Introduction to Open Education by Anka Mulder

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open www.openeducationweek.org Introduction to Open Education Anka Mulder President OpenCourseWare Consortium Secretary General Delft University of Technology

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Presentation of Anka Mulder for the Open Education Event in Delft on March 7th 2012. More information about the event: http://opencourseware.eu/OpenEducationEvent2012

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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