state of the ocw consortium 2011
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Mary Lou Forward, Executive Director of the OpenCourseWare Consortium gives an update on the state of the Consortium on May 5 at the OCWC Global Meeting 2011TRANSCRIPT
Open Sharing, Global BenefitsThe OpenCourseWare Consortium
www.ocwconsortium.org
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Thank you to our conference planners:
MIT: Judith Leonard and Yvonne Ng
OCW Consortium: Meena Hwang
Tufts University: Mark Bailey, Caroline Campbell McCormick, Mary Lee, Robyn Schwab and Robbin Smith
Umass Boston: Eileen McMahon
Co-Chairs: Steve Carson and Brandon Muramatsu
Platinum Sponsor
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
a snapshot of the Consortium
Members by location
total membership = 266
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43 new members since May 2010
Board members 2010-2011
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Board members 2011-2012
Steve CarsonLarry Cooperman*Yoshimi Fukuhara*Yougsup KimIgnasi Labastida i Juan*Murilo Matos MendoncaAnka MulderPhilipp Schmidt*Joel Thierstein*Edmundo Tovar
*elected in May 2011
OCW Consortium staff members
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
highlights of Consortium work this year
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Bylaws changes approved by the membership:
1. Affiliate members => Organizational members
2. Membership requirements will be based on showing significant support for OpenCourseWare, not production of a minimum number of courses
3. Voters may vote for candidates for all open seats in Board of Directors election
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Impact & VisibilityProject ShowcaseCase Studies
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
A snapshot of our users
Please choose your age group
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Who Uses OCW: By Age
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To help understand concepts I am studying
To learn something for a specific project or task
To supplement/create teaching mterials
To update my skills or knowledge for work
For my own interest
Other
How do you use OCW materials?
Who Uses OCW: By Age
How Do People Use OCW?
advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
I want to see a listing of courses by subject, suggestions about which courses to take in which order, etc.
A meta directory of available courses
In what ways can OCW be improved?
The way in which the courses are indexed could be improved.
A nice page of all courses by subject.
Only the searching could be improved.
The problem is browsing becomes a chore and turns me away
List the courses
www.ocwconsortium.org
16-18 April 2012 Cambridge, UK
Mathematical Bridge by Christopher Chan CC-BY-NC-SA www.flickr.com/photos/chanc/1016886822/
Global Conference 2012