Learning from OpenLearn

Patrick McAndrew

Institute of Educational Technology

Designs

Findin

http://cloudworks.open.ac.uk/node/980

Stages

“… we chose the Creative Commons licence as the licensing mechanism that best allows us to deliver the outcomes of the OpenLearn project.”

Richard McCracken

LicencingBeing open has not caused us any problems - but• Commercial organisations may add conditions• Clean licencing is difficult• Mixed licencing is uncertain

• Need to accept some uncertainty

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Institutional impact• 3m new “users”• 232 countries• 7700 “sign ups”• 10 funded projects• 30 collaborations• Developed technology• Established methods• Changed image• Won awards• New plans

Approach• For learners and for educators• For the institution and for the world• Action research

Finding out

LearningSpace

LabSpace

V

Supported Open LearningSupported Open Learning

UsersUsers

ContentContent SupportSupport AssessmentAssessment AwardsAwardsIntegration to Disaggregation

Content

Content v social

User augmented content

Can we trust our users?

Labspace only• Collaboration space• Export formats• Exporting to Moodle• Duplicating courses• RSS feeds to other environments• XML upload and download

Collaborations

POCKET

Time

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/60496147/

• Grow awareness• Carry out good intentions• Establish practice• Get feedback• Understand options

OLnet: Open Learning network

Network

Research

Fellowships

$3m 3year initiativeFrom producing open resources to use of open resources•Build capacity•Find evidence•Refine the issues

Dr Patrick McAndrewOpen Content InitiativeThe Open UniversityWalton HallMilton KeynesMK7 6AAwww.open.ac.uk/openlearn