1. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits0 August 25, 2006Steve Carson

2. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits1 The Consortium I.Benefits of Participation II.Outcomes

3. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits2 The Consortium

4. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits3 A global consortium, including (among others): –China –France –India –Japan –Spain –Taiwan –Thailand –United Kingdom –United States –Venezuela –Vietnam The Consortium – Participation

5. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits4 Austria University of Klagenfurt China China Open Resources for Education Beijing Jiao Tong University Beijing Normal University Central Radio and TV University Central South University Dalian University of Technology Peking University Sichuan University Tsinghua University Xi’an Jiao Tong Universit Zhejiang University Plus 150 others France ParisTech OCW Agronomie Arts et Métiers Chimie Paris Eaux et Forets Ecole des Mines de Paris Ecole Polytechnique Physique-Chimie France Ponts et Chausse Statistiques et Economie Techniques Avance Telecom Paris Hungary Eotvos Lorand University Japan Japan OCW Consortium Hokkaido University Keio University Kyoto University Kyushu University Nagoya University Osaka University Tokyo Institute of Technology University of Tokyo Waseda University United Nations University Netherlands Open Universiteit Nederland Spain and Portugal Universia OCW Universidad Alicante Universidad Aveiro Universidad Barcelona Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Universidad Islas Baleares Universidad Jaume I Universidad Murcia Universidad Oviedo Univ. Politécnica de Madrid Univ. Politécnica de Valencia Universidad Rovira i Virgili Univ. Santiago de Compostela Universidad Sevilla South Africa University of the Western Cape Peru Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos United Kingdom Fahamu Open University United States Defense Acquisition University Harvard Law School, Berkman Center for Internet and Society Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Massachusetts Institute of Technology Michigan State University Tufts University University of Michigan School of Information University of Notre Dame Utah State University Utah Valley State College Weber State University Wheelock College Venezuela Universidad Central de Venezuela Vietnam Fulbright Economics Teaching Program Vietnam OpenCourseware Affiliates Opensource Opencourseware Prototype System Universia Spanish & Portuguese Translations WiderNet Project eGranary Digital Library African Virtual University The Consortium – Members

6. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits5 Mission: To advance education and empower people worldwide through OpenCourseWare Members and affiliates in: – Africa – Asia – Europe – North America – South America The Consortium – Mission

7. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits6 Ensure long-term sustainability of OpenCourseWare projects Extend the reach and impact of OpenCourseWare Foster the development of additional OpenCourseWare projects The Consortium – Goals

8. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits7 The Consortium – Goals framework Collaborative foundations Goals Priorities Tools Best Practices Community Define sustainability and develop research agenda Share best practices Embed open sharing in academic practice Develop OCWC portal Develop myOCW site Coordinate alternate distribution channels Support new members Form regional recruitment working groups Formalize and promote OCWC conferences SustainabilityReach & ImpactMore OCWs

9. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits8 To participate in OCW Consortium activities, institutions: –Commit to publish, under the institution or organization’s name, materials consistent with definition of “OpenCourseWare” –Pledge to work with the other members to develop standards to promote consistency in quality and presentation across OCW projects For more information on participation requirements, contact Stephen Carson, at 1-617-253-1250 or feedback@ocwconsortium.org The Consortium – Participation requirements

10. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits9 Benefits of Participation

11. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits10 Listing on Consortium portal at http://ocwconsortium.org Participation Benefits – Visibility

12. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits11 Access to a community of shared practice –Online collaborations –Biannual Consortium meetings September 2006 in Utah, U.S.A. –USU/COSL hosting –September 26-29, 2006 April/May 2007 in Spain (tentative) –Universia hosting –April/May 2007 Participation Benefits – Community

13. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits12 Collaboration wiki eduCommons publishing tool “How To” sites Participation Benefits – Resources

14. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits13 University of Notre Dame OCW Creating an OCW site: –Implemented in a matter of months –Uses the open source eduCommons tool “EduCommons has the great advantage of having been designed for an OCW project from the ground up,which means that the system is aligned with the same principles of open sharing that motivate OCW.” — Dr. Terri Bays, Project Director for Notre Dame OCW Participation Benefits – Technology

15. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits14 Outcomes

16. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits15 Outcomes – Courses available from all OCWs

17. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits16 Outcomes – Visits to all OCW projects

18. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits17 Adam Adamu Medical student in Scotland Uses JHSPH OCW materials to: –Study topics not taught at his school, such as psychiatric epidemiology –Prepare for upcoming classes in his program “These days the world is a global village and I think that Johns Hopkins is doing a great service to humanity.” Outcomes – Student case study

19. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits18 Outcomes – Educator case study Dr. Hemalatha Thiagarajan Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at the National Institute of Technology at Tiruchirappalli in India Uses MIT OCW materials as: –A resource for complex illustrations to use in her lectures –A reference for students interested in advanced topics “I need to show a lot of data structures, and I had to draw all of them. Here, with the click of a button, I can show something very neatly and beautifully done.”

20. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits19 Dr. Brett Shelton Faculty Member at Utah State University Published materials on USU OCW to: –Make resources as widely available as possible –Archive his materials in a permanent location “The idea of OCW is exciting: people are using these resources I provide in ways I have not imagined. The more my materials are used and circulated, the more I make a difference as an educator and researcher.” Outcomes – Educator case study

21. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits20 MIT OpenCourseWare OCW site widely used by MIT community: –71% of MIT students, 59% of faculty faculty, 41% of alumni use MIT OCW –35% of freshmen aware of the site before applying say it influenced their choice of school “OCW was one of the main reasons why I decided to come [to MIT]… I knew the contents of the courses, got to look at the materials, and I had a good understanding of what I was going to get… That's the reason why I ended [up] here, and not in Stanford or Columbia.” — MIT student Outcomes – Institutional case study

22. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits21 Thank You! Visit The OpenCourseWare Consortium portal at http://www.ocwconsortium.org Contact the Consortium at: feedback@ocwconsortium.org

23. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits22 Continues to be tremendous excitement about the OpenCourseWare concept The vision of OpenCourseWare is achievable The impact of OpenCourseWare on global education will be significant Outcomes – What does it mean?

24. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits23 A Global Movement

25. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits24 U.S. Secretary of Education’s Commission on the Future of Higher Education in Spring 2006 May 2005 U.S. Congressional testimony Keynotes – Scott McNealy, John Seely Brown, and Jim Duderstadt, and Hans van Ginkel (Rector of United Nations University) Multiple international awards “OpenCourseWare” appears as question on Jeopardy! in January 2003 The Movement – Spread of the “OCW” concept

26. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits25 The Movement – Global media coverage

27. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits26 The Movement – Journal articles

28. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits27 Utah State University Other OCWs are beginning to appear – both in the United States, and abroad – 52 in all around the world Kyoto University of Japan Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health The Movement – Other OpenCourseWares

29. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits28 The Movement – Example OCW site

30. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits29 OpenCourseWare Defined

31. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits30 A free and open digital publication of high-quality educational materials, organized as courses. OCW Defined – What is an OpenCourseWare?

32. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits31 Is IP-cleared (nothing knowingly infringes the copyrights of others) Permits use, reuse, adaptation (derivative works), translation, and redistribution Offers the materials free of charge (often for non-commercial use only) Is universally accessible via the Web OCW Defined – What is an OpenCourseWare?

33. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. August 25, 2006 Open Sharing, Global Benefits32 Materials used for a course at the institution Typically classroom-based materials, including at least some elements of the following: –Planning materials: Syllabus and calendar –Subject matter: Lecture notes, reading lists –Learning activities: Homework, exams, labs Often enhanced with multimedia elements such as video/audio lectures and simulations OCW Defined – What is a “course”?