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Terese Bird: Sharing Practice with ITunes U Digital Educational Resources (SPIDER)

Gabi Witthaus: Testing the OER university Concept: a National Study (TOUCANS)

iTunes U and the OERu:Two Different Ways to Reach the World

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Introduction

Testing the OER university Concept:a National Study

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwarby/7188563020/

www.le.ac.uk/toucans

Sharing Practice with iTunes UDigital EducationalResourcesPhoto courtesy of dmroblero on Flickr

Two projects: TOUCANS and SPIDER

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100 million adults can’t afford university (UNESCO)

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iTunes U: free learning since 2007

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Downloads as of June 2012

University Downloads

Open University, UK Over 50 million since June 2008

University of Oxford Over 18 million since June 2008

Coventry University 2.5 million in 2010 alone

University of Warwick 1 million from Jan ‘09 – June ‘10

Cranfield University 5000 in the first 10 days

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Users: ‘addicted’ ‘love’ ‘obsessed’

5.5%

17.8% 13.7%

9.6% 20.5% 27.4% 4.1%

1.4%

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International reach

3 June 2008 – 2 January 2012

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iTunes U v YouTubeYouTube iTunes U

Ease to publish Easy Not so easy

Ease to grab Easy-ish Easy

Ease to adapt Not so easy Not so easy

CC Catered but hidden Catered but hidden (?)

Formats Video Audio, video, pdf, ebook

Academic quality Mixed, diluted Very Good

Internet connection Required at the time Not required at the time

Software Any browser Free iTunes software

Time limit 10 – 15 minutes* None

Restrictions Banned in China, others

None

Restrictions in UK Schools don’t like Some unis don’t like

Mobile-ready Smartphones, tablets All including non-smart iPods, best on Apple

Ads Irritating ads No ads

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Conclusions from iTunes U cases• Individual ways of implementing iTunes U based on

university’s strengths, academic emphases, organisational structure

• ‘BBC quality’ is great but not necessary• Capacity-building• Audio-only is good• Marketing is key

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Further research• Ebooks, iBooks, courses, and openness – there is a way!• iTunes U for learning in UK universities• iTunes U in other countries

• Accessibility • Leap-frogging

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What is the OERu?

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http://wikieducator.org/File:OER-University-concept.png

The OER university concept

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http://wikieducator.org/Oeru

OERu Anchor Partners

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TOUCANS Data Collection• Interviews with OERu network partner members (14)• Interviews with UK HEI thought leaders (11)• Survey among UK HEIs (42 respondents)

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Response theme (1)

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Response theme (2)

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Key concerns (UK respondents)

• Student support (volunteers are not seen as the answer)• Online learning seen as second best• Quality and QAA requirements• Assessment & credibility• True cost• Credit transfer difficulty• Perceived devaluation of qualifications

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Mass Models of OER Conclusions•Compromise•Even small efforts can be successful

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• Patrick McAndrew, Alejandro Armellini, Wayne Mackintosh and Angela Murphy for their support in the TOUCANS project.

• Melissa Highton, Peter Robinson, Andy Beggan, Steve Stapleton, Andrew Law, Ben Hawkridge, and Catherine Chambers for their help with the SPIDER project.

With many thanks to…