Unlocking Knowledge, Empowering Minds.

1. Unlocking Knowledge, Empowering Minds. Stephen Carson – scarson@mit.edu 23 May 2010

2. Understanding OER and OCW MIT OpenCourseWare and Highlights for High School How OpenCourseWare is Used Sharing Your Educational Materials

3. “To open up the institution’s vast reservoirs of knowledge is a monumental and inspiring endeavor.” — Student, Canada Understanding OER and OCW MIT OpenCourseWare and Highlights for High School How OpenCourseWare is Used Sharing Your Educational Materials

4. Understanding OER/OCW Open Content, Open Ed Open Content - any kind of creative work that explicitly allows the copying of the information. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki Open_content 10/6/2006) OpenContent Open Educational Resources - digitized materials offered freely and openly to use and re-use for teaching, learning and research. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/_Open educational_resources 10/6/2006) Open Educational Resources OpenCourseWare OpenCourseWare - A free and open digital publication of high-quality educational materials, organized as courses. (http://ocwconsortium.org)

5. Understanding OER/OCW The OER Movement The World of Open Educational Resources Tools Software for developmentand delivery of resources Content Materials published for learning or reference Standards Shared conventions for digital publishing of open resources Learning • Reference • Collections • UTOPIA • Library of Congress • Internet Archive • Google Scholar • Wikis • PLoS and other open journals Content Management Systems (CMS) • USU’s eduCommons DevelopmentTools • Connexions Licensing Tools • Creative Commons • CCLearn Best Practices • CMU (design principles) • OCW Consortium • Courseware • OCW • • CMU OLI Groupware • H20 (at Harvard) • Wikis • USU’s COSL research Learning Management Systems (LMS) • Sakai • Moodle • Learning Objects • Rice Connexions• Merlot • UC-Berkeley videos Interoperability • OKI • IMS

6. “To open up the institution’s vast reservoirs of knowledge is a monumental and inspiring endeavor.” — Student, Canada Understanding OER and OCW MIT OpenCourseWare and Highlights for High School How OpenCourseWare is Used Sharing Your Educational Materials

7. MIT OpenCourseWare Vision “OCW expresses MIT's goal of advancing education around the world through a global community in which knowledge and ideas are shared openly for the benefit of all.” — Susan Hockfield, President of MIT

8. MIT OpenCourseWare A Dual Mission • Publish core teaching materials—including syllabi, lecture notes, assignments and exams—from virtually all of MIT’s courses • Extend the reach and impact of OCW and the OpenCourseWare concept

9. MIT OpenCourseWare What is OCW? • An MIT education • Intended to represent the interactive classroom environment • Degree-granting • A Web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content • Open and available to world • A permanent MIT activity MIT OpenCourseWare IS NOT: MIT OpenCourseWare IS:

10. MIT OpenCourseWareProject Phases 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Year Courses 50 500 950 1,300 1,550 1,800 1,800 Pilot Ramp Up Enhancement

11. MIT OpenCourseWare Current Operations • Update approximately 120 courses a year • Add 60 new courses a year • Improve depth of content • Add multimedia, user features •Publish energy minor curriculum (Bechtel Foundation Grant)

12. MIT OpenCourseWare Funding Approach • $3.7 M US annual budget • To date largely funded by grants and MIT general Institute budget • Anticipated model a mix of: - Cost management - General Institute budget - New grants - Major gifts/small donations - Corporate gifts/underwriting - Affiliate marketing

13. MIT OpenCourseWare A Community Achievement Covers: • The entire undergraduate and graduate curriculum • 33 academic departments Voluntary contributions from: • 78% of MIT faculty • 2,600 members of the MIT community • More than 7,100 individuals and organizations in total

14. MIT OpenCourseWare 1,981 Courses • 1,981Syllabi & reading lists • 17,500+ lecture notes • 9,500+ assignments •1000+ exams • 700+ projects Many include: • Audio/video (~80) • Complete texts (~30) • Simulations/animations http://ocw.mit.edu

15. MIT OpenCourseWare Open License Obliges users to meet three use requirements: Use must be non-commercial Materials must be attributed to MIT and original author or contributor Publication or distribution of original or derivative materials must be offered freely under identical terms, or “share alike”

16. MIT OpenCourseWare Translations • Chinese (522) • Spanish (99) • Portuguese (95) • Thai (26) • Persian (49)

17. MIT OpenCourseWare iTunes U & YouTube • 87 courses • 1,834 total tracks iTunes U MIT Main Page iTunes U OCW Course Page MIT YouTube channel main page

18. MIT OpenCourseWare Highlights for High School Launched Nov. 28, 2007 • Organizes ~70 introductory courses • Maps ~2,600 resources to US AP curriculum • Provides materials to inspire STEM study

19. MIT OpenCourseWare Other OCWs Other OCWs: • ~250 institutions • 100 live OCW sites • ~13,000 courses

20. MIT OpenCourseWare The OCW Consortium The OCW Consortium • Independent non-profit organization • Members commit to publishing minimum of 10 courses • Meets once each year in April/May http://ocwconsortium.org

21. “OCW motivates my students and gives them access to a wider knowledge base." — Educator, India Understanding OER and OCW MIT OpenCourseWare and Highlights for High School How OpenCourseWare is Used Sharing Your Educational Materials

22. How OCW is Used OCW Traffic Levels • March 2010: • 1.46 M total visits • 599K iTunes U • downloads • 464K YouTube views • 145K zip downloads • 56K HfHS visits

23. How OCW is Used Traffic by Region 17.1% 44.1% 19.9% 8.5% 4.7% 1.4% 4.3%

24. How OCW is Used Traffic by Region 17.1% 44.1% 19.9% 8.5% 4.7% 1.4% 4.3% Mirror sites — Approx. 236 around the globe

25. How OCW is Used Traffic by Country – Mar 10

26. How OCW is Used Visitors by Role Others 6% Educators 9% Self learners 43% Students 42%

27. How OCW is Used Use by Role Educators Students Self learners

28. How OCW is Used Institutional Use Professor Triatno Harjoko Head of Department of Architecture at University of Depok, Indonesia, is using OCW to add interactivity to architecture instruction by his faculty.

29. How OCW is Used Institutional Use “Critical thinking and creativity demand the liberalization of learning and information. It’s not simply the information that’s valuable, but also the glimpse OCW offers into how MIT has structured its teaching and research.”

30. How OCW is Used Educator Use Professor Richard Hall Computer Science instructor at LaTrobe University in Melbourne, Australia, used OCW to rapidly refresh his knowledge of computer graphics for a last-minute teaching assignment.

31. How OCW is Used Educator Use “OCW saved me an enormous amount of time and stress. I was delighted by the way the material is so coherently presented. It is truly inspiring to see this level of excellence.”

32. How OCW is Used Educator Use François Viruly Instructor at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, uses OCW to benchmark his Commercial Real Estate Analysis and Investments class. 16

33. How OCW is Used Educator Use “OCW gives us confidence that we’re in close contact with the international body of knowledge. It assures students that they are receiving high-quality instruction that follows a methodology which is of the highest caliber.” 16

34. How OCW is Used Educator Use Professor Zhang Wenhua Electrical Technology professor at Mudanjiang Medical College, Heilongjiang Province, China, has changed his teaching approach based on OCW materials. 18

35. How OCW is Used Educator Use “I realized, watching OCW video clips, that faculty experiments help the students to better understand the theory. This has changed my method of teaching. Since then, I have been trying to provide the students with more demonstrations.” 18

36. How OCW is Used Student Use Kunle Adejumo Engineering student at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria, develops a deeper understanding of his class topics with OCW.

37. How OCW is Used Student Use “Last semester, I had a course in metallurgical engineering. I didn’t have notes, so I went to OCW. I downloaded a course outline on this, and also some review questions, and these helped me gain a deeper understanding of the material.”

38. How OCW is Used Self Learner Use Megan Brewster Volunteer materials scientist with Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group, Guatemala, used OCW to develop a locally appropriate protocol for recycling discarded water bottles.

39. How OCW is Used Self Learner Use “I returned to OCW again and again for information on plastics, recycling technologies, water filtration, and more. The project was a success, and we could not have done it without OCW.”

40. How OCW is Used Global Impact • 99% of users say OCW has had a positive impact

41. How OCW is Used Visitor Feedback According to users, MIT OpenCourseWare is: “… the Eighth Wonder of the World.” “… the Big Bang of the Knowledge Universe.” “… the greatest thing any institution of higher learning has ever done.” “… like falling in love.” “… the coolest thing on the Internet.” “… worthy of the next Nobel Peace Prize.”

42. How OCW is Used Benefits to MIT • Connecting with students and alumni; improving teaching/learning; • fostering international engagement Among freshmen who knew of OCW before choosing MIT: - 35% say OCW influenced their choice significantly Used by: - 90% of students - 84% of faculty - 50% of alumni and staff Weekly visits from mit.edu domain since 10/03

43. How OCW is Used MIT Faculty Use Professor Karen Willcox Teaches foundational course to MIT juniors in Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

44. How OCW is Used MIT Faculty Use “I realized there was this huge disconnect between the math department and the engineering department – who are the downstream users of the material that’s taught in the math classes… I had no idea how or what was being taught.”

45. How OCW is Used MIT Student Use Aron Walker Junior, environmental science and chemical engineering major, sees OCW as highlighting the real benefits of an MIT education.

46. How OCW is Used MIT Student Use “OCW brings into focus the things that you can only find here at MIT, and not on the Web. It highlights the programs that aren’t on OCW because they can’t be — things like research, and doing programs with other students who are all really focused and excited about the work.”

47. “The future of our global village looks bright to me when I see this knowledge opened to one and all.” — Self learner, United States Understanding OER and OCW MIT OpenCourseWare and Highlights for High School How OpenCourseWare is Used Sharing Your Educational Materials

48. Sharing Your Materials Creating a Culture of Openness •Use open educational resources -OpenCourseWare -BLOSSOMS - Wikipedia/Flickr Ontario Wanderer - CC BY-NC 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ontario_wanderer/3496185271/

49. Sharing Your Materials Creating a Culture of Openness •Share open educational resources -Course materials -Journal articles - Textbooks Destinys Agent - CC BY-NC 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/destinysagent/2259321835/

50. Sharing Your Materials Creating a Culture of Openness •Develop enabling policies and tools -Repositories (Dspace, eduCommons) -Tenure and promotion policies - Awards/recognition perlmonger - CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/perlmonger/315821310/