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Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD. Chancellor University of the Philippines OPEN UNIVERSITY

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY In 2010, UPOU produced a community television program on science and technology (S&T) issues and technologies produced by R&D institutions in Los Baños INTRODUCTION

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY The UPOU offers mostly graduate programs through open and distance e-learning. INTRODUCTION Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY Panel discussion of S&T issues by local experts and citizens, feature stories on technologies developed by the agencies, trivia, and other information about the town’s history, culture, and tourism. INTRODUCTION

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY  Produced through the efforts of volunteers from the UPOU and the R&D agencies.  Aired on local cable operator offered for free  To be uploaded in UPOU’s web- based station called UPOU Networks  Covers local issues with universal themes INTRODUCTION

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY Received positive feedback from local citizens INTRODUCTION

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY Open Educational Resources in Asia and the Digitized World. INTRODUCTION

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY Benefits of OER to education has long been heralded INTRODUCTION

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY The proliferation of educational resources leading to user confusion  Learner confusion  Need for teacher’s guidance  Academics’ involvement in OER development & delivery  New conception of quality assurance ISSUES CONFRONTING OER

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY Popularization of complex scientific ideas  Academics’ disdain for popularization  Risk of oversimplification ISSUES CONFRONTING OER

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY Difficulty of pinning down authorship in a multimedia environment ISSUES CONFRONTING OER

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY OER suited to the Asian context  Western “object” view vs. Asian “flow” view of resources  OER in Asian languages  Greater contribution from Asian academics in OER creation ISSUES CONFRONTING OER

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY  Universities are crucial in OER development  What roles can universities play in this environment?  How do academics hold on to their mission in the midst of these changes? OER AND UNIVERSITIES

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY OER and the “universitas” (the larger community of scholars, the state that has given us the mandate to operate, as well as the citizenry from which we draw support) OER AND UNIVERSITIES

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY Education is a Social Contract OER AND UNIVERSITIES

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY Universities and Social Transformation  developing competent professionals  nurturing innovative ideas, facilitating discourse on important social issues  developing useful technologies  Free exchange of ideas OER AND UNIVERSITIES

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY E-learners and teachers embedded in ‘universitas’ values: Academic freedom (Henkel, 2000; Kogan et al., 2000) Humanism (Veugelers 2001) Intellectual pluralism (Parker 2009) Cultural diversity (Berger and Huntington 2002) Academic excellence (Askling 2009; Jung, n.d.) Democracy (Fallis 2005) Service to society (Brennan and others 2004) OER AND UNIVERSITIES

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY OER Values:  Freedom (Tuomi 2006)  Inclusivity (Hockings 2011)  Access (Geith & Vignare 2008)  Resource sharing (White and Manton 2011)  Learner-centeredness (Ngalande 2011)  Flexibility (Bartlett 2010)  Reflection (Demimann 2011) OER and Universities

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY OER and Universitas values are supportive of each other OER AND UNIVERSITIES

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY Access Freedom Resource sharing Flexibility Learner-centeredness Inclusivity Reflection Intellectual Pluralism Humanism Academic freedom Democracy Excellence Service to Society Cultural Diversity OER values WORLD VIEW

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY This is more of a world view, an expression of values, a construction of how open knowledge can be enacted in the context of the ‘universitas’. OER AND UNIVERSITIES

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY Plurality of ideas  Participatory and multi-perspective  Resources with Asian perspective ISSUES FOR UNIVERSITIES

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY Production of scholarly texts in a networked world  Involvement of academics  Use of multimedia for research and dissemination ISSUES FOR UNIVERSITIES

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY Collaboration in OER production  International collaboration  Collaboration with learners and communities of practice ISSUES FOR UNIVERSITIES

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY Non-linearity of the medium  ‘Orality’ in the online environment  Teachers’ proficiency in new media  Capacity building systems ISSUES FOR UNIVERSITIES

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY Instilling the ‘universitas’ ethos in the electronic environment  Instilling values among highly dispersed learners  New rituals for the online environment ISSUES FOR UNIVERSITIES

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY Digital divide  ICT infrastructure  Cognitive divide ISSUES IN ODeL

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY Who pays?  New business models  Advocating for public funding ISSUES IN OER

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY Maki-Makiling was an act of volunteerism and public service… an expression of plurality of ideas, access, and quality – the same values that cut across OER, Open knowledge, and the universitas. FINAL WORDS

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY Future plans in OER and open knowledge: MOOCs on e-teaching world languages and technopreneurship OERs on Filipino cultures and institutions OOCs for the out-sourcing industries FINAL WORDS

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY OER offers a lot of opportunities for experimentation and innovation. FINAL WORDS

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World Grace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY Thank You.