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Choosing the Right platform for OCW

Meena HwangOpenCourseWare Consortium

OER Asia Symposium, Sept. 19-21, 2012 Penang, Malaysia

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Who we are

Over 250 institutions and organizations worldwide supporting open sharing in education

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advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.

Issues in starting a project

- Format of the courseware What is a course? Multimedia?- How to present the courseware

What platform to use- One-directional? Multil-directional?- Who is the author?- How to assess user needs

advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.

OCW

OER

advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.

A course

Takes one from point A to point B to learn something

Need for a Content Management System (CMS)

advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.

eduCommonsFirst generation OCW platform

advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.

Functions

MultilingualAccessibility trackingCopyright clearanceSupport for OCW publishing workflowRSS FeedsOffers ‘snapshot’ of a courseHopes for standardizing OCW contents for remix and interoperability

advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.

Users

UNIVERSIA – Consortium of Spanish & Portuguese speaking universitiesEarly adopters of OCW – Utah State, Notre Dame, Johns Hopkins, J-OCW universitiesProjects by individuals

advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.

OpenLearn, OU UK

Short, modularized coursesSocial functions – study room, chat functionsCustomized Moodle

advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.

Moodle

Most widely used open source LMSEasy to open existing materials /link to existing LMSMore interaction allowed among students

advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.

Video courses

UC Berkeley Webcast- Own platform- iTunes U- Youtube

advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.

Video courses

Videolectures.net

advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.

Video courses

Taiwan OCW Consortium - put emphasis on video production

advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.

Criteria for choosing a platform

advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.

Infrastructure-Programming Language/Platform-Database-OS Support-Support level (hosting etc)-Extensibility-Programmer documentation-Multilingual interface-Current Languages Supported-Support for Internationalization-Customizable look and feel-Internal backup and restore-Standards supported-Reporting

-Access to content without sign-on-Search engine optimization-Integration with institution authentication systems-Hosted/ self hosted-Uptime-Security level -Self-registration-Accessibility User Interface-Accessibility Support and Tracking for Content Creation-Static Site-Performance Metrics.

advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.

Work Flow--Workflow (roles)-Customizable Workflow-IP Management support-WYWIWYG editor-Licensing choice support-Level of ease for reuse-Export support in range of standard compliant packages-Import support in range of standard compliant packages-Flexible course structures-Multilingual content-Support for courses that are paid-for

-Open and closed areas-Offline-authoring-Accessibility tracking-Control of licensing at the asset level-Marking up content as different sorts of assets (reading, video etc)-Creation of web links-Allowance for upload-Custom home page/help/contact-Editing/Changing/Refreshing OER -Disclaimer on Submission

advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.

User Management

-User profiles-Groups-Customizable taxonomies

advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.

Learner Tools-Integrated discussion forums -Tagging/keywords -Search -Other interactive activities -Personalized space -Ratings and reviews of courses-Learning pathways or other recommendation service-E-portfolio -Contextual help -Other collaborative activities

-Peer support-Knowledge mapping-Learning Journals or blogs (course/user/site)-Activity records-Metadata export (OAI, RSS, RDF) -Social bookmarking-Widgets Inbound and Outbound

advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.

Assessment Tools

-Assessment engine -Grading -Certification -Self-assessment exercises

advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.

Comparison Chart

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Activities of the OpenCourseWare Consortium are generously supported by:

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Sustaining Members of the OCW Consortium:The African Virtual University China Open Resources for EducationDelft University of TechnologyFundação Getulio VargasJapan OpenCourseWare ConsortiumJohns Hopkins Bloomburg School of Public HealthKorea OpenCourseWare ConsortiumMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyNetease Information Technology Co.Open UniversiteitTaiwan OpenCourseWare ConsortiumTecnológico de MonterreyTufts UniversityUniversiaUniversidad Politécnica de MadridUniversity of California, IrvineUniversity of MichiganUniversity of the Western Cape

And contributions of member organizations

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