Open Michigan

open.michigan

The University of Michigan’s Open Educational Resource initiative

garin fonstimothy vollmer

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current landscape

dScribe publishing model

where we are now

future

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Video Presentation

Recent Developments

OCW Domestic

OCW International

OCW Consortium

Benefits to various groups:

•students

•faculty

•alumni

•self learners

•universities

•others throughout the worldCan benefit all these people simultaneously

Why do this?

MIT OCW publication model = Staff Centric

Challenges:

•Cost

•Access to Faculty

•Scale

•Refresh Rate

How it’s being done

current landscape

dScribe publishing model

where we are now

future

Goals:

•scalability

•sustainability

•participation

Approach:

•leverage institutional technologies:

DeepBlue, Bluestream, Sakai

•fair use

•dScribes

Open.Michigan publication model

• “Digital Scribes”

• motivated students

• organize, clear, tag course materials

• familiar with technology

• learn about intellectual property & copyright

“dScribes”

open.michigan

dScribe Faculty dScribe2

Class #1 Agenda:find dScribe for open.michigan

I’ll do it!

select a dScribe

IP

software tools

dScribe training course

fun!

workflow

license material

That’s

easy!

transfer material

Class #1 Agenda:

find dScribe for open.michigan

open.michiganserver

Class #1 Agenda:

find dScribe for open.michiganClass #1 Agenda:

find dScribe for open.michigan

vet material content capture

tool

upload material

Class #1 Agenda:

find dScribe for open.michigan

Content ProcessingClass #1 Agenda:

find dScribe for open.michigan

review material

Where’s this image from?

content processing

tool

final review

Class #1 Agenda:

find dScribe for open.michigan Looksgood!

publication

open.michigan

Class #1 Agenda:

find dScribe for open.michigan

Benefits to Students:

•master course content

•learn about IP

•establish connection w/ faculty

•get course credit

•get paid?

Benefits to Faculty:

•students in course know best!

•establishing connection w/ students

•quality assurance of materials

Open.Michigan publication model

Open.Michigan publication model

How will Michigan be different?

•process

•file formats

•co-collaboration

•web 2.0/3.0

•outcomes, curriculum, career

current landscape

dScribe publishing model

where are we now

future

Pilot Initiative

What are we doing now?

photo by Timothy Vollmer

Software Development

What are we doing now?

Modeling Workflow

What are we doing now?

current landscape

dScribe publishing model

where are we now

future

Where are we going?

toward OPEN culture: •a culture using creative materials for a variety of purposes: art,

music, education, etc.

defining the 21st century education landscape•students, teachers & self-learners as collaborators

How to get involved

• become a dScribe

• discuss the idea of open.michigan with

friends and faculty

• talk to faculty about citing lecture content

• join free-culture

• tag photos on Flickr with CC licenses

• keep in touch

email:

open.michigan@umich.edu

We were made by Ryan Junell