Wikiwijs Robert Schuwer 19 May 2011, The Hague The Quality System.

Wikiwijs

Robert Schuwer19 May 2011, The Hague

The Quality System

Agenda

Why Wikiwijs What is Wikiwijs Quality in Wikiwijs

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Cause

> observed success of OER initiatives shown> 2006 OU, 2007 Delft

> an increasing set of a variety of OER initiatives in all educational sectors> Mostly by individual teachers

> June 2008: policy of ‘schoolbooks for free’> Sept. 2008: Advice of the Education Council to

the Parliament: ‘Make more use of OER for innovation of education’

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National initiative: Wikiwijs

> December 2008: Former Minister of Education launches Wikiwijs as a national OER initiative:> initial focus on primary, secondary and

community college education> but actually for all educational sectors

> April 2009: broad support in Parliament> May 2009: OU & Kennisnet start preparing this

programme> July 2009: delivery Programme Plan> 12th Aug. 2009: Minister’s final OK;

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Wikiwijs: phases Dec. 2009: launch of beta version with:

> three focus subjects> Arithmetics, Math, Languages

> Primary, secondary, community college sector> Continuous improvement based on user

feedback Sept. 2010: roll out to:

> other subjects and domains> Higher Education

March 2011: delivery of Implementation Plan for a second period of funding until end of 2013 How to make it sustainable?

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Wikiwijs: policy objectives …

stimulate development and use of OER extend options for customized education increase quality of education through more

flexible and up-to-date learning materials improve access to both open and ‘closed’ digital

learning materials support teachers in arranging their own learning

materials and professionalization increase teacher involvement in development and

use of OER Making the profession more attractive

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Wikiwijs offers …

a Repository of open educational resources a Referatory to digital educational resources:

> open and closed> free access and access to be paid for> public and commercial

easy to use arrangement and development tools for teachers / professors

end-user support for teachers / professors when creating and using learning materials

Wikiwijs architecture

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Wikiwijs

search

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Wikiwijs: basic principles …

open standards and open source mandatory all OER learning materials and materials for

professionalization to be published under CC-BY or CC-BY-SA In the repository of Wikiwijs

professionalization of both teachers and management!

Research to measure effects on policy goals

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Wikiwijs: on quality …

Assumption: teachers are the most capable to judge the quality of learning materials

Not have a treshold based on some standpoint of quality

Providing means to make quality visible

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Peer review

Rating learning materials (1 – 5 stars) Writing review Report shortcomings

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Quality mark organisations

View on quality Transparent for visitors

Judge learning materials Earmarked when meeting the requirements Goal: generate trust for users

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Problems with learning materials

404 errors Wrong metadata Login

Yet another account No deeplink after login

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Get community active

Minimal requirements Level 1 (e.g. 404, spelling mistake, wrong

metadata, outdated) Level 2 (e.g. no learning goals)

Having paid teachers to “walk around” Level 1: report shortcoming Level 2: write review with suggestions for

improvement Pass: rate material

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But probably most important:

Teachers proficient to use and create digital learning materials

Wikiwijs Professionalization

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Thanks for your attention!

[email protected]

www.wikiwijs.nl

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