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OER in the Dutch Educational Landscape
Hester Jelgerhuis (SURF) and Robert Schuwer (Wikiwijs)
Open Education 2012, Vancouver, 18 October 2012
State of Openness @ Higher Education in the Netherlands: Investigation of the current status of OER in Dutch higher education
Dutch spring scene, by Jacob H.
State of openness @ Dutch higher education
• How does Dutch higher education stand as regards OER?> study carried out by the Dutch Open University> commissioned by SURF and Wikiwijs
• Two main questions: 1.What OER are already available (or potentially available)
in Dutch higher education?2.To what extent do Dutch higher education institutions
have a policy on the development, sharing and use/reuse of OER?
Availability of OER
• 25% of respondents say that their institution has collections of OER.
• 39% indicate that there are collections of digital learning materials within the institution that can potentially be made openly available.
OER in the Dutch Educational Landscape
Groningen University: intends using open courseware?Hanze University of Applied Sciences: proposed participation in iTunes U?
OU: OpenER, iTunes U, OpenU, study coach
Utrecht University: open web lectures, student theses
Delft University of Technology: OCW, iTunes U, open web lectures, open study
Leiden University: OCW, theses, (open) web lectures
Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences: development of OCW
national: - Green Knowledge Network
- medischonderwijs.nl- Neuroblend
- Knowledge Bank for Universities of Applied Sciences- - NOH-I, an IT-focused network of the Dutch Open
University and a number of universities of applied sciences- National Knowledge Database for Basic Maths Skills- and also: “watch again”, visual materials for cultural
institutions etc.
University of Amsterdam: (open) web lectures and participation in iTunes U
VU University Amsterdam: (open) web lectures and iTunes U
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences: proposed participation in iTunes U
Police Academy: OER for policework
NHTV: (open) web lectures
Does your educational institution have a shared vision for OER?
Don’t know.
Yes, there is a clear, shared vision.
Other, namely…
Yes, a shared vision is starting to take shape.
No, there is no shared vision.
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%
0.0%
3.8%
7.7%
23.1%
65.4%
Executive Board Members on OER vision
http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL1DECF513649D6E7A&feature=player_detailpage&v=LQZqkPtL968
Does your educational institution have an OER policy, comprising specific activities to achieve the institution's
vision for OER?
Yes, we have a policy and it is actually being implemented
institution-wide.4%
Yes, we have a policy and it is actually being implemented by entities within the organisation.
4%
No, but a policy is cur-rently being developed
within organisational en-tities.19%
No, but a policy is cur-rently being developed
institution-wide.23%
No, we do not have a policy.50%
Reasons for OER policy (top three)
1. Raise the institution’s profile (internationally) (86%).
2. Attract the right students and help them choose the right programme (57%).
3. Reach new target groups (57%).
Reasons for no OER policy (top three)
1. Our institution does not have expertise in the area of OER (21%).
2. Don’t know (21%).
3. The administrators at our institution do not see any added value in OER (16%).
Other priorities prevent us paying attention to OER.
Executive Board Members on OER policy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL1DECF513649D6E7A&feature=player_detailpage&v=1CJwaLAKo0Q
Does your institution provide support for developing OER?
Professional development for instructors.
Financial support.
Legal support (copyright, Creative Commons).
Technical support for the production of OER.
Content-related/pedagogical support.
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
26.0%
26.0%
33.0%
50.0%
50.0%
Conclusions and prospects for the future
• OER development in Dutch higher education is in start-up phase.
• Clear difference between research universities and universities of applied sciences
• Other priorities prevent us paying attention to
OER.
Board members on opportunities
http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL1DECF513649D6E7A&feature=player_detailpage&v=b4Krxr3bPXw
Opportunities and actions
• Make explicit how OER can be valuable when tackling strategic educational issues.
• 2012 Paris OER Declaration.
• Access collections of OER via Wikiwijs.
• Strategy workshops and development of model business case for OER.
• Share knowledge and experience via OER special interest group and SURFspace > increase awareness.
Questions
• What about the current status of OER in your country regarding:– policy– reasons– availability– …?
Wikiwijs: www.wikwiijs.nlSURF’s OER programme: www.surf.nl/openeducationalresourcesOER on SURFspace: www.surfspace.nl/sigoer This presentation, the whole study report, the summary article, and the interviews are available at http://www.surf.nl/en/actueel/Pages/
DutchhighereducationmovingforwardwithOpenEducationalResources.aspx.
Hester Jelgerhuis Robert [email protected] [email protected]