016886822
Global Conference 2012
http://conference.ocwconsortium.org