Digital Innovation Oer Theses Pawlowski20091111

• 1. Open Educational Resources Research and Business Challenges
  • Jan M. Pawlowski

• Tampere, 11.11.2009

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3. JYU: Global Information Systems

• Focus areas

• Global Information Systems

• Supporting globally distributed workgroups

• Open Educational Resources

• Reference Modeling

• E-Learning

• Supporting international education settings

• Cultural adaptation

• Standardization & Quality Management

• Mobile & Ambient Learning

• Innovative tools and solutions

• Projects

• OpenScout: OER for Management

• COSMOS, Open Science Resources: Exchange of Scientific Content

• ASPECT: Open Content and standards for schools

• iCOPER: New standards for educational technologies

• LaProf: Language learning in ICT and agriculture

• NORDLET: Nordic Baltic Network for Learning, Education and Training

4. Contents

• Open Content and Re-Use

• Case Study Results: How does it work in the real life in Finland?

• 5 challenges: OER now and then

5. Open? 6. Open Source 7. Open 8. Open Educational Resources 9. Open Educational Resources 10. So, why doesnt it work in Education?

• Barriers

• • not invented here

• • Education is something special!

• • I have no time

• • Googling might not be enough

• • Complex tools

• • Curriculum integration

• • Insecurities

• Potentials & needs

• • Education budget

• • Focus on new stuff

• • Cooperation and synergies

• • Skills in the use of ICT and tools

• • Enormous resource pools

11. Experiences from our Case Study: How much have you 12. Experiences from our Case Study: Would you 13. Experiences from our Case Study: International concerns 14. Experiences from our Case Study: International concerns of re-use 15. Conclusion: The Key Factors

• Experiences

• • Willingness but something is missing

• • Still some key factors to be improved

• Key Challenges

• • Global collaboration

• • (Cultural) Awareness and Competencies

• • Business Models

• • Tools and services

• • Trust and quality

16. Challenge 1: Global Collaboration

• Currently, only English contents are re-used widely

• But: The Finnish educational system has a high reputation

• Challenges

• • Exporting Finnish education and materials

• • Building adaptation models and methods

17. Challenge 2: Cultural Awareness

• Culturally diverse materials should be developed and used

• Awareness is a key issue to international success

• Challenges

• • Creating cultural awareness in global settings

• • Identifying cultural aspects (and potential conflicts / adaptation needs)

18. Challenge 3: Business Models

• Only high-quality content can be sold, decent quality content is available for any given topic

• Challenges

• • Creating services around OER

• • • OER brokerage and adaptation

• • • Facilitation

• • • Accreditation and recognition

19. Challenge 4: Tools and Services

• Tools for adaptation are necessary

• • Editing and improvement

• • Translation and adaptation

• • Search and (re-)publication

• Challenges

• • Creating tools for a wide audience (wiki-alike?)

• • Creating open services for automated user support

• • Collaboration support (online editing, group awareness, )

20. Challenge 5: Trust and Quality

• Users do not trust OER because of a lack of (perceived, contextual) quality

• Ex-ante QA is not possible

• Challenges

• • Creating trust-based quality mechanisms

• • Creating trusted networks

• • Recommender systems as quality instruments

• • User-assured quality

21. Summary

• OER as a promising concept for education

• Current acceptance still low

• New research and business opportunities, in particular for Finnish actors

• Lets try it

22. Contact us Prof. Dr. Jan M. Pawlowski [email protected] on the web http://users.jyu.fi/~japawlow NORDLET http://www.nordlet.org/ 23. Resources

• ICOPER:http://www.icoper.org

• COSMOS:http://www.cosmosportal.eu/

• OpenScout:http://www.openscout.net

• ASPECT:http://aspect.eun.org

• GLOBE:http://www.globe-info.org/