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The Turkish experience on OER movement: Barriers and Enablers
Assoc.Prof. Kursat CagiltayTurkish OCW Consortium, Board Member
Middle East Technical University, Ankara Turkey
[email protected]://www.metu.edu.tr/~kursat
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Why OER for Turkey?
• Lack of digital resources in Turkish language (HEC report, 2005)
• Young population (25.5 %--0-15 age)• New universities
–Last 5-6 years number of universities doubled
–Faculty member \Students;• State : 74 Student • Private : 49 Student
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Turkish OCW/OER Movement is Led by
• Individual Universities. eg. Middle East Technical University (METU)
• Turkish Academy of Sciences – Turkish OCW Consortium
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Top 100 MIT OCW visitors(MIT OCW: 2005 Program Evaluation Findings Report)
34 - metu.edu.tr
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METU OCW• Opened on
April 16th, 2008
• 82 courses from 25 departments published by 35 faculty members
• Videos• Books
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Visitors are from Everywhere
5 Nov 2010 to 6 May 2011: 42,968 visits shown above
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Top 15 Visiting Countries1. Turkey2. United States3. United Kingdom4. India5. Germany6. Canada7. Australia8. Iran, Islamic Republic of9. Indonesia10.Malaysia11.Mexico12.China13.Netherlands14.Korea15.France
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Mirror in China, CORE
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OCW Award
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OCW Award
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Other Turkish Universities
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Other Turkish Universities
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Turkish OCW Consortium
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Turkish OCW Consortium
• Established in May 2007 by Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA)
• Initially 45 universities
• Now, 61 universities are members
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Consortium member universities
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Turkish OCW Consortium• Voluntary term: 10 courses were asked from
universities to join the consortium – Only 2 universities did it. (2007-2009)
• Funded term: In 2009, Funding requested from the government.– ~$2M for two years, ~$10K per course– Translated and original courses– Last year, Basic sciences (Math, Chemistry,
Physics, Biology) (21 Translations + 11 Orig.) – This year, Social Sciences
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Member of OCW Consortium
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Collaboration with MIT
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Turkish Academicians concerns about OER/OCW
• A study with 1218 academicians
• Copright is the most rated barrier
• Instructors want their materials to remain unchanged when they are reused– Or they want to be informed
• lack of institutional policies and incentives
• Technology does not seem a barrier
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Turkish Academicians’ concerns about OER/OCW
• Academicians have a consensus on possible benefits of freely publishing course materials– experienced instructors’ expertise– İncreasing Turkish resources– contribution to universities where educational
resources are scarce
• Instructors have a positive reaction to sharing their courses
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Future• Still OCW/OER not much known by many
Turkish academicians• We asked another grant (~$12M) for 3 more
years: 750 courses• More course materials, simulations and smart
courses• Legal issues, e.g. Creative Commons• The target is 2023 open courses in the year of
2023 (100th anniversary of Turkish Republic)
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