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Making OpenCourseWare Indispensable: UC Irvine’s Top Ten Reasons Gary. W. Matkin, Ph.D., Dean Continuing Education, Distance Learning and Summer Session University of California, Irvine Larry Cooperman, Director UC Irvine OpenCourseWare OpenCourseWare Consortium Global 2011 Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 6, 2011
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The development of the OpenCourseWare (OCW) and Open Educational Resource (OER) movements over the last three years indicates that major universities around the world are already or will soon become producers and publishers of OCW and OER and that these efforts will become permanent features of organizational life in these institutions. Continuing educators will gain institutional credibility by initiating open Web sites. The institutional case for OCW/OER is strong and multifaceted. This presentation will describe how institutions are effectively using and supporting open Web sites and how such sites intersect with clear trends in higher education. Among the benefits described will be the use of OCW/OER to attract students, serve current students and supplement their learning, support faculty in both course authoring and delivery, facilitate accountability and aid continuous improvement, advance institutional recognition and reputation, support the public service role of institutions, disseminate the results of research and thereby attract research funding, serve as a repository for a wide range of digital assets, serve learning communities of all types, and enhance international service and reputation.
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Making OpenCourseWare Indispensable:UC Irvine’s Top Ten ReasonsGary. W. Matkin, Ph.D., DeanContinuing Education, Distance Learning and Summer SessionUniversity of California, Irvine
Larry Cooperman, DirectorUC Irvine OpenCourseWare
OpenCourseWare Consortium Global 2011Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 6, 2011
The Perceived Cost Barrier
The Failure of Imagination Barrier
The Expanded Institutional Case1. Serve current students (supports teaching and learning)2. Attract new students3. Support faculty in both course authoring and delivery4. Facilitate accountability and aid continuous
improvement5. Advance institutional recognition and reputation6. Support the public service role of institutions7. Disseminate the results of research and thereby attract
research funding8. Serve as a repository for a wide range of digital assets9. Serve learning communities of all types10.Enhance international service and reputation11.Serves as a mechanism for fundraising
OCW Serves Current Students
SPOTLIGHT ON UC IRVINEUCI’s OCW Attracts Students to its Degree Programs in Public Health
Dr. Oladele Ogunseitan, UCI Professor of Public Health
On adding the Public Health collection to OCW: “We designed a series of seminars featuring really excellent speakers from different parts of the country and we saw this as a very important way to let people know what UCI is doing in public health It was timely that when we began the series, we had the opportunity to put them up on OCW. And we see that that has actually paid off. Applications at the undergraduate level and at the graduate level have all increased over the past year.”
SPOTLIGHT ON UC IRVINEUC Irvine’s OCW Supports Faculty Teaching and Learning
Dr. Michael Martinez, UCI Professor of Education
On his experience with OCW: “The value of OCW was really multiple. It gave my current students direct access to my lectures, including Power Point slides and interactive discussion. A second benefit is that OCW helped me consider the possibility of expanded future online offerings, whether courses or entire degree programs. OCW offers a venue for experimentation and so far I’m very pleased with the results.”
Content Management
System
DigitalRights
Management
Course Authoring
Tool
Learning Assessment
Data
Sources of Content
1. Material from Content Management System
2. Teacher Created• VOP• Flash• Print
3. Open Material
4. Proprietary Material
5. University Owned Material
Course(Learning
Object)Students
ImprovementContinuous
SPOTLIGHT ON UC IRVINEUCI’s OCW Facilitates Accountability & Continuous Improvement
OCW Advances Institutional Recognition & Reputation
OCW Advances Institutional Recognition & Reputation
UCI’s OCW Web Site is the Most Focused Expression of Openness
SPOTLIGHT ON UC IRVINE
• Since its launch in November 2006, UCI’s OCW Web site has received 450,000 visits from 370,000 visitors
• 53% of 450,000 visits were from internationals, from 200 countries around the world
U.S.47%
In-ter-na-
tional
53%
SPOTLIGHT ON UC IRVINE
SPOTLIGHT ON UC IRVINEUCI’s OCW is Republished on Other Open Sites to Increase Traffic
UCI’s OCW Uses PR to Support Institutional Reputation
SPOTLIGHT ON UC IRVINE
SPOTLIGHT ON UC IRVINEUCI Leverages OCW to Build the UC Brand and Reputation
Dr. Michael Dennin, UCI Professor of Physics and Astronomy
“Our participation in OCW visibly illustrates UC Irvine’s leadership in the UC system, fosters a strong partnership between faculty and the academic senate, and continues UC Irvine’s land grant traditions of openness.”
OCW Supports an Institution’s Public Service Role
UCI’s OCW Supports an Institution’s Public Service Role
SPOTLIGHT ON UC IRVINE
SPOTLIGHT ON UC IRVINEUC Irvine’s OCW Serves Specific and Deserving Audiences
Charles Reynes, California Science Teacher and UCI OCW User
“I am a 2007 California Teacher of the Year and a recipient of the 2008 Presidential Award for excellence in Math and Science Teaching. In order to supplement my multiple subject credential, I decided to take the CSET Science tests. UCI’s OCW website was an invaluable study tool. I worked through every lesson and passed both exams on my first try. Anyone wishing to pass the CSET Exam would do well to work through this fabulous online program. ”
SPOTLIGHT ON UC IRVINEUCI Supports its Land Grant Mission by Using OCW
Dr. Valerie Jenness, UCI Dean and Professor of Criminology, Law & Society
“I believe that OCW delivers on the promise of public education and effectively brings the power of ideas, education, and training to society. The value of OCW gives permanence to educational materials, allows the reach of educational efforts to be extended beyond the confines of academic institutions, and enables a plethora of audiences to benefit from a host of educational moments.
OCW Creates a Default Repository with a Purpose
OCW Serves Learning Communities
SPOTLIGHT ON UC IRVINEUC Irvine Collection Serves an Online Community of GATE Teachers
OCW and Fundraising
Gaining Institutional and Faculty Support for OCW•Create a Web site that you can be proud
of•Focus on helping students and faculty —
get them involved•Leverage and support existing units•Build an inventory — spread it around•Create “micro” demonstrations —
publicize them•Get media attention — both internal and
external
Getting Students and Faculty Involved
• 79 faculty and lecturers have contributed courses or lectures, including▫ the chancellor▫five deans▫ top faculty
• Other collaborations▫Nearly all schools
Law, Social Ecology, Engineering, Medicine, etc…▫15 centers
Global Peace and Conflict Studies, Center for Unconventional Security Affairs, etc
Getting Students and Faculty Involved
•Campus Outreach▫Grants▫Recruitment▫Development
•Student Outreach▫1/3 of all visitors are from California▫Large clusters are from each city with a UC
campus
Be Proud of Your OCW Web Site
Be Proud of Your OCW Web Site
Be Proud of Your OCW Web Site
Leverage and Support Existing Units
•Library•Teaching/Learning technology centers•Development offices•Schools and departments•Research•Information technology operations
Build an Inventory
Create Micro Demonstrations
Get External Attention
QUESTIONS?
Gary W. Matkin, Ph.D.Dean, Continuing Education, Distance Learning and Summer SessionUniversity of California, IrvineEmail: [email protected]: 949.824.8825
On the Web: http://ocw.uci.edu/
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