Open Educational Resources – A Nordic Perspective

Jan M. Pawlowski

Umeå, 18.09.2009

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…Jyväskylä, Finland…

Source: [http://www.jyu.fi/, http://www.jyvaskyla.fi/]

JYU: Global Information Systems

Focus areasGlobal Information SystemsSupporting globally distributed workgroupsOpen Educational ResourcesReference Modeling

E-Learning

Supporting international education settingsCultural adaptationStandardization & Quality Management Mobile & Ambient LearningInnovative tools and solutions

ProjectsOpenScout: OER for ManagementCOSMOS, Open Science Resources: Exchange of Scientific ContentASPECT: Open Content and standards for schoolsiCOPER: New standards for educational technologiesLaProf: Language learning in ICT and agricultureNORDLET: Nordic Baltic Network for Learning, Education and Training

Contents

Open Content and Re-Use

Case Study Results: How does it work in the real life in Finland

9 theses: OER in the future

Open…?

Open Source…

Open…

Open Educational Resources…

So, why doesn’t it work in Education?

- Barriers– “not invented here”– “Education is

something special!”– “I have no time”

– Googling might not be enough

– Complex tools– Curriculum integration– Insecurities– …

+ Potentials & needs– Education budget– Focus on new stuff– Cooperation and

synergies– Skills in the use of ICT

and tools– Enormous resource

pools

Experiences from our Case Study: How much have you…

Experiences from our Case Study: Would you…

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Materials of yourcolleagues at

the same school

Materials ofcolleagues fromthe same area

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Materials ofcolleagues from

elsewhereFinland

Materials ofcolleagues fromoutside Finland

None of theabove

Whose materials would you use Who would you give your materials to

Experiences from our Case Study: Which kind of…

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Have used 75,00 % 83,33 % 66,67 % 61,11 % 41,67 % 55,56 % 44,44 % 16,67 % 16,67 % 61,11 % 0,00 %

Would like to use 63,89 % 80,56 % 91,67 % 94,44 % 69,44 % 72,22 % 66,67 % 36,11 % 33,33 % 63,89 % 0,00 %

Texts Pictures Videos Simulations TestsTasks,

assignmentPow erpoint

slide Lesson plans

MapsActual

(update) None of the

above

Experiences from our Case Study: What helps…

Experiences from our Case Study: With whom…

Experiences from our Case Study: International concerns…

Experiences from our Case Study: International concerns of re-use

Conclusion: The Key Factors

Experiences– Willingness but something is missing– Awareness workshops are a promising starting

point– Still some key factors to be improved

Key Factors– Awareness– Competencies– Curriculum and work-place integration– Personal relations and trust– Easy-to-use tools

Theses on OER: Content (1-3)

Decent-quality content is available at any time, in any place, for any system, for any field

Services are main business the education and training

Activities and experiences are be the most wanted OER

Theses on OER: People (4-6)

New rewarding systems are used

Collaborative teaching is the key educational competency

Trusted (social) networks are the main point of exchange

Theses on OER: Economy (7-9)

Countries with high education quality will adopt OER widely

The Nordic countries will be the early adopters of OER

OER are the main instrument of development cooperation

Contact us…

Prof. Dr. Jan M. Pawlowskijan.m.pawlowski@jyu.fi

GLIS on the web…

http://users.jyu.fi/~japawlow

NORDLET

http://www.nordlet.org/