1. Department of Instructional Technology & Media
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2. Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences
Agenda
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OER and impact on teaching
and learning
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Challenges of OER
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Status quo in German-speaking
countries
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Delphi-Method
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Delphi-Study
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Participants
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Results
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Discussion
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3. Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences
Open Educational Resources
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Free access to open content;
provided free of charge
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Content is liberally licensed
for re-use in educational
activities; free from
restrictions to modify,
combine and repurpose
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For educational
systems/tools software is
used for which the source
code is available
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Currently Second Generation
of Projects such as “Open
Educational Resources in
Higher Education (OER HE)” with29.01.15 Department of
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4. Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences
Team-based development of OER in Higher Education
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How can other teams be
pursuaded to utilize OER?
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Connecting factor: How to
create a win-win-situation?
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Approach:
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Literature review
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Semi-structured qualatative
interviews
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Questionnaires
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Model that identifies success
factors
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Inspires future teams

5. Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences
Organisation
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Partner networks:
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Humanities: OUNL, OUUK,
FernUniversität in Hagen
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MedNet:
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Associcate networks:
SwitchCollection
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Regular meetings and
workshops

6. Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences
Challenges of OER
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Little awareness of the idea
of OER in Germany (Zauchner
et al., 2008)
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Little reputation of adopting
OER for teachers (Angster &
Uphoff, 2009)
However, these are rather
assumptions which are not
based upon empirical data
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On the other side, there are
surveys (OECD: Giving
knowledge for free, 2007)
that revealed different
challenges
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However, the focus was on the29.01.15 Department of
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7. Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences
Delphi-Method
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Aims at developing
a consensus among
a group of
experts
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Essential element
is anonymity of
participants when
giving opinions
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The Delphi can
then alleviates
problems
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Appropriate for
research areas
that are not quite
investigated29.01.15 Department of
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Michelangelo's rendering of the Delphic Sibyl
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphic_Sibyl)
The theatre, seen from above
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi)

8. Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences
Delphi-Study
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Criteria for selecting experts
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Documented experiences with
OER (traceable)
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Worked with OER practically
and/or scientifically
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Different backgrounds (e.g.
sociology, computer science)
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Panel of 12 Experts from
German-speaking countries
with an average experiences
of ten years with E-Learning
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Two rounds:
(1) Qualitative interviews
discussing six theses on OER
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9. Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences
Results
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Definition and perception of
OER is elaborated and
differentiates between
distinct aspects
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OER is perceived as a buzz-
word; however it has not yet
been incorporated into Higher
Education (Paradox)
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Hurdl
e
Example N
Cultu
ral
Academic teaching not based
on sharing; “Not invented
here”; strong focus on
research at the expanse of
teaching
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OER-
specifi
c
Low degree of awareness;
missing initiatives (as
opposed to Open Access);
too little OER materials
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10. Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences
Results (III): Visions of OER
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Visions are tricky: Future of
OER is judged as
unforeseeable
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OER will simmer at the same
(low) level
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There will be more OER
available
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Utility of OER will emerge
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There might be a commitment
of institutions to publish
their materials as OER (e.g.
Federal Centre for Political
Education)
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11. Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences
Results IV: Conclusion
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OER-movement is not declining
but there will be no area-wide
presence
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“There’s still a lot to be
done”: we are now in the phase
of detail work
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OER can support active
communication and
participation in the digital
society (prevent Digital Divide)
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The general public and Higher
Education can greatly benefit
from OER
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12. Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences
Discussion
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Elaborated conception of OER
shared by the experts
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Hurdles and challenges have
been emphasized early during
the interviews
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Specific academic culture in
German-speaking countries
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Some promising strategies
have been identified
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Experts attach great
importance to OER
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It is our own responsibility
how the future of OER will
look like…
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13. Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences
Future steps
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Expand the panel
(international experts)
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Stakeholder workshop in
Leuven February 2011:
Showcases and disucssion
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Identify potential
participants at OpenEd
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Establish OER-Network

14. Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences
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