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VLE, Open Source, Open Content, Web 2.0: Recent Experience of the OUUK in eLearning. EDEN Conference 2007 Naples, Italy 16 June 2007. Dr. Paul Clark Pro-Vice-chancellor (Learning and Teaching) The United Kingdom Open University. www.open.ac.uk. Plan of Talk. Short Resume of the OUUK - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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VLE, Open Source, Open Content, Web 2.0:
Recent Experience of the OUUK in eLearning.
EDEN Conference 2007
Naples, Italy
16 June 2007
Dr. Paul ClarkPro-Vice-chancellor (Learning and Teaching)The United Kingdom Open University
www.open.ac.uk
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Plan of Talk
1. Short Resume of the OUUK
2. Development of OUUK VLE
3. OUUK’s Engagement with Open Source: Moodle
4. Open Content: the OpenLearn project
5. Web 2.0 and the OUUK
6. Conclusions
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Overview of the Present Day OUUK
1. No required entry qualifications
2. 218,000 students, different age profile
3. 8 Faculties and Schools
4. 334 u/g courses; 179 p/g courses, 1500 doctoral research students
5. ODL research institutes; IET, KMi
6. Ranked 5th out of 140 institutions for teaching
7. Ranked 1st for quality of student support
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Distribution of OUUK students with age (2005/06)
Undergraduate Postgraduate
Male : female ratio 40:60 53:47
Age profile
Under 25 13% 3%
25-34 30% 33%
35-44 31% 38%
45-54 16% 20%
55-64 7% 5%
65 and over 3% 1%
Median age of new undergraduate level students 32
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Overview of the Present Day OUUK
1. No required entry qualifications
2. 218,000 students, different age profile
3. 8 Faculties and Schools
4. 334 u/g courses; 179 p/g courses, 1500 doctoral research students
5. ODL research institutes; IET, KMi
6. Ranked 5th out of 140 institutions for teaching
7. Ranked 1st for quality of student support
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OUUK Model of ODL (95-05)
• High quality printed texts• Websites (personal, course-based)• Email, computer-conferencing (student-tutor,
student-student)• Computer-enhanced audio conferencing
(Lyceum)• Computer-based assessment;• Secure online assignment handling• Digital resources from OU Library online• eBooks, simulations, A/V materials• Student Record System – separate system
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Building the OUUK VLE• Major development project (2005-2010)• Integration of services to suit pedagogic and
administrative needs• New versions of existing applications
(conferencing, email, instant messaging)• New functionality (blog, wiki, ePortfolio,
eAssessment, mobile learning) • Student tracking, AL-student communication• Access to full range of OU information • Release dates in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
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Open Source Activity at the OU: MOODLE
• Open Source Movement: a collaborative production of software for the benefit of all potential users;
Four reasons for adopting Moodle
1. Strong base for development of required functionality
2. Open architecture
3. Designed for co-operation and collaboration
4. Joining the Moodle community
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VLE Functionality:2007
Forums Calendars
Blogs RSS Feeds
Wikis Federated search
Instant messaging eAssessment
Database News
Choice myStuff (ePortfolio)
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Staff and Student Development
• Academic staff: new modes of teaching
• Associate Lecturers (7500): New modes of support
• Many parts of OUUK have to change at once
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OUUK Open Content: OpenLearn
OCI, OER: Ambition to share, redevelop and reuse
MIT initiative: Massive sharing, little redevelopment
OUUK initiative: OpenLearn
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OpenLearn
• Learning Space: 2700 hours of OUUK study materials
• 2300 hours of study materials to follow
• Lab space: download materials reversion and return
• Usage: 500,000 unique visitors• URL: http://www.openlearn.open.ac.uk
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Challenges to OCI, OER
• Reluctance to version, use and return open content – connection with same phenomenon with learning objects
• Financial sustainability of OER project – where’s the revenue stream to come from?
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Web 2.0 and the OUUK
Levels of discussion: • Evolution of Web technology: AJAX, REST, Open APIs
• Business properties of Web 2.0 companies: Long tail, Network effects
• Web user behaviour and its educational consequences
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Typical forms of Web 2.0 Behaviour
• Sharing information and experiences (blog, wiki)
• Delivering a personal broadcast: (video clip on YouTube
• Enlisting the “Wisdom of Crowds” to solve problems
• Building an online community (social bookmarking)
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Web 2.0 world characteristics(1)
• Sharing user-generated content• Harnassing collective intelligence• Co-operative activity to build unique product (Wikipedia)• Forming online communities• Reusing and/or remixing content• Exploiting “network effects”
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Web 2.0 world characteristics (2)
• Users add value, seen as co-developers• Exploiting large data sources (Amazon, student tracking)• People-power• Personalised delivery• Open standards, open systems
User becomes active, creative participant
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Web 2.0 issues for higher education
• Integration of public domain software
• Web 2.0 and academic ethos
• OUUK’s response to the opportunity and challenge of Web 2.0
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Integration of Public Domain Software
• Security?
• Stability?
• Student-tracting?
• Integrated online experience?
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Web 2.0 and OUUK academic experience
• Web 2.0 experience and structured learning experience?
• Web 2.0 and academic ethos
• Net generation and OUUK student profile
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• OUUK coming to grips with the impact of Web 2.0??
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Bits of the way forward
• Use and research Web 2.0 tools in OUUK VLE
• Web 2.0 experiments already in operation (Biodiversity Observvatory
• Focus on student response to current activity
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VLE, Open Source, Open Content, Web 2.0:
Recent Experience of the OUUK in eLearning.
EDEN Conference 2007
Naples, Italy
16 June 2007
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