MyOCW Demonstration 0 MyOCW Networked Learning Background and Demonstration

MyOCW Demonstration 1 Outline MyOCW Concept Prospective Partnership Elgg Demo Project Roadmap Sustainability Model

MyOCW Demonstration 2 MyOCW Concept Networked Learning –Provide online forum and classroom setting –Open channels of communication to other institutions Social Networking –Networking in a “myspace” and “facebook” model –Develop extra-curricular activities beyond the defined classrooms Professional Networking –Easy-to-use international community for professionals –Enable user-to-user sharing to enhance ocw-to-user sharing

MyOCW Demonstration 3 MyOCW Goals Movement Support –Expand access and use of OCWs’ high quality resources –Build mechanism for sustainability –Improve user understanding of the OpenCourseWare concept and Creative Commons sharing. User Support –Enables users with similar interests to form interactive communities. –Provides users with spaces and tools to integrate OCW materials across OCWs –Provides space to structure and organize learning and progress –Provides space to create and share derivative materials

MyOCW Demonstration 4 Strategic Philosophy Less-is More –Features included on the site should be central to achieving our goals. Intuitive Design and Functionality –Users should be able to use the site without understanding the underlying technology. Safety First –The online community environment must balance open access with safe access to web-based learning.

MyOCW Demonstration 5 Potential Benefits Networking –Supports interaction among users with shared interests by role (educator, student, self-learner) –Helps users find like-minded people and their content –Potential channel for interaction between willing faculty and OCW users Content –Enables interaction with other OER materials –Provides potential for sharing of derivative work (future) –Content updates through RSS –Translation and internationalization through GNU gettext Sustainability –Taps potential advertising revenue stream

MyOCW Demonstration 6 Potential Risks Networking –Harrassment of some users by other users (cyber-bullying) –Spam –Fraudulent identities –Fraudulent education schemes (e.g. someone posing as an educator and luring people to an outside site to charge them for materials or instruction that they never provide). Content –Posting of inappropriate, especially sexually inappropriate content –Links to inappropriate content on other sites –Posting of copyrighted content –Links to copyright violations on other sites –Incomplete or missing attribution on OCW materials used –Fraudulent materials

MyOCW Demonstration 7 Prospective Partnership Elgg – –Founded in 2004 by two friends at University of Edinburgh PhD program Core staff: 4 Volunteer Development Network –Offices in UK, Canada, and Netherlands –Intended purpose is for networked education Used by 22 Universities and Schools worldwide (known*) Used by 16 other organization types worldwide (known*) –Open source code with volunteer development community –Current functionality meets most of MyOCW’s requirements Road map includes most additional functionality (messaging, browsing) –Connections to open community in Canada, New Zealand, and Utah State *Organizations using the software are not required to contact Elgg.

MyOCW Demonstration 8 Elgg Demo Networked Learning –Virtual Classrooms –Community Blogs and Calendars Social Networking –Friends List –Personal Blogs Professional Networking –Upload Resume and Portfolio –Controlled Visibility to Differentiate Social and Professional Content Personal Profiles –Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) –Controlled visibility –Personal info and file sharing Classrooms –Blog boards are forums for discussion –e-Portfolio file uploads and sharing –Links to MSN, AIM, and Yahoo chats Communication –Blogging –RSS feeds and aggregator –Podcasting –Calendar –File Sharing –Internal Messaging System (future) Concepts Features

MyOCW Demonstration 9 Project Roadmap Pilot program –Basic program functionality –Selected MIT OCW courses –Guest Q&A podcasts for high profile classrooms (Physics, Linear Algebra) –Feedback and bug forum for site users First generation –Update site based on user feedback –Adopt site management structure –Define base site functionality with OCW Consortium –Functional expansion through open source development community Later generations –Update site based on user and Consortium feedback –Updates corresponding to technology advances –Functional expansion through open source development community

MyOCW Demonstration 10 Immediate Next Steps Elgg/USU/MIT Meeting (March 23-24) –Goal: Develop a roadmap for an advanced prototype version of "Blocks" for the Kyoto Consortium Meeting on April 20-21, –Topics for Discussion: Project Pedagogy Site Name Functional Requirements Metadata Marketing Long-term Plan and Timeline Kyoto OCW Consortium Meeting (April 20-21) –Launch of advanced prototype

MyOCW Demonstration 11 Sustainability Model Advertising –Sell ad space directly –Google Ads Premium Features –Extra storage space –Deluxe themes –Streaming video capacity Other Ideas –Book trading –Job search / recruiting –Educational sponsorships (Kaplan, Princeton Review, etc.)

MyOCW Demonstration 12 Appendix – Elgg Demo Screenshots MyOCW Networked Learning

MyOCW Demonstration 13 Elgg Demo Screenshots – Basic Profile Networking: Tags allow me to search other users with similar interests, courses, etc.

MyOCW Demonstration 14 Elgg Demo Screenshots – Theme Changes Customization: Theme changes allow me to personalize my profile site. The content remains the same, but CSS style sheets provide extreme flexibility in layout.

MyOCW Demonstration 15 Elgg Demo Screenshots – Your Resources Staying in the loop: RSS feeds provide to-the- minute updates on friends, classrooms, and outside news

MyOCW Demonstration 16 Elgg Demo Screenshots – Your Resources Course Selection: “Popular feeds” shows me that “AP Calculus” has more subscribers than “Bob’s AP Calculus Class”

MyOCW Demonstration 17 Elgg Demo Screenshots – Your Classrooms Managing Classrooms: Classroom list includes OCW courses at MIT and Utah State as well as user-defined extra- curricular classrooms

MyOCW Demonstration 18 Elgg Demo Screenshots – Your Classrooms Classroom Environment: Course front page includes description, “brief description” for the side bar, reference MIT OCW address, and Course Highlights

MyOCW Demonstration 19 Elgg Demo Screenshots – Your Classrooms Communication: Community blogging allows discussion on course materials or other references not included on the MIT site Staying in the loop: RSS feed allows aggregation of new content in blogs, classrooms and colleague activity.

MyOCW Demonstration 20 Elgg Demo Screenshots – Your Files Networked Learning: Store Files in “Your Files” section, including classroom and personal files Networked Learning: Add keywords to tag this document as my solution to Problem Set 5 in AP Calculus; and assignment on double integrals and natural logs.

MyOCW Demonstration 21 Elgg Demo Screenshots – Access Controls to Your Files Security: Access controls allow flexibility in file uploading. In this case, “Private Access Group” (Annis, Bob Tannen, and my Baseball Fanatics 101 classroom) can view contents of my new “Sample Folder”. Access controls are available at all levels – from personal profile to individual files.