March 24, 2008Open Sharing, Global Benefits Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. March 24, 2008Open Sharing, Global Benefits (Making the case to faculty) September 18, 2008 Presenter—Your University CREATOR NOTES: OTHERS COMMENTS:

Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. September 18, 2008 Open Sharing, Global Benefits I.What is Open Courseware? II.The OCW Story: where did OCW come from? III.Who uses OCW? IV.Allaying faculty concerns

Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. What is OpenCourseWare? An Opencourseware (OCW) is a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners throughout the world. OCW is not a distance-learning initiative: there are no degrees granted, no student/faculty interactions and no transcripts. OCW is a collection of high-quality learning materials presented in the form of courses. OCW materials are there for the taking and for transformation. September 18, 2008 Open Sharing, Global Benefits

Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. September 18, 2008 Open Sharing, Global Benefits I.What is Open Courseware? II.The OCW Story: where did OCW come from? III.Who uses OCW? IV.Allaying faculty concerns

Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. The OCW Story —How it Started Two Questions: How is the internet going to change education? What is MIT going to do about it? September 18, 2008 Open Sharing, Global Benefits

Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. The OCW Story —How it Started The Report No Business Model Mission Model: “to advance knowledge in ways that will best serve the nation and the world” Note: Everyone expected an MIT.com response, but the committee found that there was no for-profit business model for a distance-learning version of the kind of focused, hands-on education MIT has to offer. But there was an option in keeping with MIT's mission: use the internet to give away MIT materials, so that instructors and students at other universities could use them to improve their own teaching and learning. September 18, 2008 Open Sharing, Global Benefits

Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. The OCW Story —How it Started Supporting The Vision “OCW expresses MIT's goal of advancing education around the world through a global community in which knowledge and ideas are shared openly for the benefit of all.” — Susan Hockfield, President of MIT Note: Early support came from the Mellon and Hewlett Foundations, and current MIT president, Susan Hockfield, shares the enthusiasm, saying…

The OCW Story—The OCW Consortium 160+ institutions 92 live OCW sites ~5,000 courses http: ocwconsortium.org Note: And almost immediately, other institutions started following suit, whether publishing their own courses, or developing software, or defining a legal framework to support the open sharing of courses. Today, the OpenCourseWare Consortium fosters the collaboration of over 160 institutions, "working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware."

Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. September 18, 2008 Open Sharing, Global Benefits I.What is Open Courseware? II.The OCW Story: where did OCW come from? III.Who uses OCW? IV.Allaying faculty concerns

Serves many users MIT 2005 evaluation summary September 18, 2008 Open Sharing, Global Benefits

Distributes academic knowledge and expertise to remote areas MIT 2005 evaluation summary September 18, 2008 Open Sharing, Global Benefits

What do they do while there? Use Scenario% of Users Educators Enhance personal knowledge25.0% Develop a course22.8% Prepare for a specific course17.8% Enhance research13.8% Other20.6% Students Complement a current course43.7% Enhance personal knowledge32.1% Plan a course of study12.4% Other11.9% Self-learners Enhance personal knowledge58.1% Keep current with developments17.9% Plan a future course of study10.8% Other13.2% September 18, 2008 Open Sharing, Global Benefits

Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. September 18, 2008 Open Sharing, Global Benefits I.What is Open Courseware? II.The OCW Story: where did OCW come from? III.Who uses OCW? IV.Allaying faculty concerns

Are we giving away an education? No! No interaction with instructors No evaluation of students’ work or correction of errors No credentials are earned NOT distance education NOT correspondence courses September 18, 2008 Open Sharing, Global Benefits

Are we giving away our intellectual property? No Protect rights through creative commons license Assign rights that limit use of materials Non-commercial Share alike Derivative products Allows authors to retain national and international copyrights in their intellectual property while giving users and re-mixers permission to use, adapt, and redistribute those teaching materials. September 18, 2008 Open Sharing, Global Benefits

How does it interact with existing LMS? Most OCW platforms (e.g., Educommons) share resources with existing LMS programs (e.g., Blackboard, Desire2Learn, Moodle) Breaks down barriers created by LMS content management systems Makes content available to wider audience September 18, 2008 Open Sharing, Global Benefits

How does it contribute to my professional life? September 18, 2008 Open Sharing, Global Benefits Socially Responsible –Breaks down barriers Political Corporate Other –Disseminates academic knowledge to remote areas –OCW is often used to complete projects in underdeveloped countries

March 24, 2008Open Sharing, Global Benefits Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. March 24, 2008Open Sharing, Global Benefits Thank You! Visit The OpenCourseWare Consortium portal at Contact the Consortium at: