Will OER Sabotage Distance Ed Programs?

Are Open Educational Resources Going to Sabotage Our Distance and Online Learning Programs? Mary Lou Forward, OpenCourseWare ConsortiumLarry Cooperman, University of California, Irvine

October 11, 2012 sessions 8 & 9

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Are Open Educational Resources Going to Sabotage Our Distance and Online Learning Programs?

1.Open and Distance in Higher Education

2.Closer look at OER

3.Three Case Studies of Open/Distance

4.Trends and Future Possibilities

5.Discussion: How Can Open Fit Your Goals?

Educating Everyone:

From Elite to Mass to Universal Higher Education

Trends in Higher Education

1. Massification(From Elite to Mass Institutions)

THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM CANNOT ACCOMMODATE

THE CURRENT QUANTITY OF

STUDENTS SEEKING HIGHER

EDUCATION

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AND MANY MORE STUDENTS ARE COMING

2. Revenue Enhancement

3. Globalization

Distance Education

Cost reductionNew markets

Baseline instructional quality

Revenue EnhancementGlobalizationMassification

What’s This? (Hint: Enrollments)

Circa 2000 - UC Berkeley Extension Online Annual Enrollments

? ?

UCI Enrollments on Coursera Platform in

2 weeks

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Open Education is in the middle of

powerful trends in higher education

Why?

Because

1. There are a lot of global problems that must be solved.

Because

2. The world cannot satisfy the demand for higher education through conventional means

Because

3. Open education stands on the shoulders of distance education as a technology-mediated mechanism for cost reduction, baseline quality, and global reach

Open Education

Terms and clarificationsOpen Educational ResourcesOpenCourseWareOpen Educational PracticeOpen Textbooks

Education is sharing.Sharing is important.

Free no cost

OpenNo cost + permission to change

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Who we are

A Powerful Idea

To advance formal and informal learning worldwide through the sharing and use of free, open, high quality education materials

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We exist to support open education in higher ed

Who’s using OER? For what purpose?

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Caveat

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Select the option that best describes you

Student - secondary or high school

Student - university first degree

Student - university advanced degree

Faculty/Teacher

Self-learner

Working professional

Employer

Other

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9.30%

Select the option that best describes you

Student - secondary or high school

Student - university first degree

Student - university advanced degree

Faculty/Teacher

Self-learner

Working professional

Journalist/blogger

Employer

Retired

Other

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31.00%

20.00%

49.00%

57.00%

6.00%

How do you use OCW

to help understand concepts I am studying

to learn something for a specific project or task

to supplement/create teaching materials

to update my skills or knowledge for work

for my own interest

Other

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6.15%

30.77%

27.69%

3.08%

How do you use OCW?

to help understand concepts I am studying

to learn something for a specific project or task

to help me create teaching materials

to update my skills or knowledge for work

for my personal interest

Other

19 and under 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60 and above0.00%

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Age groups

under 18 18-21 22-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60+0.00%

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10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

4.20%

9.30%

19.60%

21.80%

20.50%

13.90%

10.80%

Age groups

OER and OCW are building blocks

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Open and Distance LearningCase Studies

Open and DLCase 1: Side-by-side

The African Virtual University

Open and DLCase 2: Different Social Targets

FGV Online

Open and DLCase 3: Matriculated vs. External

University of California, Irvine

Future of Open Education:Trends & Possibilities

What do learners want? What do learners need?

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Learning Pathways

Interactivity

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Assessment & certification

The OER University http://wikieducator.org/OER_university/Home

The OER university is a virtual collaboration of institutions committed to creating flexible pathways for OER learners to gain formal academic credit. The OER university aims to provide free learning to all students worldwide using OER learning materials with pathways to gain credible qualifications from recognized education institutions.

Competency based education

http://www.careeronestop.org/competencymodel/pyramid.aspx

Oct 1: Competency-based Associate’s degree drawing on OER for $5,000

Disaggregation in

Higher Education

Faculty do it all Faculty don’t have to do it all

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Scary?

Exhilarati ng?

Free

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