Ocw at open agh poland markovic and grodecka

First Steps. Promoting OCW in a New Context

Jan Marković Karolina Grodecka AGH - University of Science and Technology

The context

• We are not alone

• OCW as marketing tool vs OCW as education development tool

Openness in Poland

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Where we are now?•awareness of open content is low

• there is nothing more liberal than

copyrighted resources

•challenge: not only launched the OER

database but also make people aware of

what we do

Open AGH

Open AGH

• the first institutional OER repository

in Poland

• start: January 2010 with 70 courses;

currently 87 courses

• any kind of educational materials

shared on CC BY-NC-SA

• university authorities

• potential authors of OER

• potential recipients of OER

Promoting Open AGH

3 groups of interest:

• university authorities: positive

attitude; higher prestige in local

context; member of OCWC

Promoting Open AGH

Internally:

• Potential authors - AGH employees:

presentation before Council of

Deans; brochures; letter from Rector;

reaching authors directly

Promoting Open AGH

Internally:

• Potential authors - AGH students:

annual competition ‘Notes of the

Internet’

Promoting Open AGH

Internally:

• traditional media: opening press

conference (Polish Radio, Newsweek.pl)

• social media (Facebook page with 270

fans; e-Learning Centre blog and

microblog with 50 followers)

Promoting Open AGH

Externally:

Potential OER authors are the bigest challenge

Open AGH: http://open.agh.edu.pl

Contact:jan.markovic@agh.edu.plkarolina.grodecka@agh.edu.pl