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Wikiwijs

The Quality System. Wikiwijs. Robert Schuwer. 19 May 2011, The Hague. Agenda. Why Wikiwijs What is Wikiwijs Quality in Wikiwijs. Cause. observed success of OER initiatives shown 2006 OU, 2007 Delft an increasing set of a variety of OER initiatives in all educational sectors

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Wikiwijs

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  1. The Quality System Wikiwijs Robert Schuwer 19 May 2011, The Hague

  2. Agenda • Why Wikiwijs • What is Wikiwijs • Quality in Wikiwijs

  3. Cause • observed success of OER initiatives shown • 2006 OU, 2007 Delft • an increasing set of a variety of OER initiatives in all educational sectors • Mostly by individual teachers • June 2008: policy of ‘schoolbooks for free’ • Sept. 2008: Advice of the Education Council to the Parliament: ‘Make more use of OER for innovation of education’

  4. National initiative: Wikiwijs • December 2008: Former Minister of Education launches Wikiwijs as a national OER initiative: • initial focus on primary, secondary and community collegeeducation • but actually for all educational sectors • April 2009: broad support in Parliament • May 2009: OU & Kennisnet start preparing this programme • July 2009: delivery Programme Plan • 12th Aug. 2009: Minister’s final OK;

  5. Wikiwijs: phases • Dec. 2009: launch of beta version with: • three focus subjects • Arithmetics, Math, Languages • Primary, secondary, community college sector • Continuous improvement based on user feedback • Sept. 2010: roll out to: • other subjects and domains • Higher Education • March 2011: delivery of Implementation Plan for a second period of funding until end of 2013 • How to make it sustainable?

  6. Wikiwijs: policy objectives … • stimulate development and use of OER • extend options for customized education • increase quality of education through more flexible and up-to-date learning materials • improve access to both open and ‘closed’ digital learning materials • support teachers in arranging their own learning materials and professionalization • increase teacher involvement in development and use of OER • Making the profession more attractive

  7. Wikiwijs offers … • a Repository of open educational resources • a Referatoryto digital educational resources: • open and closed • free access and access to be paid for • public and commercial • easy to use arrangement and development tools for teachers / professors • end-user support for teachers / professors when creating and using learning materials

  8. Wikiwijs architecture search Wikiwijs

  9. Wikiwijs: basic principles … • open standards and open source mandatory • all OER learning materials and materials for professionalization to be published under CC-BY or CC-BY-SA • In the repository of Wikiwijs • professionalization of both teachers and management! • Research to measure effects on policy goals

  10. Wikiwijs: on quality … • Assumption: teachers are the most capable to judge the quality of learning materials • Not have a treshold based on some standpoint of quality • Providing means to make quality visible Photo by JoeBeone @ Flickr.com

  11. Peer review • Rating learning materials (1 – 5 stars) • Writing review • Report shortcomings Photo by jvleis @ Flickr.com

  12. Quality mark organisations • View on quality • Transparent for visitors • Judge learning materials • Earmarked when meeting the requirements • Goal: generate trust for users Photo by Sylvar @ Flickr.com

  13. Problems with learning materials • 404 errors • Wrong metadata • Login • Yet another account • No deeplink after login Photo by nicksarebi @ Flickr.com

  14. Get community active • Minimal requirements • Level 1 (e.g. 404, spelling mistake, wrong metadata, outdated) • Level 2 (e.g. no learning goals) • Having paid teachers to “walk around” • Level 1: report shortcoming • Level 2: write review with suggestions for improvement • Pass: rate material Photo by d’Arcy Norman @ Flickr.com

  15. But probably most important: • Teachers proficient to use and create digital learning materials • Wikiwijs Professionalization Photo by Ivan Walsh @ Flickr.com

  16. Thanks for your attention! Robert.Schuwer@ou.nl www.wikiwijs.nl Photo by Wouter Schuwer

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