Open Education: Expanding access, developing community and spurring innovation in higher education Slides from the NCSE sponsored webinar on Nov 8

1. Open Education:
Expanding access,
developing community &
spurring innovation in higher
education
Mary Lou Forward, OpenCourseWare Consortium
Unless otherwise noted, this presentation is licensed

2. Important trends in
Higher Ed

3. Trend:
Demand & Access

4. World Bank, The State of Education, 2011
60
50
Gross Enrolment Rate. Tertiary (ISCED 5 & 6). Total (%)
40
30
25.9 27.1
24.0
22.5
20
20.0
18.1
10
0
1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009
EAP ECA LAC MNA SAS SSA WLD
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics in EdStats, July 2011
Note: SAS 2009 is 2008 data.

5. Percentage of population <15

6. Trend:
Push for high quality
and greater returns

7. Push for high quality
and greater returns
Increased market
Greater efficiencies
Higher retention & graduation rates

8. By James Cridland http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/613445810
New demographics
Global reach

9. Goal: highest percentage of
college graduates in the
world by 2020
2011: 39.3 % of 24-35 year
olds have a degree
Rank: 12 - 15th in the world

10. Trend:
Student expectations –
engaging
material, increasingly
digital,
on demand
at lower cost

11. By Tray http://www.flickr.com/photos/tapps/4307875855/ CC-BY-NC-SA

12. Mark Hillary.
Some Rights Reser
Open Education is in the middle
of
powerful trends in higher education

13. Why?

14. Because
1. There are a lot of global
problems that must be solved.

15. Because
2. The world cannot satisfy the
demand for higher education
through conventional means

16. Because
3. Open education stands on the
shoulders of distance education as
a technology-mediated
mechanism for cost
reduction, baseline quality, and
global reach
Credit for previous 5 slides to Larry Cooperman, UC Irvine

17. Open Education
Terms and clarifications
Open Educational Resources (OER)
OpenCourseWare
Open Educational Practice
Open Textbooks

18. Open Education starts with an idea:
Education is sharing.
Sharing is important.

19. Free Open
no cost No cost +
permission to change
By Adam Bartlett http://www.flickr.com/photos/atbartlett/2432704579/
By Sean MacEntee http://www.flickr.com/photos/smemon/4518528819/

20. Who we are

21. A Powerful Idea
To advance formal and informal learning
worldwide through the sharing and use of
free, open, high quality education materials

22. We exist to support open education in higher ed

23. Who’s using OER?
For what purpose?

24. Select the option that best describes you
25.00%
22.00% 22.00% 22.00%
20.00%
Student - secondary or high school
15.00% Student - university first degree
Student - university advanced degree
Faculty/Teacher
11.00%
10.00% Self-learner
10.00%
9.00%
Working professional
Employer
Other
5.00%
4.00%
1.00%
0.00%

25. How do you use OCW
60.00%
57.00%
50.00% 49.00%
46.00%
to help understand concepts I am studying
40.00%
to learn something for a specific project or task
to supplement/create teaching materials
31.00%
30.00% to update my skills or knowledge for work
for my own interest
Other
20.00%
20.00%
10.00%
6.00%
0.00%

26. Age groups
35.00%
31.00%
30.00%
25.00%
20.00%
18.00% 18.00%
15.00%
15.00%
11.00%
10.00%
6.00%
5.00%
0.00%
19 and under 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60 and above

27. Open Educational Resources are
building blocks to innovation
bdesham http://www.flickr.com/photos/bdesham/2432400623

28. What do learners want?
What do learners need?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/my_new_wintercoat/415138363/ cc-by-nc-sa

29. Learning
Pathways
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rnugraha/110748880

33. Interactivity

40. open.163.com

41. Evidence of learning
CC-BY-SA billsoPHOTO http://www.flickr.com/photos/billsophoto/4175299981

45. The OER University http://wikieducator.org/OER_university/Home
The OER university is a virtual collaboration of institutions committed to creating
flexible pathways for OER learners to gain formal academic credit.
The OER university aims to provide free learning to all students worldwide using OER
learning materials with pathways to gain credible qualifications from recognized
education institutions.

47. Competency based education

48. http://www.careeronestop.
org/competencymodel/pyr
amid.aspx

52. Oct 1: Competency-based Associate’s degree drawing on OER for $5,000

53. Disaggregation
in
Higher Education

54. By Luther College Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/luthercollegearchives/1485877774/ CC-BY-NC-ND
Faculty do it all  Faculty don’t have to do it all

55. Scary?

56. Resources from everywhere

58. Free
By Adam Bartlett http://www.flickr.com/photos/atbartlett/2432704579/
By Marynbtol http://www.flickr.com/photos/marynbtol/5326460237 CC-BY-NC-SA

59. By Jeremny Brooks http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremybrooks/2732542838 CC-BY-NC

60. Webinars
Information
Videos
Live events
All free & open
www.openeducationweek.org

61. http://conferences.ocwconsortium.org
Global Conference
Bali, Indonesia
8 -10 May 2013

62. By Opensourceway http://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/4812651268

63. Open Sharing, Global Benefits
www.ocwconsortium.org
mlforward@ocwconsortium.org