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Open Sharing, Global BenefitsThe OpenCourseWare Consortium
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Presenter Name
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
I. The OCW Movement
II. The OCW Consortium
III. Benefits of Membership
IV. Getting Involved
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
The OCW Movement—What is OCW?
OCW is a type of Open Educational Resource (OER).
OERs are a type of Open Content.
OpenEducationalResources
Open Content
OCW
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
What is OpenCourseWare?
• High quality educational materials organized as courses
A package of educational materials starting a particular point in the knowledge spectrum, leading to greater understanding of the issue or topic
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
What is OpenCourseWare?
• Materials organized as courses
• Generally includes course planning documents, thematic content, learning activities and evaluation instruments
lecture notessyllabicourse calendarassignments, projects, testsvideos or recordings of lecturesdemonstrations and illustrations of concepts
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
What is OpenCourseWare?
• Materials organized as courses• Course planning documents, thematic content, learning
activities and evaluation instruments
• Openly licensed for distribution, re-use and modification
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
What is OpenCourseWare?
• Materials organized as courses• Course planning documents, thematic content,
learning activities and evaluation instruments• Openly licensed for distribution, re-use and
modification
• Materials are a reflection of the education provided by the sponsoring institution, and from the authoring instructor(s)
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
What is OpenCourseWare?
• Materials organized as courses• Course planning documents, thematic content, learning
activities and evaluation instruments• Openly licensed for distribution, re-use and modification • Materials are a reflection of the sponsoring institution’s
education
• Institutions are the decision makers for their contributions, so OpenCourseWare projects can be quite different
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
What is OpenCourseWare? Summary:
An opencourseware (ocw) is a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners throughout the world.• An ocw is not a distance-learning initiative: there are
no degrees granted, no student/faculty interactions and no transcripts.
• An ocw is a collection of high-quality learning materials presented in the form of courses.
• OCW materials are there for using and re-purposing. Modifications welcome!
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
The OCW Movement—How it Started
Two Questions:
The OCW Movement—How it Started
MIT Administration posed two Questions to the Faculty Committee:
How is the internet going to change education?
What is MIT going to do about it?
Former MIT President Charles Vest
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
The OCW Movement—How it Started
The Report
•Focus on MIT’s Mission: “to advance knowledge in ways that will best serve the nation and the world”
•Use technology to openly share educational materials
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
The OCW Movement—Global Growth
As institutions and learners around the world began to realize the power of opening education to the world, the movement began on a global scale
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
The OCW Movement—What is the Value?• Meeting your organization’s desire to contribute to the
social welfare of the world by making course materials free on a global scale to educators, students, and self-learners
• Showcasing your organization’s instructional efforts by providing high quality, high visibility examples to the public, prospective students, and parents
• Creating a repository where faculty and researchers can have their work seen by the world
• Presenting potential funding agencies with attractive and useful opportunities for disseminating research results
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
The OCW Movement—What is the Value?• Increasing traffic to the institution’s website• Providing a preview of the institution’s education to
prospective students, donors, employers, officials• Providing a cost- and time-efficient vehicle for staff and
faculty training and development• Attracting independent funding for public service
projects• Promoting the incorporation of high-quality educational
materials produced elsewhere• Providing entree to a world-wide community of
dedicated educators
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
OCW project considerations
• Intellectual Property issues
• Copyright and licensing
• Software and technology considerations
• Accuracy
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
OCW project considerations
• Intellectual Property issues
• Copyright and licensing
• Software and technology considerations
• Accuracy
Fortunately, there is a global association to support OCW projects
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
I. The OCW Movement
II. The OCW Consortium
III. Benefits of Membership
IV. Getting Involved
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
Our mission is to advance formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
Who we are
The OCW Consortium
• ~100 live OCW sites
• ~8600 courses
http://ocwconsortium.org
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
The OCW Consortium—Growth
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
The OCW Consortium—Members
Membership Categories
Commit to publishing, under the institution's name, materials from at least 10 courses
Publish courses in an area other than higher ed. or engage in activities that further Consortium goals
Support the development of OCW in particular regions or around common interests
Provide services for fees to other members and contribute substantially to support of the Consortium through their membership fees.
Institutional Members
Affiliate Members
Associate Consortia
Corporate Members
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
I. The OCW Movement
II. The OCW Consortium
III. Benefits of Membership
IV. Getting Involved
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
Benefits of Membership:Consultation
with experts in the Consortium
Collective Visibility through international exposure
Collaboration
and networking with members from
all over the world
Sustainability
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
Benefits of Membership:Consultation• For new and existing OCW projects, OCWC
staff and members are available to support you • OCWC conferences and ongoing forums
provide members the opportunity to share solutions and best practices
• Webinars and newsletters address common issues and new developments
• The OCWC site and Toolkit provide tools for OCW development.
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
Benefits of Membership: Collaboration
• The OCWC provides administrative support and space for Working Groups gathered around areas of common interest, such as Evaluation, Accessibility or Intellectual Property
• The OCWC encourages members to report on nascent projects to allow time and opportunities for collaboration
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
Benefits of Membership: Collective Visibility
• The OCWC website provides direct links to the sites of its members
• The OCW Course Finder allows users to search across OCWC member sites
• The OCWC helps develop e-visibility guidelines for its members
• OCWC members share media exposure
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
Benefits of Membership: Sustainability
• Sharing of best practices among OCWC members promotes quality and efficiency within individual projects
• Resource-sharing across OCWC members cuts down on duplication of cost, effort and expertise
• OCWC discussions assist members in articulating the value of OCW to their home institutions
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
I. The OCW Movement
II. The OCW Consortium
III. Benefits of Membership
IV. Getting Involved
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Promote OCW
• Reach out to faculty and administrators
• Share Best Practices
• Volunteer to give a webinar
• Submit news for the website, blog and newsletter
• Become a volunteer expert to mentor new projects
• Visit www.ocwconsortium.org
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
Join OCWC working groups
such as:
• Intellectual Property
• Tool Kit Working Group
• Technology Committee
• Translation teams
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
Participate in global OCW decision making
• Join OCWC standing committees such as Conference, Sustainability, Budget or Membership
• Become a Board member of the OCWC: eight from Institutional members and two from affiliate members
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
Help with current projects
• Translation of website and important documents into multiple languages
• Social Networking Tools for Users
• Metadata Tools and Standards
• Accessibility Tools
• IP and Workflow Management Tools
• OCW platform refinement, such as eduCommons
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Educational Policy and OpenCourseWare
Hanoi, Vietnam
May 5-7, 2010
Co-Hosted by
Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training
Join us
OCWC 2010 Global Meeting and Conference
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
April 8, 2023 Name—OCW Consortium
Thank You!Visit The OpenCourseWare Consortium portal athttp://www.ocwconsortium.org
Contact the Consortium at:feedback@ocwconsortium.org