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TU Delft Online Learning @ Open Education Global Conference

(OPEN) LICENSING OF MOOCS

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Who Am I?

Martijn Ouwehand MSc

• TU Delft | Education Technology

• TU Delft | Online Learning• Account manager • Product Manager OpenCourseWare• Product Manager Blended Learning

Delft University of Technology

16 Bachelor programmes34 Master programmes

8 Faculties1 Graduate School

20 000 Students

TU Delft Mission

Our mission is to:• explore the frontiers of the engineering sciences• solve societal challenges• support a competitive and sustainable economy

through• excellent creative research• science, engineering and design in one approach• excellent education• valorisation, spin through, spin out

“Open and online education allows people from around the world access to the top education of TU Delft. It enables everybody who wants to develop themselves and accommodates the increasing number of students seeking higher education. TU Delft is dedicated to deliver world class education to everyone.” Drs. Anka Mulder. Vice President Education TU Delft

Massive Open Online

Courses (MOOCs)

Open Course Ware (OCW)

Online Distance Education

(ODE)

Campus Education

Open & Online portfolio

OpenCourseWare (OCW)• Course Materials• Free• Big Exposure, Worldwide

audience• Both Bachelor and Master level• No interaction with faculty• No accredited certificate

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)• Learning Activities & Course

Materials• Free• Enrolled students only, massive

numbers• Bachelors level• Certificate of Completion

Online Distance Education• Learning Activities & Course

Materials• Paid enrollment• Enrolled students only, limited

numbers• Accredited Course Certificate• Full Master Degree

On Campus Education• Direct access to

education• Research facilities• World Class Library• Student social tissue• Student projects

NEW OPPORTUNITIESMOOCs

CHALLENGESLicensing

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Leo Reynolds

Ensure

Quality?

Key Questions

• Is it possible to sublicense a MOOC and uphold our Open Policy?

• Is our Open Policy threatened when we sublicense our MOOCs?

Key Questions

• What is a MOOC?

• What is it you’re licensing?

• What will you license openly?

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OUR APPROACHLicensing

5 Compontents Open Education Model

• Learner Demand• Environmental Demand

• Educational Resources• Educational (Learning) Services• Educational (Teaching) Effort

5 Compontents Open Education Model

Education/Teaching effort

Educational (learning) Services

Lear

ner

dem

and

Environment

demand

Educational Resources

Model derived from: Mulder, F. & Janssen, B. (2013). Opening up Education, in Trend Report: Open Educational Resources 2013. Published by the Open Educational Resources Special Interest Group. pp.

36-42

Model derived from: Mulder, F. & Janssen, B. (2013). Opening up Education, in Trend Report: Open Educational Resources 2013. Published by the Open Educational Resources Special Interest Group. pp.

36-42

Learner DemandEnvironmental DemandEducational ResourcesEducational (learning) ServicesEducational (teaching) effort

Closed Open

Open Finger Print (fictional)

Processes • Assignments

• Exams• Certificate

Contents• Lecture

recordings• Lecture slides

Actions• Design &

deliver Educational

process• Feedback,

guidance

TU Delft MOOC Elements

Educational supply MOOC Components

Mere contentsUseful & copy-ableNo teaching Effort

Teacher authority, offering services

Unique Selling Point TU Delft (based on Research & Reputation)

Cannot be copied

Process facilitating the learning process

Useful & copy-able No Teaching effort needed

Value, use Teaching Effort

Educational Services

Educational Resources

Model derived from: Mulder, F. & Janssen, B. (2013). Opening up Education, in Trend Report: Open Educational Resources 2013. Published by the Open Educational Resources Special Interest Group. pp.

36-42

Conclusions

• A MOOC is more than just contents

• Contents can be shared openly

• (support of) the Learning Experience is more difficult to license

Paradox for usability:(inspired by David Wiley)

OER

Applicability for reuse

fixed

con

text

MOOC

NEXT STEPSLicensing

The Next Step

• Continue our mission• Work together to deliver top class MOOCs to new language area’s

• Keep OPEN as a high standard

• Combined with offering Open Educational Resources/OpenCourseWare

Thank you

• http://ocw.tudelft.nl

• ocw@tudelft.nl

• http://open.tudelft.nl

• https://www.edx.org/school/delftx