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OpenCourseWare as Prerequisite for Online Education
11-04-23
Challenge the future
DelftUniversity ofTechnology
OpenCourseWare as Prerequisite for Online EducationIr. Willem van Valkenburg, director TU Delft OpenCourseWare
OpenCourseWare as Prerequisite for Online Education
Who am I?
Willem van Valkenburg•Director TU Delft OpenCourseWare•Manager of TU Delft LMS (Blackboard)•Projectleader TU Delft Mobile
http://twitter.com/wfvanvalkenburghttp://www.e-learn.nlhttp://nl.linkedin.com/in/wfvanvalkenburg
Presentation will be available on http://slideshare.net/wfvanvalkenburg
OpenCourseWare as Prerequisite for Online Education
Agenda
1. TU Delft OCW Team2. Motives3. The future4. Questions
OpenCourseWare as Prerequisite for Online Education
11-04-23
Challenge the future
DelftUniversity ofTechnology
1. TU Delft
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TU Delft: Basic Data
• Faculties: 8• Bachelor programmes: 16• Master programmes: 39• Total number of students: 16,500• International students: 14%• Scientific staff: 2,700 • Number of PhD-theses per year: 260• Focal Multi-disciplinary Research Programs:
Energy, Health, Infrastructures, Environment.
TU Delft
www.tudelft.nl
OpenCourseWare as Prerequisite for Online Education
TU Delft OpenCourseWare teamProject leadersBureau OpenER
Cora Martijn Sofia Willem
Steering Committee
Karel LuybenRector
Anka MulderDirector
Education
Maria Heijne
Director Library
M. LammertsDirector
M&C
Support
Typo3 team
M&C team
Library team
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Most important: the Instructors
OpenCourseWare as Prerequisite for Online Education
History of TU Delft OCW
• Started in 2007• Started with courses of 3 master programmes:
• Watermanagement, Offshore Engineering, Micro-electronics
• Now 50 courses online
• Courses are based on the existing course material in Blackboard
• We don’t distinguish specific target groups• Very limited interaction around a courses
OpenCourseWare as Prerequisite for Online Education
Characteristics of our OERs
Blackboard
Digital learning environment
Collegerama
lecture recordings
OpenCourseWare
Free accessible courses
iTunes U/Youtube Edu
Open Educational Resources
Context
(course)
No context
(single
resources)
internal
external
OpenCourseWare as Prerequisite for Online Education
TU Delft Open Content
• OpenCourseWareview of our education
OER within the context of a course
• Collegerama video recording (Mediasite)
• Lecture slides• Literature• Assignments• Exams• Solutions and answers
• iTunes U / Youtube EduMainly focused on marketing
OER without context
• Collegerama video recording (Mediasite)/Flash Lectures
• Engineering Challenges• Campus life & Student Projects
OpenCourseWare as Prerequisite for Online Education
OCW.TUDelft.nl
OpenCourseWare as Prerequisite for Online Education
Water management
Dr.ir. Jasper Verberk
Presentation
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Today 1:15pm
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Courses
OpenCourseWare as Prerequisite for Online Education
Courses
Delft design guide
OpenCourseWare as Prerequisite for Online Education
Delftse Leerlijn
Bridging the gap
OpenCourseWare as Prerequisite for Online Education
Results
• Quality of educational resources has improved• More focus and attention for the quality of education• TU Delft national and international recognized for our OCW• Increase in new students and PhD’s• Grant from Ministry of Economic Affairs for a project
with ITB Bandung• Nuffic grants for projects with South Africa and
Mozambique• SURF (Dutch JISC) starts with a national programme
for OER/OCW• Anka Mulder board-member of the OCW Consortium
OpenCourseWare as Prerequisite for Online Education
11-04-23
Challenge the future
DelftUniversity ofTechnology
2. Motives
OpenCourseWare as Prerequisite for Online Education
Context of HE:
Internationalisation as a condition for excellence
International competition to get the best students, best education, best research
Bridging the gap-problems causes increased heterogeneity
Student as customer: higher expectations
Increase in number of students versus decrease in government funding
Opportunities of the digital age
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From a university perspective
Core tasks university is to deliver know-how and building knowledge networks in an international context.
• Way to improve quality of education
• Reputation/ branding
• Irreversible trend
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From a faculty perspective
•Reputation/Exposure/Visibility
•Additional contribution to knowledge networks
•Attracting new students and researchers
•Easy access (material is part of a joint degree)
•Preparation for future students
•Opening up for new connections worldwide
•Investing in future learning and education methods/basis for blended learning.
OpenCourseWare as Prerequisite for Online Education
“EPA wants to be recognized as an
international education program.
With OCW we can! ”
Engineering & Policy Analysis
Dr. Ir. B. Enserink
What do faculty member say?
WatermanagementDr. Ir. J.Q.J.C. Verberk
“Since we publish our courses on OCW, we see an increase in the number of international PhD students”
OpenCourseWare as Prerequisite for Online Education
“The participatory learning I experienced in TU Delft OpenCourseWare I never experienced before”
The students
“TU Delft content is almost as good as MIT, if not better”
Erasmus Mundus student
Egeruoh Chigoziri
OpenCourseWare as Prerequisite for Online Education
11-04-23
Challenge the future
DelftUniversity ofTechnology
3. The future
OpenCourseWare as Prerequisite for Online Education
Changes in Sources of Information
• Middle Ages• Source of information = Professor
• Printing Press• Source of information = University
• Digital Age• Source of information = Internet
OpenCourseWare as Prerequisite for Online Education
Implications for the institution?
• We are no longer THE source of information
• What does a university have to offer?• Content: information• Context: explanation, interpretation of information• Feedback: examinations, assessment• Reputation• Accredited diploma• Social network
OpenCourseWare as Prerequisite for Online Education
TU Delft:There were also unexpected benefits to Open Access
• Video lectures:• Big success within the university• and made it possible to start with iTunesU
• OCW:• Proved to be a stepping stone for bridging the gap:
pre university education-university, college-university, international students
• Gives access to big HE innovation network: US, EU, Africa, China, Japan ..
OpenCourseWare as Prerequisite for Online Education
Possibilities with OpenCourseWare
• Offer blended learning programmes• Start of knowledge centres around the courses• Improve study selection (introduction course of every
programme)• More education methods for our own students• Freedom to choice: on campus, online or self-study• For joint degrees• Virtual cooperation with other (technical) universities• Knowledge transfer to developing countries• Serve LifeLongLearners with interessanting subjects,
added with (paid) summer course
OpenCourseWare as Prerequisite for Online Education
Where do we go with OCW?
OpenCourseWare as Prerequisite for Online Education
quality
quantity
now
Go for quantity
TU DelftOnline
Go for Quality
Scenarios
OpenCourseWare as Prerequisite for Online Education
Scenario 1: Go for quantity
• All courses available as OCW-course• Available course material is used, no post-
processing• No specific target audiences
OpenCourseWare as Prerequisite for Online Education
Scenario 2: Go for quality
• Align with Delft Research Initiatives (Energy, Health, Environment, Infrastructures)
• OCW-courses suitable for self-study• Create communities around a course with additional
(paid) services• High quality of resources by post-production• Quality attracts quality• Platform for online activities• Serve different target audiences
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Scenario 3: Delft Online University of Technology
• Complete educational programmes online on OCW• OCW-courses suitable for self-study• Students can choice for campus or online versions• Communities around a course with interaction with
instructors and researchers• Possibility to certification• International students can do their programme
(partly) online
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What did we choice?
TU Delft Online•Started with introduction courses of all bachelor
programmes
•Ambition to have an online programme within 3 years
•Got full commitment of our executive board
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