This document provides an introduction to open educational resources (OER) presented by Robert Schuwer, a lector at Fontys University of Applied Sciences. It defines OER as digital learning materials that are freely available under open licenses allowing users five rights: reuse, rework, remix, redistribute, and retain. It outlines the benefits of OER including personalized learning and cost savings. It also discusses challenges to introducing OER such as findability, quality assurance, and developing sustainable business models. The presentation concludes with contact information for Robert Schuwer.
2. Who am I?
• Robert Schuwer
• Lector (professor) OER @ Fontys University of Applied
Sciences, School of ICT, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
• Since 2006 in the field of OER
• Several OER implementation projects
– Institutional level (OUNL)
– National level (Wikiwijs)
• Background: Mathematics, Computer Science
3. About Fontys
• University of Applied Sciences
• South of the Netherlands
• ~44,000 students
• ~4100 staff members
• Practical orientation
• 432 Bachelor & Master programs
4. Introduction
• Who are you?
• What is your affiliation?
• What is your experience with open education?
• What do you expect to learn from this workshop?
Tobias Wolter CC BY-SA
5. Agenda
• What are OER?
• Why OER?
• What is a MOOC?
• What is Open Education?
• Challenges for introducing OER
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6. Let’s start!
Phil McElhinney CC BY-SA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprint_(running)#/media/File:Start_Jeremy_Wariner_2007.jpg
8. Open Educational Resources
• Digital, freely available learning materials
• User has five rights
– Reuse “as is”
– Rework
– Remix
– Redistribute
– Retain
• Certain conditions
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10. Six possible licenses
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Attribution CC BY
Attribution – ShareAlike CC BY-SA
Attribution – NonCommercial CC BY-NC
Attribution – NoDerivs CC BY-ND
Attribution – NonCommercial –
ShareAlike
CC BY-NC-SA
Attribution – NonCommercial –
NoDerivs
CC BY-NC-ND
11. History
• 2001: MIT
• 2002: UNESCO
• 2005: Open Courseware Consortium
• 2008: First (c)MOOC (Downes & Siemens)
• 2011: First (x)MOOC (Thun & Norvig)
• 2012: Paris OER Declaration
• 2014: Open Education Consortium
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Source: Abel Caine, UNESCO
http://dp.la/
https://p2pu.org/en/
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
https://www.boundless.com/
http://www.oerafrica.org/
https://www.khanacademy.org/
15. Benefits of OER (2)
• Personalized learning
• Fosters innovation
• Teaching = sharing
• Moral argument: learning materials payed by taxpayers’
money should be available for free
15https://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahreido/
16. Why not OER?
• Challenges for implementing an OER/based curriculum
(later)
• More work!
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18. MOOC
• Massive: many participants (> Dunbars number)
• Open: free available
• Online: via the internet
• Course: unit of offer (5-10 weeks througput time)
• Complete learning experience
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25. Model of Open Education
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Open
Education
Learning resources
Teaching effortServices
Learner Environment
Supply
Demand
http://www.surf.nl/binaries/content/assets/surf/en/knowledgebase/2013/Trend+Report+OER+2013_EN_DEF+07032013+%28LR%29.pdf, page 36
26. Types of open
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Open
Education
Learning resources
Teaching effortsServices
•Free available
•Open in 5R meaning:
•Reuse
•Revise
•Remix
•Redistribute
•Retain
•Open in place
•Open in time
•Open in pace
•Open in program
•Open admission
Not free per se!
27. Openness of OER
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Learning resources
Teaching effortsServices
OER
•Free available
•Open in 5R meaning:
•Reuse
•Revise
•Remix
•Redistribute
•Retain
•Open in place
•Open in time
•Open in pace
•Open in program
•Open admission
28. •Free available
•Open in 5R meaning:
•Reuse
•Revise
•Remix
•Redistribute
•Retain
•Open in place
•Open in time
•Open in pace
•Open in program
•Open admission
Openness of a MOOC
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Learning resources
Teaching effortsServices
MOOC
•Forum
•Feedback
•Exam
•Certificate
•Teacher
•Teaching assistant
29. MOOC vs OER: applicability
MOOC OER
Ready to use Learning objects. Need effort before
using
Applicable “As-is” Personalization possible
Targeted at learner Targeted at teacher
Applicable in specific situations Broad spectrum of application
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Paradox for (re)usability:
(David Wiley)
OER
Applicability for reuse
fixedcontext
MOOC
31. Potential hurdles
• Findability of OER
• Quality of OER
– Context specific
• Open licenses
• Business models
• Human factors
31http://www.flickr.com/photos/gowestphoto/3955671300/sizes/o/