Open Educational Resources and the Peer2Peer University

Indira Gandhi National Open University, Delhi,

6/1/2010

by Stian HåklevOntario Institute for Studies in Education,University of Toronto

The purposes of OERThe value of opennessThe Peer2Peer University

Outline

If we don’t know what the purpose of an OER is, we won’t know what to consider when designing, we

can’t begin to evaluate the quality, or measure the success

Purposes of OER

Three purposes/uses

Direct use

Reuse/remix

Transparency

Production

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Production

Lanzhou City Universitycase study

Have already been evaluating best coursesinternally since 2003. Developed system of indicators of course quality

Issue announcement, meeting of heads ofdepartments

Teaching committee to identify basic andadvanced courses they could apply for

Brought teachers together with computerdepartment

School gave certain amount of funding

Clear philosophy: Construction of CQOCW will improve quality of all coursesNot just about putting old courses online, but rethink content, teaching methodology, etc.

Internal committee to evaluate courses, then invited 20 external experts - used online material, also sat in on classes

In the end, 11 courses were selected for provincial CQOCW

(浅议精品课程在教学工作中的作用 , 王雪引 )

Direct use

OLI CMU mainpage

Reuse

CNX mainpage

Transparency

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ou salamanca

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Openness as a transformative value

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Free as in speech/beer

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free software

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creative commons

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ccmixter

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Three pillars of openness

Open licenseOpen files/dataOpen collaboration

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the story of a seed

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wikipedia

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a story enabled by openness

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Case studies from India

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nptel youtube

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IIT Youtube 1

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egyankosh yt

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egyan tsp list

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egyan book

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ind textbook fpag

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By making India’s

research and

teaching available

you benefit the world – and India

itself!

The Peer2Peer University

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intro open ed I

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Intro Oed schedule

RSTM week 1 top

RSTM week 1 small

RSTM Week 1 comments

Current status

Developing new tech platform (based on Drupal)

Support system for new course organizers

Launching second cycle

Expanding to new languages

Supporting research

Research questions

Motivation, retention rates

Actual learning happening

Accessibility to different learners

Link between iterations of courses

Pathways to formal accreditation

Alternative ways of demonstrating learning

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Thank you!

Stian Håklevshaklev@gmail.comhttp://reganmian.net