Newcomer Breakfast

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Open Sharing, Global Benefits
Terri BaysOCWC Program Manager Tom
CaswelleduCommons Project Manager Meena
HwangDirector, KOCW Clay WhipkeyOCWC Technical
Director
Newcomer Breakfast April 23, 2007
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• Context
• Collaboration
• Community
• Questions

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Context What is OCW?

• 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).

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Context What is OCW?

• OCW is not a distance-learning initiative there
  are no degrees granted, no student/faculty
  interactions and no transcripts.
• But OCW can complement a distance-learning
  initiative, taking content from and directing
  learners toward an existing e-learning
  curriculum.
• OCW has much to learn from e-learning methodology
• The Meta-University discussion centers around the
  potential for credit-bearing OCW courses in the
  future.

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Context What is OCW?

• OCW is a collection of high-quality learning
  materials presented in the form of courses.

Open Content
Open Educational Resources
OCW
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Context What is OCW?

• OCW materials are there for the taking (and for
  transformation).
• Reuse use the work verbatim, just exactly as you
  found it
• Rework alter or transform the work so that it
  better meets your needs
• Remix combine the (verbatim or altered) work
  with other works to better meet your needs
• Redistribute share the verbatim work, the
  reworked work, or the remixed work with others

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FREE ? OPEN ? LIBRE
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• Context
• Collaboration
• Community
• Questions

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Collaboration What is the OCWC?

• Universities working together to advance
  education and empower people worldwide through
  opencourseware
• Shared Tools
• Shared Models
• Shared Commitment

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Collaboration What is the OCWC?

• Shared Tools Tom Caswell

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Collaboration What is the OCWC?

• Shared ModelsContinuity of Experience within an
  Environment of Change.
• Collaborative Tools Clay Whipkey
• Toolkit and Evaluation Workgroups

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Collaboration What is the OCWC?

• Shared Commitment
• Governance Process
• Board of Directors
• Standing Committees

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• Context
• Collaboration
• Community
• Questions

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CommunityWhat are we doing here?

• Networking
• Reflection
• Moral Support
• Regional Consortiums

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• Context
• Collaboration
• Community
• Questions

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