Wikiwijs Robert Schuwer 19 May 2011, The Hague The Quality System

Agenda ­Why Wikiwijs ­What is Wikiwijs ­Quality in Wikiwijs

3 Cause >observed success of OER initiatives shown >2006 OU, 2007 Delft >an increasing set of a variety of OER initiatives in all educational sectors >Mostly by individual teachers >June 2008: policy of ‘schoolbooks for free’ >Sept. 2008: Advice of the Education Council to the Parliament: ‘Make more use of OER for innovation of education’

4 National initiative: Wikiwijs >December 2008: Former Minister of Education launches Wikiwijs as a national OER initiative: >initial focus on primary, secondary and community college education >but actually for all educational sectors >April 2009: broad support in Parliament >May 2009: OU & Kennisnet start preparing this programme >July 2009: delivery Programme Plan >12th Aug. 2009: Minister’s final OK;

5 Wikiwijs: phases ­Dec. 2009: launch of beta version with: >three focus subjects >Arithmetics, Math, Languages >Primary, secondary, community college sector >Continuous improvement based on user feedback ­Sept. 2010: roll out to: >other subjects and domains >Higher Education ­March 2011: delivery of Implementation Plan for a second period of funding until end of 2013 ­How to make it sustainable?

6 Wikiwijs: policy objectives … ­stimulate development and use of OER ­extend options for customized education ­increase quality of education through more flexible and up-to-date learning materials ­improve access to both open and ‘closed’ digital learning materials ­support teachers in arranging their own learning materials and professionalization ­increase teacher involvement in development and use of OER ­Making the profession more attractive

7 Wikiwijs offers … ­a Repository of open educational resources ­a Referatory to digital educational resources: >open and closed >free access and access to be paid for >public and commercial ­easy to use arrangement and development tools for teachers / professors ­end-user support for teachers / professors when creating and using learning materials

Wikiwijs architecture 8 Wikiwijs search

9 Wikiwijs: basic principles … ­open standards and open source mandatory ­all OER learning materials and materials for professionalization to be published under CC-BY or CC-BY-SA ­In the repository of Wikiwijs ­professionalization of both teachers and management! ­Research to measure effects on policy goals

10 Wikiwijs: on quality … ­Assumption: teachers are the most capable to judge the quality of learning materials ­Not have a treshold based on some standpoint of quality ­Providing means to make quality visible Photo by Flickr.com

11 Peer review ­Rating learning materials (1 – 5 stars) ­Writing review ­Report shortcomings Photo by Flickr.com

Quality mark organisations ­View on quality ­Transparent for visitors ­Judge learning materials ­Earmarked when meeting the requirements ­Goal: generate trust for users 12 Photo by Flickr.com

Problems with learning materials ­404 errors ­Wrong metadata ­Login ­Yet another account ­No deeplink after login 13 Photo by Flickr.com

Get community active ­Minimal requirements ­Level 1 (e.g. 404, spelling mistake, wrong metadata, outdated) ­Level 2 (e.g. no learning goals) ­Having paid teachers to “walk around” ­Level 1: report shortcoming ­Level 2: write review with suggestions for improvement ­Pass: rate material 14 Photo by d’Arcy Flickr.com

But probably most important: ­Teachers proficient to use and create digital learning materials ­Wikiwijs Professionalization 15 Photo by Ivan Flickr.com

16 Thanks for your attention! Photo by Wouter Schuwer