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Increasing the Impact of Open Education Stephen Carson, External Relations Director, MIT OpenCourseWare

22 June 2012

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“The idea is simple, to

publish our teaching material,

our course content, on the

Internet, and make it widely

available...for free.”

MIT Professor Dick Yue Chair, MIT Lifelong Learning Committee 2000

Unlocking Knowledge

The Idea

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Unlocking Knowledge

2,107 Courses

• 2,107 Syllabi & reading lists

• 17,531 lecture notes

• 9,460 assignments

• 980 exams

• 705 projects

Many include:

• Audio/video (~100)

• Complete texts (~30)

• Simulations/animations

http://ocw.mit.edu

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Empowering Minds

A Global Audience

44.6% 17.1%

4.5% 1.6%

18.9% 4.3% 9.0%

Educators 9%

Students 42%

Self learners 43%

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Visits (M)

4.5 5.3

7.2

13.4 12.9

15

17.5 18.6

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Empowering Minds

A Global Audience

125 million individuals

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Jean-Ronel Noel and Alex Georges

Entrepreneurs, Cité Soleil, Haiti, used OCW to develop solar-powered street lights for some of

Haiti’s poorest communities.

Empowering Minds

Self Learner Use

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“It was much better than any other information I found on the Internet, since the other sites

were written by electronics experts who assumed that it would be read by other experts.

I didn't want to just copy the circuit without understanding it. MIT OpenCourseWare was different because it explained things step by step. Using the OpenCourseWare saved

us a lot of time and money.”

Empowering Minds

Self Learner Use

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The Next Decade

Open Education

Web 1.0 Web 2.0 AI/Adaptive Learning

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The Next Decade

Open Education

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• Enhance content (e.g. more video)

• Explore open ed ecosystem

• Share OCW more widely

-e.g. mobile, Wikipedia

• Target key user groups

-e.g. high school, self-learners, educators

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The Next Decade

OCW’s Innovation Framework

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Thank You!

Visit MIT OpenCourseWare online at http://ocw.mit.edu

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The Next Decade

MITs Educational Innovation Infrastructure

MIT Residential

OCW MITx

• Comprehensive resource • Reference for tracking innovation • Dissemination platform

• Faculty innovation • Reimagining the residential experience • Blended experiences

• Targeted online education • Experimentation & research • Open platform (edX)