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TU Delft Online Learning @ Open Education Global Conference

(OPEN) LICENSING OF MOOCS

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Who Am I?

Martijn Ouwehand MSc

•TU Delft | Education Technology

•TU Delft | Online Learning

• Account manager

• Product Manager OpenCourseWare

• Product Manager Blended Learning

Delft University of Technology

16 Bachelor programmes34 Master programmes

8 Faculties1 Graduate School

20 000 Students

TU Delft Mission

Our mission is to:

• explore the frontiers of the engineering sciences

• solve societal challenges

• support a competitive and sustainable economy

through

• excellent creative research

• science, engineering and design in one approach

• excellent education

• valorisation, spin through, spin out

“Open and online

education allows people

from around the world

access to the top education

of TU Delft. It enables

everybody who wants to

develop themselves and

accommodates the

increasing number of

students seeking higher

education. TU Delft is

dedicated to deliver

world class education

to everyone.”

Drs. Anka Mulder. Vice President Education TU Delft

Massive Open Online Courses

(MOOCs)

Open Course Ware (OCW)

Online Distance Education (ODE)

Campus Education

Open & Online portfolio

OpenCourseWare (OCW)• Course Materials• Free• Big Exposure, Worldwide audience• Both Bachelor and Master level• No interaction with faculty• No accredited certificate

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)• Learning Activities & Course Materials• Free• Enrolled students only, massive numbers• Bachelors level• Certificate of Completion

Online Distance Education• Learning Activities & Course Materials• Paid enrollment• Enrolled students only, limited numbers• Accredited Course Certificate• Full Master Degree

On Campus Education• Direct access to education• Research facilities• World Class Library• Student social tissue• Student projects

NEW OPPORTUNITIESMOOCs

CHALLENGESLicensing

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Key Questions

•Is it possible to sublicense a MOOC and uphold our Open

Policy?

•Is our Open Policy threatened when we sublicense our

MOOCs?

Key Questions

•What is a MOOC?

•What is it you’re licensing?

•What will you license

openly?

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OUR APPROACHLicensing

5 Compontents Open Education Model

• Learner Demand

• Environmental Demand

• Educational Resources

• Educational (Learning) Services

• Educational (Teaching) Effort

5 Compontents Open Education Model

Education/Teaching effortEducational (learning) Services

Educational Resources

Model derived from: Mulder, F. & Janssen, B. (2013). Opening up Education, in Trend Report: Open EducationalResources 2013. Published by the Open Educational Resources Special Interest Group. pp. 36-42

Model derived from: Mulder, F. & Janssen, B. (2013). Opening up Education, in Trend Report: Open EducationalResources 2013. Published by the Open Educational Resources Special Interest Group. pp. 36-42

Learner Demand

Environmental Demand

Educational Resources

Educational (learning) Services

Educational (teaching) effort

Closed Open

Open Finger Print (fictional)

Processes •Assignments

•Exams•Certificate

Contents•Lecture recordings

•Lecture slides

Actions•Design & deliver

Educational process•Feedback, guidance

TU Delft MOOC Elements

Educational supply MOOC Components

Mere contentsUseful & copy-ableNo teaching Effort

Teacher authority, offering servicesUnique Selling Point TU Delft (based on

Research & Reputation)Cannot be copied

Process facilitating the learning processUseful & copy-able

No Teaching effort needed

Value, use

Teaching Effort

Educational Services

Educational Resources

Model derived from: Mulder, F. & Janssen, B. (2013). Opening up Education, in Trend Report: Open EducationalResources 2013. Published by the Open Educational Resources Special Interest Group. pp. 36-42

Conclusions

• A MOOC is more than just contents

• Contents can be shared openly

• (support of) the Learning Experience is more difficult to license

Paradox for usability:

(inspired by David Wiley)

OER

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MOOC

NEXT STEPSLicensing

The Next Step

• Continue our mission

• Work together to deliver top class MOOCs to new language area’s

• Keep OPEN as a high standard

• Combined with offering Open Educational Resources/OpenCourseWare

Thank you

• http://ocw.tudelft.nl

• ocw@tudelft.nl

• http://open.tudelft.nl

• https://www.edx.org/school/delftx