The purpose of this presentation is to describe the progress and current state of the Open Educational Resources movement as it faces the last crucial and important step, from OpenCourseWare to Open Degrees.

1. OPEN CONTENT, OPEN
COURSES, OPEN DEGREES?
UCEA 94 th ANNUAL CONFERENCE
BOSTON, MA
APRIL 1 – 4, 2009
BY
GARY W. MATKIN
DEAN, CONTINUING EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE

2. The Sense Making Hierarchy
OPEN Knowledge
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Degrees/Curriculum
OPEN
A
K
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Combine
N OCW
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Courses
OPEN
S
E
Instructional
N Design
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Learning Objects
OPEN
OPEN Content

3. Related OPEN Movements
 Open Source
 Open Content
 Open Educational Resources
 Open Textbooks
 Open Degrees
 Open Knowledge

4. Creative Commons Licenses Explode
Past 130 Million!
Millions

5. Search Engines
 Those that crawl the Internet looking for CC licensed
materials
 Google Advanced Search
 http://www.google.com.au/advanced_search
 Those that search for descriptions of OCW content or RSS
feeds
 OCW Consortium (OCWC) and Course Finder
 http://www.ocwconsortium.org/
 Creative Commons search
 http://search.creativecommons.org/
 OERCommons
 http://www.oercommons.org/

6. Collections and Repositories
 Wikipedia http://www.wikipedia.org/
 Wikiversity http://wikiversity.org/
 Connexions (Rice University) http://cnx.org/
 MERLOT http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm
 Knowledge Hub http://khub.itesm.mx/
 Flicker CC http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
 UNESCO http://portal.unesco.org/
 Internet Archive http://www.archive.org/index.php
 I Tunes http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
 You Tube http://www.youtube.com/

7. University Websites with Large Collections
 MIT http://ocw.mit.edu/
 Open University http://www.open.ac.uk/
 United Nations University http://www.unu.edu/
 UC Irvine http://ocw.uci.edu/

8. MIT AND OCW

9. http://ocw.mit.edu

10. Unlocking Knowledge
Project Phases
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Year
Courses 50 500 950 1,300 1,550 1,800
1,800
Pilot Ramp Up Enhancement
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11. Empowering Minds
Visits to OCW and Translations
Web Traffic to OCW and OCW Translations since 2003
2,250,000
2,000,000 SBU
Chulalongkorn
1,750,000
CORE
1,500,000 OOPS
Universia
1,250,000
OCW
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12. Empowering Minds
Traffic by Region
18.1%
41.8%
21.0%
8.4%
4.9%
1.4%
Visits Since Visits
Region
4.4%
10/1/03 %
North America 19,586,175 41.8
East Asia/Pacific 9,818,810 21.0
Europe/Central
8,470,908 18.1
Asia
South Asia 3,917,728 8.4
MENA 2,297,341 4.9
Latin America/
2,076,902 4.4
Caribbean
Sub-Sah. Africa 661,193 1.4
TOTAL VISITS 46,829,057
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13. Empowering Minds
Traffic by Region
18.1%
41.8%
21.0%
8.4%
4.9%
1.4%
Visits Since Visits
Region
4.4%
10/1/03 %
North America 19,586,175 41.8
East Asia/Pacific 9,818,810 21.0
Europe/Central
8,470,908 18.1
Asia
South Asia 3,917,728 8.4
MENA 2,297,341 4.9
Latin America/
2,076,902 4.4
Caribbean
Sub-Sah. Africa 661,193 1.4 Mirror sites — Approx. 209 around the globe
TOTAL VISITS 46,829,057
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14. Empowering Minds
Traffic by Country – Feb 09
Country Visits
Country Visits
11 France 17,301
United States 537,249
1
12 Turkey 15,823
India 112,261
2
13 Italy 12,130
China 95,417
3
14 Japan 11,703
South Korea 59,246
4
15 Australia 11,369
Canada 39,063
5
16 Spain 10,896
United Kingdom 35,506
6
17 Egypt 10,079
Iran 29,685
7
18 Mexico 9,764
Brazil 24,341
8
19 Singapore 9,045
Germany 21,851
9
10 Pakistan 17,755 20 Romania 9,040
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15. Empowering Minds
Visitors by Role
Other
5%
Educators
15%
Self learners
50%
Students
30%
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17. FORMATION OF THE OCWC

19. Afghanistan Korea, Republic Of Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Venezuela
Kabul Polytechnic University Handong Global University Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona Universidad Central de Venezuela
Australia Inha University Universitat de Girona Universidad de Los Andes
University of Southern Queensland Korea University Universitat de Valncia Universidad Fermn Toro
Austria Kyung Hee Cyber University Universitat Jaume I Universidad Metropolitana
Klagenfurt University Kyung Hee University Universitat Oberta de Catalunya Universidad Montevila
Brazil Pukyong National University Universitat Rovira i Virgili Universidad Nacional Experimental del Tchira
Fundação Getulio Vargas - FGV Online Pusan University University of Deusto Universidad Rafael Belloso Chacin
Uniso- Universidade de Sorocaba Seoul National University of Technology UPV/EHU Viet Nam
Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora Lebanon Switzerland EduNet Vietnam
Canada Global University University of Lausanne
Athabasca University Mexico Taiwan
Capilano University Tecnologico de Monterrey Aletheia University Matou Campus Affiliate Organizations
Chile Universidad de Monterre Chang Jung Christian University California Psychological Association
Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Netherlands Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology Center for Open and Sustainable Learning
Universidad de Chile Open University Netherlands Diwan University Chia Nan University of Pharmacy & Science
China TU Delft National Cheng Kung University Chulalongkorn University
China Open Resources for Education Peru National Chengchi University Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
Colombia Universidad Nacional de Ingenier National Chiao Tung University Connexions
Universidad de Manizales Puerto Rico National Tsing Hua University Creative Commons
Universidad Icesi Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico Tainan National University of The Arts enPraxis
Universidad Nacional de Colombia University of Puerto Rico Taipei Medical University European Association of Distance Teaching Universities (EADTU)
Dominican Republic Russian Federation Thailand Fahamu - Networks for Social Justice
Las Americas Institute of Technology Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities Thailand Cyber University FinalsClub.org
France Saudi Arabia Turkey GEM4
Grenoble Ecole de Management Alfaisal University Middle East Technical University HETS
Paris Tech King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals Turkish OpenCourseWare Consortium iBerry
Iran, Islamic Republic Of Saudi Aramco United Kingdom Institute for Electronic Governance
Baha'i Institute for Higher Education South Africa Mathematical Institute, Oxford University Intelligent Television
International University of Iran University of the Western Cape Peoples-uni.org Korea Education & Research Information Service
Israel Spain The Open University MERLOT - Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and
The Open University of Israel IE University The University of Nottingham Online Teaching
Japan OpenCourseWare Universia United States Monterey Institute for Technology and Education
Doshisha University Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Arizona State University National Institute of Multimedia Education
Hokkaido University Universidad Cadiz College of Eastern Utah Novell, Inc.
Japan OCW Consortium Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Dixie State College of Utah OCW Translations Inc.
Kagawa Nutrition University Universidad de Alicante Johns Hopkins OER Africa
Kansai University Universidad de Cantabria Kaplan Higher Education OOPS
Keio University Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha Massachusetts Institute of Technology Open Courseware Iran
Kyoto Seika University Universidad de Granada Michigan State University Open High School of Utah
Kyoto University Universidad de Huelva Open Institute of Law, Int. Open Learning Exchange
Kyushu University Universidad de Malaga Tufts University Scribd
Meiji University Universidad de Murcia UC Berkeley Vietnam Education Foundation
Nagoya University Universidad de Navarra University of Alaska Fairbanks Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training (MOET)
Osaka University Universidad de Oviedo University of California, Irvine
Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Universidad de Salamanca University of Massachusetts Boston
Ritsumeikan University Universidad de Sevilla University of Michigan
Tokyo Institute of Technology Universidad de Valladolid University of Notre Dame
United Nations University Universidad de Zaragoza University of Utah
University of Tokyo Universidad Extremadura University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire
University of Tsukuba Universidad Internacional de Andaluca Utah State University
Waseda University Universidad Nacional de Educacion Utah Valley State College
UNIVERSIDAD POLITCNICA DE CARTAGENA Weber State University
http: ocwconsortium.org
Universidad Politecnica de Valencia Western Governors University
Universidad Politecnica Madrid Wheelock College

20. OCWC — U.S. Member Institutions
 Arizona State University  University of California, Irvine
 College of Eastern Utah  University of Massachusetts Boston
 Dixie State College of Utah  University of Michigan
 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School  University of Notre Dame
of Public Health  University of Utah
 Kaplan Higher Education  University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire
 Massachusetts Institute of  Utah State University
Technology
 Utah Valley State College
 Michigan State University
 Weber State University
 Open Institute of Law, Int.
 Western Governors University
 Tufts University
 Wheelock College
 University of California, Berkeley
 University of Alaska Fairbanks

24. 45 Universities on iTunes University
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28. THE OPEN DEGREE MOVEMENT

29. Factors Driving the Open Degree Movement
 To make the entire sum of human
knowledge available to everyone, anywhere,
at any time — for free!

30. Factors Driving the Open Degree Movement
 What is the world going to do with the estimated
one billion people in developing countries who
want and can benefit from higher education?
What will happen if they can’t get it?

31. Barriers to Open Degrees
 Content and courseware are a small part of total
cost
 Degrees require construction of a social context
 Award of credit is difficult
 Degree awarding authority must be identified
 The coherent/context problem across
international and cultural boundaries

32. WHY SHOULD YOUR INSTITUTION
JOIN AND SUPPORT THE OER
MOVEMENT?

33. The OCW Institutional Value Proposition
To meet the university’s desire to play a significant role in
1.
the contribution to the social welfare of the world
To showcase the university’s top instructional efforts and
2.
make course materials free on a global scale to educators,
students, and self-learners
Provide high quality, high visibility examples to the
3.
public, prospective students, and parents
To create a repository where faculty and researchers can
4.
have their work seen by the world
To provide potential funding agencies with attractive and
5.
useful opportunities for disseminating research results

34. The OCW Institutional Value Proposition
Attract independent funding for public service projects
6.
7. Attract traffic to the institution’s OCW site
8. To provide a vehicle for training incumbent staff and
faculty
9. To more fully and legitimately take advantage of material
produced elsewhere
10. Provide entree to a world wide community of dedicated
educators

35. How Can
Your
Institution
Become
Involved ?
Join the OCW
Consortium
Click on “How to Join” at
http://www.ocwconsortium.org/

36. Gary W. Matkin, Ph.D.
Dean, Continuing Education
University of California, Irvine
http://unex.uci.edu/garymatkin/
http://ocw.uci.edu/