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Dr. Robert Farrow, The Open University
OER Impact: Towards an Evidence Base
#oerrhub / @oer_hub
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Evidence of OER Impact
Background
Rationale
Design
Implementation
Data Visualization
Future Iteration
Call for Evidence / Feedback
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Background
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About me
• Philosopher & Educational Technologist
• Based at the Institute of Educational Technology (IET) Open University UK
• Research Associate (OER Research Hub)
• http://flavors.me/philosopher1978
• Twitter @philosopher1978
About The Open University
• Europe’s largest distance learning university
• Access: foremost provider to mature, disabled and working students
• A world leader in technology-enhanced pedagogy
• Head of the FutureLearn MOOC consortium
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About the Project
• Funded by William & Flora Hewlett Foundation for two years
• Two professors lead four researchers among a team of ten
• Tasked with building the most comprehensive picture of OER impact
• Organised by a set of research hypotheses
• Working across different educational sectors
• Collaboration model
• Global reach but with a USA focus
• http://oerresearchhub.org
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Collaboration Model
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Collaboration Model
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Rationale: Why Evidence of OER Impact?
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Filtering data according to sector, hypothesis & polarity
Framework for comparing disparate evidence types
Collaborative research, analysis & dissemination
Openness in action: openly licensed research instruments, data
Effective evidence-based decision-
making and advocacy
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Keyword Hypothesis
Performance OER improve student performance/satisfaction
Openness People use OER differently from other online materials
Access OER widen participation in education
Retention OER can help at-risk learners to finish their studies
Reflection OER use leads educators to reflect on their practice
Finance OER adoption brings financial benefits for students/institutions
Indicators Informal learners use a variety of indicators when selecting OER
Support Informal learners develop their own forms of study support
Transition OER support informal learners in moving to formal study
Policy OER use encourages institutions to change their policies
Assessment Informal assessments motivate learners using OER
Research Hypotheses
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Methodological Challenges
Incommensurability Granularity
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Previous Initiatives
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UNESCO Mapping Project (2012)http://unescochair.athabascau.ca/oer-mapping-exercise
• Mapping to raise awareness of OER
• Tracking complexity, identifying major players & actions
• Community building, communication and advocacy
• Localised data with centralised quality control
OLnet Evidence Hub (2011-2012)http://ci.olnet.org/
• Explore and debate key challenges for OER movement
• Collective intelligence: raise questions, propose solutions
• Sharing relevant web resources
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OLnet Evidence Hub Data Model
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Designing a new evidence model
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DesignFiltering / navigation
Diverse, fragmentary
evidence
Encouraging contribution
Metadata specification
Mapping locations
UI / Accessibility
Polarity (+ve/-ve)
K.I.S.S.
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Information Architecture
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• Text Title• Text / HTML• Supports embedding of multimedia contentCopy• Association of evidence with hypothesisHypothesis• Evidence is either +ve/-ve in relation to a hypothesis Polarity• Geotagging / GPSLocation• School (K12) / College / HE / InformalSector• Academic citation• Hyperlink / URLCitation
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Evidence FLOW
Survey Data
Anecdotes
Case Study
Institute Metrics
Case Study
YouTube Interview
Academic Papers
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Implementation
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http://oerresearchhub.org/2013/10/04/building-an-evidence-hub-plugin-for-wordpress/ Technical Development
• Popular OS platform• Easy to customize• Over 27,000
existing plugins
Wordpress
• CSV importer• Location plugin• JSON
Customization • Project code available on GitHub
• Easy to link, share and engage
Openness
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tinyurl.com/oerimpact
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Sample Entries
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Flexible
Granular
Support comments, sharing
Citations field
Node Examples
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Visualizing the Data
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Sankey Diagrams track the flow of evidence
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Global Evidence Map
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See summaries by country with click-through to evidence
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Detailed map view
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Explore Projects
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Filter evidence (College evidence in USA)
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Summaries of evidence gathered for each hypothesis
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Future Iteration
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Explore Survey Data Policy Map Machine
curation
API Integration: SurveyMonkey,
Google, etc.
Data Visualizations
Human curation bookmarklet
Data mashups using open data
Exporting data sets under
open license
Argumentation analysis
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Call for Evidence / Feedback
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… and your data!