openlearn to olnet: researching open learning
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Patrick McAndrew, Associate Director (Learning and Teaching) for the Open University's Institute of Educational Technology. Presentation from the "OpenLearn 3 Years On: Milestones & Future Outlook " event.TRANSCRIPT
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Patrick McAndrew, IET
OpenLearn to OLnet: Researching Open Learning
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Reflect
Share
Gather
Refine
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8m visitors since launch
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Enhance OU reputation Extending reach Recruitment of students
(More than 13,000) Widening participation Experiment with courses Accelerate technologies Catalyst for collaboration Research base
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Impact of Openness
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OLnet and Collective IntelligenceCollective intelligence: augmented functions that enabled by the existence of a community.
Collective intelligence emerges through the coexistence of people in the same environment.
In OLnet we aim to develop a software infrastructure that exploits the collective action and interaction of a community of users online in an “intelligent way”; that is to say: obtaining effects and reaching goals that exceed single users and community capability and intentions.
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Collating views
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Listening to others
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Testing ideas
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Getting data
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Participatory learning
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Content attracts
CC-BY-NC-SA http://www.flickr.com/photos/stansich/188953946/
If it is …• Unique• Quality• Fresh• Fast• Micro• Relevant
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Social support
Participation:• Browse/gather• Share expertise• Collaborate• Spread control
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We would like to thank:
◦ The OLnet team at The Open University and Carnegie Mellon University
◦ Our funders - The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Acknowledgements