OER projects operated by the Open University of the Netherlands

(UNESCO Chair on OER)

Andrew Barton

Open Educational Resources

26 September 2011

OPEDUCA

Operated by RCE Rhine-Meuse AAAA-learning (anywhere, anytime, anyone, any

device) Cooperation between youth, parents, schools,

businesses, social institutions, municipalities, etc Regional partnership – all activities ‘close to home’,

realistic, practical & results driven Focus: development of future oriented learning

process centred around schools & other learning orgs

OpenER (OUNL)

First Dutch experiment in OER offering short ‘taster’ courses (25 hours) for free from 2006

Part of strategy to promote participation Dutch only (foreign language a barrier) Courses designed to: give good indication of

main subject areas; show how entertaining learning can be; be attractive to OU students

OpenER characteristics

Flexible, open, time independent, easily accessible

Investment in time & effort, not in $ Technology = simple & inexpensive to use Breeds familiarity with HE without stress Compatible with strategic objective of

promoting maximum participation in education

Possible future scenarios for OUNL

Participation through temptation Spin-off – unforeseen target groups (and $) Niche – Spinoza Award laureates create a ‘Hall

of Fame’ for top Dutch scientists New markets – Networked Open Polytechnic OER expert – OUNL as OER spokesperson &

champion in the Netherlands Full OER – conversion of all educational

programs & learning materials to OER

OpenU

OUNL website providing LLL programmes and facilities

Contains information, communities & courses (Dutch only) in Informatics and Learning Sciences & Technologies

Other disciplines to follow

OUNL as UNESCO Chair on OER

Community website targets global network of OUs and other institutions involved in projects, policy development and implementation strategies on OER

WikiWijs

First national national strategic OER program worldwide

Aimed at developing OER materials from primary school level up to university

Teachers can develop own educational resources, store and share with colleagues

Combines open educational resources with ’closed’ resources (no free access)

Dutch only

Intended effects of WikiWijs

Teaching quality - availability and user-friendliness of open educational resources an important precondition to using IT to improve quality. Enhances collaboration

Improving efficiency – time & cost Improving services – can be used to

structure teaching more flexibly and individually to improve learning quality, but they must be sufficient and correct resources

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