oer in the dutch educational landscape
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Presentation Open Education Conference 2012, Vancouver, 18 October 2012TRANSCRIPT
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]