Introduction to Open Education

25 novembre 2017 | 9 AM - 5 PM

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Introduction to Open Education

Dr. Sajid IqbalDepartment of Mechatronics & Control Engineering

UET [email protected]

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OpenCon platform (http://www.opencon2017.org/) is for the next generation to learn about Open Access, Open Education, and Open Data, to develop critical skills and catalyze action toward for more open system for sharing the world’s information.

It is organized by Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (https://sparcopen.org). This global coalition is committed to making open the default for research and education.

http://www.opencon2017.org/

https://sparcopen.org/


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Open EducationOpen Educational Resources (OERs)Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)


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United Nations (UN) has listed education among its millennium development goals (MDGs).

Prof. Dr. Richard cataloged education and population as the top ten problems, which humanity will be facing over the next 50 years.


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What is Open?

The Open Definition sets out principles that define openness, “Open means anyone can freely access, use, modify, and share for any purpose”.

The key features of openness are: Availability and access Reuse and redistribution Universal participation


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What is Open?

• Open access• Open licensing• Open education• Open education resources• Open source• Open data• Open research• Open science• Open web• Open knowledge


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What is Open Education?

Open Education encompasses resources, tools and practices that are free of legal, financial and technical barriers and can be fully used, shared and adapted in the digital environment.

The foundation of Open Education is Open Educational Resources (OER), which are teaching, learning, and research resources that are free of cost and access barriers, and which also carry legal permission for open use.

Why Open Education Matters First place.mp4


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Visualization of the History of Openness in Education


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Open Educational Resources (OERs)

The term Open Educational Resources (OER) was coined at UNESCO’s 2002 Forum as, “teaching, learning and research materials in any medium, digital or otherwise, that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions. Open licensing is built within…” ---2012 Paris OER Declaration - UNESCO

The definition of OER currently most often used is “digitised materials offered freely and openly for educators, students and self-learners to use and reuse for teaching, learning and research”.

-Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

The OERs - Open Educational Resources.mp4


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Types Of OER

Open coursewareOpen textbooksMOOCs Lesson plans Syllabi Lectures AssignmentsQuizzes Videos


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Benefits Of OER and Open Education

Open and flexible learning opportunities

Increased efficiency and quality of learning resources

Cost-efficiency

https://epthinktank.eu/2013/10/01/open-education-oer-ocw-and-moocs/



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Challenges Of OER

Sustainability: OERs are resources intensive, in terms of labour and capital, both for the development and ongoing maintenance of the materials

Quality assurance: there are currently no formal quality standards.

Accreditation: the validation of skills and competences acquired through OER has yet to be put in place.




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Textbook costs should not be a barrier to education.

E-books have offered little financial relief, and are typically sold on a subscription basis with heavy restrictions on access.


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MOOCs became famous, when in the fall of 2011, a professor of Stanford University conducted a course on Artificial Intelligence

Macmillan Dictionary defines a MOOC as, “a course of study offered over the Internet which is free and has a very large number of participants” .

What is a MOOC- (Max 720p).mp4


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According to IEEE CS 2022 report, with nanotechnology and quantum computing, MOOCs are amongst top ten technologies that could change the world by 2022.


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Each new instrument—blackboard, radio, motion picture and television, was labeled the most important advancement since Gutenberg’s printing press.

But from the start of new millennium, it has been claimed that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) aids could revolutionize education because they absorb all these earlier innovations.

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In 2002, MIT OpenCourseWare was initiated as an OER.

In 2006, Salman Khan taught mathematics to his cousins over the Internet.

From this OER movement, the first MOOC—Connectivism and Connective Knowledge emerged in 2008.

At University of Manitoba, George Siemens and Stephen Downes designed and taught this MOOC.

The seeds of this revolution are, thus, traced back to the early introduction of Internet in 1989.


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Disruptive innovation is an innovation, which makes an expensive and complex product simpler and cheaper, and thus draws new customers.


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Initially, there was a lot of hype and no one was quite sure what impact MOOCs will have on the future of education.

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Google Course Builder

OER UniversityClass2Go

https://code.google.com/p/course-builder/

http://wikieducator.org/OER_university/Home

http://class2go.stanford.edu/

https://www.class-central.com/report/mooc-stats-2016/

The “modern” MOOC movement is now a half a decade old.

https://www.class-central.com/report/mooc-stats-2016/


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MOOCs for credit

Georgia State University and San Jose State University are granting academic credit for MOOCs.

Georgia Tech became the first university to launch a whole MOOC-based degree.

In partnership with Coursera, the University of Illinois has been offering the first open online MBA degree—iMBA.

Many universities have adopted MIT Micro-Masters model.


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Malaysia has become the first country in the world to develop a national policy on credit transfer for MOOCs.

The Indian University Grants Commission (UGC) has issued guidelines for its MOOC platform, the Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds (SWAYAM).

The Gazette of India has guaranteed credit mobility for MOOCs as, “No university shall refuse any student for credit mobility for the courses earned through MOOCs”.

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Before the advent of MOOCs, a small group of teachers and administrators used to discuss subjects like retention, pedagogy and assessment.

But such topics are under discussion now and educational research is being emphasized.

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