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Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized World
Grace J. Alfonso, PhD.Chancellor
University of the PhilippinesOPEN UNIVERSITYwww.upou.edu.ph
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
In 2010, UPOU produced a community television program on science and technology (S&T) issues and technologies produced by R&D institutions in Los Baños
INTRODUCTION
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
The UPOU offers mostly graduate programs through open and distance e-learning.
INTRODUCTION
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
Panel discussion of S&T issues by local experts and citizens, feature stories on technologies developed by the agencies, trivia, and other information about the town’s history, culture, and tourism.
INTRODUCTION
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
Produced through the efforts of volunteers from the UPOU and the R&D agencies.
Aired on local cable operator offered for free
To be uploaded in UPOU’s web-based station called UPOU Networks
Covers local issues with universal themes
INTRODUCTION
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
Received positive feedback from local citizens
INTRODUCTION
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
Open Educational Resources in Asia and the Digitized World.
INTRODUCTION
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
Benefits of OER to education has long been heralded
INTRODUCTION
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
The proliferation of educational resources leading to user confusion
Learner confusionNeed for teacher’s guidanceAcademics’ involvement in OER development & deliveryNew conception of quality assurance
ISSUES CONFRONTING OER
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
Popularization of complex scientific ideas
Academics’ disdain for popularizationRisk of oversimplification
ISSUES CONFRONTING OER
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
Difficulty of pinning down authorship in a multimedia environment
ISSUES CONFRONTING OER
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
OER suited to the Asian context Western “object” view vs. Asian “flow” view of resourcesOER in Asian languagesGreater contribution from Asian academics in OER creation
ISSUES CONFRONTING OER
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
Universities are crucial in OER development
What roles can universities play in this environment?
How do academics hold on to their mission in the midst of these changes?
OER AND UNIVERSITIES
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
OER and the “universitas” (the larger community of scholars, the state that has given us the mandate to operate, as well as the citizenry from which we draw support)
OER AND UNIVERSITIES
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
Education is a Social Contract
OER AND UNIVERSITIES
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
Universities and Social Transformation
developing competent professionals
nurturing innovative ideas, facilitating discourse on important social issues
developing useful technologies
Free exchange of ideas
OER AND UNIVERSITIES
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
E-learners and teachers embedded in ‘universitas’ values:
• Academic freedom (Henkel, 2000; Kogan et al., 2000)
• Humanism (Veugelers 2001)• Intellectual pluralism (Parker 2009)• Cultural diversity (Berger and Huntington 2002)• Academic excellence (Askling 2009; Jung, n.d.)• Democracy (Fallis 2005)• Service to society (Brennan and others 2004)
OER AND UNIVERSITIES
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
OER Values:Freedom (Tuomi 2006)Inclusivity (Hockings 2011)Access (Geith & Vignare 2008)Resource sharing (White and
Manton 2011)Learner-centeredness
(Ngalande 2011)Flexibility (Bartlett 2010)Reflection (Demimann 2011)
OER and Universities
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
OER and Universitas values are supportive of each other
OER AND UNIVERSITIES
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
ICT
Access
Freedom
Resource sharing
FlexibilityLearner-centeredness
Inclusivity
Reflection
Open Knowledge
Intellectual Pluralism
Humanism
Academic freedom
Democracy
Excellence
Service to Society
ETHOS Social Transformation
NETWORKED INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
CulturalDiversity
OER values
WORLD VIEW
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
This is more of a world view, an expression of values, a construction of how open
knowledge can be enacted in the context of the
‘universitas’.
OER AND UNIVERSITIES
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
Plurality of ideas Participatory and
multi-perspective Resources with
Asian perspective
ISSUES FOR UNIVERSITIES
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
Production of scholarly texts in a networked world
Involvement of academicsUse of multimedia for research and dissemination
ISSUES FOR UNIVERSITIES
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
Collaboration in OER production International collaboration Collaboration with learners
and communities of practice
ISSUES FOR UNIVERSITIES
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
Non-linearity of the medium‘Orality’ in the online environment Teachers’ proficiency in new mediaCapacity building systems
ISSUES FOR UNIVERSITIES
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
Instilling the ‘universitas’ ethos in the electronic environment
Instilling values among highly dispersed learners
New rituals for the online environment
ISSUES FOR UNIVERSITIES
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
Digital divideICT infrastructureCognitive divide
ISSUES IN ODeL
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
Who pays?New business modelsAdvocating for public
funding
ISSUES IN OER
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
Maki-Makiling was an act of volunteerism and public service… an expression of plurality of ideas, access,
and quality – the same values that cut across OER, Open knowledge, and the
universitas.
FINAL WORDS
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
Future plans in OER and open knowledge:• MOOCs on e-teaching world
languages and technopreneurship
• OERs on Filipino cultures and institutions
• OOCs for the out-sourcing industries
FINAL WORDS
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
OER offers a lot of opportunities for
experimentation and innovation.
FINAL WORDS
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Asia in a Digitized WorldGrace J. Alfonso, PhD., UP OPEN UNIVERSITY
Thank You.