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Free Access to E-Books and OERs at Open University of Israel

Explore free e-books, audio books, video lectures, and study materials at Open University of Israel. Access educational resources in multiple formats. Join the global OCW movement!

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Free Access to E-Books and OERs at Open University of Israel

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  1. Free Access to E-Books and 'OER's at the Open University of Israel http://ocw.openu.ac.il Yachin Epstein Center for Integrating Technology in Distance Education The Open University of Israel

  2. The Open University of Israel (OUI) Established 1974, based on the OU-UK model Distance learning (ODL) 45,000 Registered students in Israel & abroad (largest) ~ 600 Courses, Undergraduate and Masters (no PhD) 2,500 Graduates each year (2007) Heavy reliance on Educational Technology (Hebrew based LMS) Largest academic publisher in Israel (prints 1 M copies annually)

  3. The OUI in the global OCW movement In May 2008 the OUI joined the OCW movement and the OCW consortium. Free Textbooks in Electronic format (e-books) This is a unique feature never tried by any university. Free Audio books in MP3 format (free for download or as streaming media) Free Video lectures by experts Free Online Study materials: RLO (Reusable Learning Objects)lesson plans, presentations, interactive exercises, glossaries and more

  4. E-Book

  5. Online study materials • 126 OCW course (25% of all courses) • 5628 Learning Objects: • ~80 Video lectures • 170 multiple-choice questions • ~ 1300 recommended links • 16 glossary with 3500 terms • Recorded tutorials • Interactive multimedia materials and more Video lectures Some of the books include video lectures by the authors or experts in the field, filmed at the OUI video studios.

  6. Textbooks in electronic format • Free access to Hebrew books from 50 academic courses (~200 volumes), some in Russian and Arabic. • Open University books are especially designed for independent study. • Books were selected by an academic steering committee. • Some books are under Creative Commons (CC) copy right license. Table of content Jewish Identities in an Era of Multiple Modernities

  7. Textbooks in electronic format Readers can browse through the book, search share, bookmark and add personal and public comments to the books. Each time the users return to the book, they get their “own” copy. Personal and public annotation

  8. Audio books Users can listen to them through the Internet or download on mobile players. Audio books were narrated by professional narrators and recorded at the OUI's audio studios. Instructional Design and Evaluation of Computer Environments

  9. Users and Usage : Data collection from first 8 months

  10. User characteristics 9700 Registered Users

  11. User characteristics Registered Users

  12. User behavior on website Average per month: • Different visitors -7,625 • January-February - 11,116 • New visits - 65%, repeat visits -35% • Average visits per day – 350 (600 on MIT) • January-February - 479 • Time on site - 00:03:30 (00:13:15 on e-books)

  13. User behavior on website New/Repeat visits Different visitors per month

  14. User feedback

  15. User feedback

  16. PE’ER Next Phase • Constant addition of books and learning materials • Portable electronic books (Kindle)

  17. http://ocw.openu.ac.il Yachin Epstein yachine@openu.ac.il Center for Integrating Technology in Distance Education

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