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.

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advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Thank You!Visit The OpenCourseWare Consortium portal athttp://www.ocwconsortium.org

Contact the Consortium at:feedback@ocwconsortium.org