Talk about OER, meaning of openness, and P2PU at Indira Gandhi National Open University in Delhi, Jan 7, 2010. Recording: http://reganmian.net/file/talk%20ignou%20jan%202010.mp3

1. Open Educational Resources and the Peer2Peer University Indira Gandhi National Open University, Delhi, 6/1/2010 by Stian Håklev Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

2. The purposes of OER The value of openness The Peer2Peer University Outline

3. If we don’t know what the purpose of an OER is, we won’t know what to consider when designing, we can’t begin to evaluate the quality, or measure the success Purposes of OER

4. Three purposes/uses Direct use Reuse/remix Transparency Production Four

5. Production

6. Lanzhou City University case study case study Have already been evaluating best courses internally since 2003. Developed system of indicators of course quality Issue announcement, meeting of heads of departments Teaching committee to identify basic and advanced courses they could apply for Brought teachers together with computer department School gave certain amount of funding Clear philosophy: Construction of CQOCW will improve quality of all courses Not just about putting old courses online, but rethink content, teaching methodology, etc. Internal committee to evaluate courses, then invited 20 external experts - used online material, also sat in on classes In the end, 11 courses were selected for provincial CQOCW ( 浅 议 精品 课 程在教学工作中的作用 , 王雪引 )

7. Direct use

8. OLI CMU mainpage

9. Reuse

10. CNX mainpage

11. Transparency

12. ou salamanca

13. Openness as a transformative value

14. Free as in speech/beer

15. free software

16. creative commons

17. ccmixter

18. Three pillars of openness Open license Open files/data Open collaboration

19. the story of a seed

20. wikipedia

24. a story enabled by openness

33. Case studies from India

34. nptel youtube

35. IIT Youtube 1

36. egyankosh yt

37. egyan tsp list

38. egyan book

39. ind textbook fpag

42. By making India’s research and teaching available you benefit the world – and India itself!

43. The Peer2Peer University

44. intro open ed I 90 90

45. Intro Oed schedule

46. RSTM week 1 top

47. RSTM week 1 small

48. RSTM Week 1 comments

54. Current status Developing new tech platform (based on Drupal) Support system for new course organizers Launching second cycle Expanding to new languages Supporting research

55. Research questions Motivation, retention rates Actual learning happening Accessibility to different learners Link between iterations of courses Pathways to formal accreditation Alternative ways of demonstrating learning

58. Thank you! Stian Håklev [email_address] http://reganmian. net