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WIKIWIJS:

Jan-Bart de Vreede (Productmanager Wikiwijs)

The Dutch National OER Strategy 2009 -2013

Wikimedia Netherlands Conference 2012

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And I am

•  Jan-Bart de Vreede

– Manager Services Kennisnet Foundation –  Board of Trustees Wikimedia Foundation –  And

–  Jury Member Wiki Loves Monument

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First of all

ITS NOT A WIKI!

BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN!

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Vision: Mainstreaming OER in NL •  All teachers in the Netherlands •  from primary to university education •  should have the freedom and opportunity to

make use of user-friendly open (and closed) educational resources

•  in their teaching activities as they see fit. •  They should have access to a platform

where they can find, use and adapt digital educational resources.

•  They can develop, store and share their own educational resources, but also combine open with closed educational resources.

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Vision, continued …

•  Wikiwijs will stimulate the development of open educational resources

•  and contribute to improving the status and professionalism of teachers.

•  Wikiwijs will enhance quality •  improve efficiency •  contribute to the accessibility •  boost innovation in education.

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From Launch to full Operation •  Dec. 2008 / LAUNCHING idea by Minister

ambitious and complex program •  2009 – 2011 / INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION

intense user evaluation many committed stakeholders good progress, and … bottlenecks and lessons

•  2011 – 2013 / TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY fully utilize user participation clearly differentiate between educational sectors establish firm ownership with relevant partners increase commitments of communities facilitate recognition of teacher activities

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Organisation

Program Manager Wikiwijs

Ministry of Education

Steering Committee

Technology

Communities

Content

Professionalization

Projects Wikiwijs Program Team

Sector Chamber Primary Education

Sector Chamber Secondary Education

Sector Chamber Vocational Education

Sector Chamber Higher Education

Secretary

Secretary

Secretary

Secretary Research

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Results: visits

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Downloads

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Uploads

Currently 65,000 lessons/courses and 800,000 objects retrievable

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Concluding … •  Not an easy program but it enjoys broad

support from the stakeholders and a very determined ministry

•  Pretty disruptive program which requires long-term implementation: 10-15 years

•  Program has a relatively low budget (!) •  Program goes far beyond its technology

component in addressing fundamental matters regarding teaching and education

•  Indeed the program incorporates the human factor as decisive …

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•  Different Audience

•  Different Tooling

•  Not just content

•  License

•  Remix

Comparing it to Wikiversity/Wikibooks

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Different Audience

•  Wikiversity and Wikibooks are aimed at “self learners”

•  Wikiwijs is aimed at teachers to use in the classroom

•  (although we might aim at students later)

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Different Tooling

•  Wikibooks and Wikiversity are Wiki’s

•  Wikiwijs is more than authoring… arrangements detailed search, and share….

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More than Content

•  Wikiversity/Wikibooks are content

•  Wikiwijs is content, training, communications and research (which is what it takes)

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License

•  Wikiversity/Wikibooks are CC-BY-SA

•  Wikiwijs is 90% CC-BY (the rest is CC-BY-SA)

•  But also includes references to ALL others

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Remix

•  Wikiversity/Wikibooks is focused on improving the content to an “ultimate version”

•  Wikiwijs encourages remixing, the tool is build around “making your own version”.

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But what can we learn from each otther

•  Community building

•  How to involve teachers

•  Content Improvement

•  Cutting edge technology

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Thank you!

www.wikiwijs.nl www.wikiwijsinhetonderwijs.nl

www.twitter.com/wikiwijs

j.devreede@kennisnet.nl janbart@wikimedia.org

janbartdevreede@wikilovesmonumentsgouda.nl