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Delft University of Technology• Delft Open Course Ware• Math Learning Space

DECOM 2008

Willem van ValkenburgE-learning consultant, ICT Department

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Agenda

• Delft University of Technology• Case Math Learning Space• Case Delft OpenCourseWare• Technology

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TU Delft: Basic Data 2007

• Faculties: 8• Bachelor programmes: 14• Master programmes: 36• Total number of students: 15,000• International students: 2,100• Scientific staff: 2,600 • Number of PhD-theses per year: 250• Focal Multi-disciplinary Research Programs:

Energy, Health, Infrastructures, Environment.

TU Delft

www.tudelft.nl

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Math Learning Space: Wizmo

What is Wizmo?• Repository and portal of mathematical learning

objects• Target audience: last year secondary schools

and freshmen of HE.• Joint effort of 15 universities and colleges in the

Netherlands

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Search (home)

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Tag cloud: based on the frequency of tags in the search results

Tag cloud: based on the frequency of tags in the search results

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Delft OCW: Why start?• University:

• Reputation• Open academic community: open knowlege organisation in

world-wide networks. • Inevitable trend • Bundling of faculty initiatives: bringing it all together.

• Specialism: • Exposure: Show what you can do, international reputation,

being part of international knowledge networks• Serve the group of Life Long Learners• Attract new masters students: show what we have• Positive impact on recruiting PhD’s• The help with the combined educational programs• Positive impact on the quality of educational resources• Reputation of the teaching staff

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Project• Start: May 2007• Initiated by the central board• ‘Content centred’ model like MIT • Close cooperation: Library, departments of ICT

and Education, pilots• Steering group headed by the rector

magnificusFirst round of pilots: Water management, Offshore Engineering andMicro-Electronics

Second round of pilots: Sustainable Development, NanoScience en Biomedical Engineering

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22 CoursesOffshore Engineering• Offshore Hydromechanics• Dredge Pumps and Slurry

Transport• Dredging Processes• Design of Dredging Equipment• Offshore Wind Farm Design• Offshore MooringsWatermanagement• Drinking water treatment

(Technology)• Drinking water treatment (Design)• Public hygiene and epidemiology• Civil Engineering in Developing

CountriesNanoScience• Advanced Statistical Mechanics• Mesoscopic Physics

Microelectronics• Methods and Algorithms for

System Design• Solar Cells• Digital Signal Processing• Advanced Device PhysicsBioMechatronics• BioMechatronics• Biomedical Engineering Design• System Identification and

Parameter EstimationSustainable Development• Technology and Global

Development• Technics and Future• Technology Dynamics and

Transition Management

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Technology

• Harvest Road Hive Repository• Content items with LOM-medata• url’s with LOM-medata

• Typo3 website CMS

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Architecture

Hive

OCW.tudelft.nlWizmo.nlBlackboard

Lorenet.nlLearning Objects

Repository networkOAI-PMH

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Thank You for Your Time

OCW.TUDelft.nl

www.WIZMO.nl