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Delft OpenCourseWare

Willem van Valkenburg, E-learning Consultantwww.e-learn.nl

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Agenda

• The pilot phase (2007/2008)

• Evaluation of the pilot phase

• Outline for the next phase

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Pilot Phase OCW-project: Characteristics• Start: May 2007

• Initiated by the central board• 6 pilots (MSc-programmes) on a voluntary basis:

• Micro-Electronics, Offshore Engineering, Drinking Water • Sustainable development, Nano science, Biomedical

Engineering • ‘Content centred’ model like MIT • Technical infrastructure: Hive (repository) and Typo3 (CMS)

• Close cooperation: Library, departments of ICT and

Education, pilots• Steering group headed by the rector magnificus• Basis for the future (technical, organisational, financial

implications, further growth)• Completed: September 2008

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Why this initiative (1)Board

Core tasks university is to deliver know-how and building knowledge networks in an international context.

• Way to improve quality of education

• Reputation/ branding

• Irreversible trend

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Why this initiative (2)6 Pilots (different motives)

• Reputation/Exposure/Visibility;• Additional contribution to knowledge networks;• Attracting new students and researchers

(clear picture of what TU Delft is doing);• Easy access (material is part of a joint degree);• Preparation for future students;• Opening up for new connections worldwide; • Investing in future learning and education

methods/basis for blended learning.

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WWW.OCW.TUDELFT.NL

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26 CoursesOffshore Engineering

• Offshore Hydromechanics

• Dredge Pumps and Slurry Transport

• Dredging Processes

• Design of Dredging Equipment

• Offshore Wind Farm Design

• Offshore Moorings

Watermanagement

• Drinking water treatment (Technology)

• Drinking water treatment (Design)

• Public hygiene and epidemiology

• Pumping Stations and Transport

Pipelines

• Civil Engineering in Developing Countries

NanoScience

• Advanced Statistical Mechanics

• Mesoscopic Physics

• Advanced Solid State Physics

• Quantum Information Processing

Microelectronics

• Methods and Algorithms for System

Design

• Solar Cells

• Digital Signal Processing

• Advanced Device Physics

BioMechatronics

• BioMechatronics

• Biomedical Engineering Design

• System Identification and Parameter

Estimation

Sustainable Development

• Technology and Global Development

• Technics and Future

• Technology Dynamics and Transition

Management

• Sustainable Development for

Engineers

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Pilot phase OpenCourseWare: Summary milestones

• May 2007: start project• October 2007: first 10 courses published• May 2008: Bureau OpenER in place• September 2008: 21 courses published• October 2008: proposal for second phase until

end of 2010 to board:

Key words: gradual growth (courses), more diversity, more functionalities to facilitate

different business models

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Results

• 21 courses haven been published (planning: 20)

• Bureau OpenER is in place (lean & mean)

• Workflow has been defined

• Technical infrastructure in place

• TU Delft (board) member of OCW Consortium

• Evaluation report (in progress): external recognition

Green light for the next phase

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License: Creative Commons 3.0: Attribution, Noncommercial, Share-alike http://creativecommons.org/license/

Workflow:

Workflow & licence for publishing

dansays, flickr

ContentLay-out

CooperateIdentity

Author rightsUpload content

Metadata

Staff member Bureau OpenER

Peer review Adjustments

Faculty/department

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Evaluation OCW: Provisional results (1)

Google Analytics

• October 2007 – May 2008 (first round of pilots): 28,000 visits from 23,000 unique visitors with different IP-addresses (100 visits per day average).

• Visitors from 169 countries / 4196 cities: significant geographical exposure of educational material.

• Note: There are more visitors because the material is also published at other websites of the faculties involved (data unfortunately not available).

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Evaluation OCW: Provisional Results (2)

General

• High appreciation of the initiative;

• Vey positive about the quality of the content; TU Delft ‘signature’ is important;

• Clear website structure

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Where do we go from here? General:• TU Delft policy: not only open access of

educational materials:• All dissertations (full text);• Multi-media. Recently, a project has started for the

development of a multi-media portal for the disclosure of all streaming video (lecturers), digital cartographic material and historical collections;

• Open Access publishing in journals

• More materials are available in digital and new formats (games, VodCast). Tremendous growth in the use of streaming video. How do we make optimal uses of these developments?

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Where do we go from here? Challenges1. Sustainability: how to create (financial) incentives

for staff to publish educational materials?

2. Different motives: how to create a business model when departments have different motives to participate?

Examples of motives:• Drinking water: more international students, OCW will be

integrated in the blended learning modules• Nanoscience: reputation, more master students• Industrial Design: Open source design• Micro Electronics: collaboration with industries (sponsorships)

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Outline for the second phase until 2010

• Website: From repository to community• Sustainable business model for the publication of

courses• Include material for other target group• Editorial board • Growth number of publications • PhD-research on OER?• External Sponsorship?

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From repository to community: • Add website functionalities: who else used these

resources, others who used these resources also used the following documents, number of views, rating, discussion area..;

• Link to other university resources: DIScover (TU Library project to link all kinds of resources integrated in the OCW-website)

• User centered approach for the functional design of the website. Materials of the Open-Source Design project will serve as starting point;

• Depository: other people can add content;

• Additional services like customized support/courses, student projects;

• Communities for people who have shared interest.

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Thank You for Your Time

Questions?

OCW.TUDelft.nl