Open education trends and developments

Open Education: Global Trends and Developments

Robert Schuwer

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Agenda

• UNESCO chairs on OER

• What is Open Education?

• What is happening in the world?

UNESCO Chair on OER

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• Fred Mulder (at the Open Universiteit in the Netherlands)

• Rory McGreal (also COL Chair, at Athabasca University, Canada)

• Wayne Macintosh (also COL Chair, at Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand)

• Tel Amiel (at State University of Campinas / UNICAMP, Brazil)

Plan of Action

• Main Action lines– Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN)

– OER Knowledge Cloud

– OER university

– K-12

• Cross cutting activities– Mapping

– Capacity development

– Non-English language

– Expansion of number of chairs

– OpenUpEd MOOCS global

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GO-GN Network

• Global OER Graduate Network

• PhD researchers and their supervisors

• Services

• http://portal.ou.nl/en/web/go-gn

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WHAT IS OPEN EDUCATION?

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What is education?

• More than just resources

• More than canned lectures

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The 5COE model of Open Education

OpenEducation

Educational resources

Teaching effortsServices

Learner needs

Employability &Capabilities Development

Supply

Demand

Source: http://www.surf.nl/en/publicaties/Pages/TrendReportOER2013.aspx

Mulder & Janssen

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Institutional fingerprint of openness

Learning resources

Services

Teaching efforts

Learner needs

Empl. & Cap. Developm.

0% 100%

Example of institutional profile (all learning resources as OER)

Degree of openness

Openness and Open Education supply

OpenEducation

Learning resources

Teaching effortServices

•Freely available•Open for adaptation:

•Reuse•Revise•Remix•Redistribute

•Open in place•Open in time•Open in pace•Open in program•Open admission

Not for free per se!“classical”

“digital”

Open Educational Resources (OER) /Open Courseware (OCW)

OER/OCW




Learning resources





Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

MOOC

•Forum•Feedback•Exam•Certificate

•Teacher•Tutor

Learning resources


xMOOC

Week 1 Week 2 … Week n Exam

n = 5 - 10

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xMOOC, een week

Video 1 Video 2 … Video m Homework

Feedback8 – 15 minutes

xMOOC, one week

Video 1 … Video m Huiswerk

Feedback

Take Question Take Question

Video 2

Why Open Education?

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Estimates from 2009 predict a worldwide increase in

demand for higher education of 98M students in 2025

To realize this, each week four new universities should start in the next 15 years.

source: http://www.col.org/resources/speeches/2012presentations/Pages/2012-04-12.aspx

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http://www.col.org/resources/speeches/2012presentations/Pages/2012-04-12.aspx

http://www.col.org/resources/speeches/2012presentations/Pages/2012-04-12.aspx

Why Open Education?

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WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD?

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National policies

Organisations

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MOOC suppliers (oktober 2013)

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Bron: http://a.tiles.mapbox.com/v3/uvanianaidoo1.map-b815u9pe/page.html#3/16.05/5.10

MOOC participants

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Source: http://bit.ly/1bfu6FZ

MOOC participation worldwide

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Source: http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/globalhighered/mapping-courseras-global-footprint

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OER: no regret for government

• Threefold responsibility for government regarding education

– Accessible

– Quality

– Efficiency

• In a sustainable manner

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OER: iron triangle

Starting situation Increased efficiency OER situation

Source: Fred Mulder

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Ceterum censeo materia facta tributo oblatum esse gratuito

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FINALLY

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Thank you!

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