Open Sharing, Global Benefits (Making Your Case with your Higher Administration)

1. Open Sharing, Global Benefits (Making Your Case with your Higher Administration) September 15, 2008 Presenter—Your University Open Sharing, Global Benefits

2. The OCW Story • Connecting with Your Institution’s Mission • Connecting with Your Institution’s Goals • Addressing Cost-Effectiveness Issues • Outlining Next Steps Open Sharing, Global Benefits

3. The OCW Story—How it StartedTwo Questions: Open Sharing, Global Benefits

4. The OCW Story—How it StartedTwo Questions: • How is the internet going to change education? Open Sharing, Global Benefits

5. The OCW Story—How it StartedTwo Questions: • How is the internet going to change education? • What is MIT going to do about it? Open Sharing, Global Benefits

6. The OCW Story—How it StartedThe Report Open Sharing, Global Benefits

7. The OCW Story—How it StartedThe Report • No Business Model Open Sharing, Global Benefits

8. The OCW Story—How it StartedThe Report • No Business Model • Mission Model: “to advance knowledge in ways that will best serve the nation and the world” Open Sharing, Global Benefits

9. The OCW Story—How it StartedSupporting The Vision “OCW expresses MIT's goal of advancing education around the world through a global community in which knowledge and ideas are shared openly for the benefit of all.” — Susan Hockfield, President of MIT Open Sharing, Global Benefits

10. The OCW Story—The OCW Consortium • 200+ institutions • ~100 live OCW sites • ~6,000 courses http: ocwconsortium.org

11. What is OpenCourseWare? An Opencourseware (OCW) is a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners throughout the world. • OCW is not a distance-learning initiative: there are no degrees granted, no student/faculty interactions and no transcripts. • OCW is a collection of high-quality learning materials presented in the form of courses. • OCW materials are there for the taking and for transformation. Open Sharing, Global Benefits

12. Universities working together to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. OCW is composed of… • But OCW does not: • Provide access to faculty • Grant credit, a certificate, or a degree. Syllabi Readings Lecture notes Tests/quizzes Lectures (video, audio) etc… It can be fully instructional, but does not need to be. Open Sharing, Global Benefits

13. Telling the Story • Connecting with Your Institution’s Mission • Connecting with Your Institution’s Goals • Addressing Cost-Effectiveness Issues • Outlining Next Steps Open Sharing, Global Benefits

14. An OCW site will help us serve that mission by increasing the reach and effectiveness of name one or more mission-oriented activities. Your Institution was founded with a Mission to—Insert your mission statement here Open Sharing, Global Benefits

15. Telling the Story • Connecting with Your University’s Mission • Connecting with Your University’s Goals • Addressing Cost-Effectiveness Issues • Outlining Next Steps Open Sharing, Global Benefits

16. A 2005 Poll showed that 50% of incoming MIT students were aware of MIT OCW. 35% of those students based their choice of MIT at least in part on their experience of MIT OCW By mid-October of their first year, 95% of those students had visited the OCW site. Connecting with Your University’s Goals—Recruitment Open Sharing, Global Benefits

17. Builds a prior academic relationship with bright, motivated students, their families, their teachers and their advisors Showcases key departments, faculty and courses Connecting with Your University’s Goals—Recruitment Open Sharing, Global Benefits

18. An OCW site can showcase areas of excellence in our university, such as name specific programs. Heightened awareness of these programs not only will attract talented students and faculty to our school but also will increase the visibility of our faculty within their disciplines. Connecting with Your University’s Goals—Reputation Open Sharing, Global Benefits

19. An OCW site provides students with the potential for self-paced review of study materials before, during and after taking a course. Such review greatly increases a student’s chances of success in both that course and subsequent courses which build upon its teachings. Connecting with Your University’s Goals—Retention Open Sharing, Global Benefits

20. The ability to view OCW materials prior to enrollment allows students to make more informed choices about which courses and majors are right for them. Likewise, advisors will be able to base their recommendations on concrete information about courses, their requirements and their benefits. Connecting with Your University’s Goals—Advising Open Sharing, Global Benefits

21. Telling the Story • Connecting with Your Institution’s Mission • Connecting with Your Institution’s Goals • Addressing Cost-Effectiveness Issues • Outlining Next Steps Open Sharing, Global Benefits

22. Our project will make use of pre-existing resources, such as. . . Our project will share resources with other OCW projects, such as. . . Our project will engage the campus community in tasks such as. . . Cost-Effectiveness—Controlling Costs Open Sharing, Global Benefits

23. OCW involvement will improve on-campus or distance learning in these ways. OCW involvement will augment or assist attempts to address campus issues or outreach efforts in these ways. OCW publication will fulfill faculty obligations to promulgate the findings of grant-funded research in these ways. Cost-Effectiveness—Increasing Benefits Open Sharing, Global Benefits

24. Telling the Story • Connecting with Your Institution’s Mission • Connecting with Your Institution’s Goals • Addressing Cost-Effectiveness Issues • Outlining Next Steps Open Sharing, Global Benefits

25. Next Steps—Assembling a Team:Work Flow? Open Sharing, Global Benefits

26. Our Chosen Work Flow Reflects These Considerations: Size and Structure of Our Institution Our Institutional Culture The Flow of OCW Support Our Existing E-learning Resources Our Financial Resources Our Financial Sustainability Our Project Goals Next Steps—Assembling a Team Open Sharing, Global Benefits

27. Cost-Benefit Models Reduce costs Increase benefits Third-Party Funding Models Foundations, Government Sponsorships Donations Endowment Value-Added Models Fees for goods and services Membership Next Steps—Sustainability Models Open Sharing, Global Benefits

28. Thank You! Visit The OpenCourseWare Consortium portal at http://www.ocwconsortium.org Contact the Consortium at: feedback@ocwconsortium.org Open Sharing, Global Benefits