November 26, 2006

Unlocking Knowledge, Empowering MindsShigeru Miyagawa

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The Big Idea - OCW defined

Open Content

Open Educational Resources

OpenCourseWare

Open Content - any kind of creative work that explicitly allows the copying of the information.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wikiOpen_content 10/6/2006)

Open Educational Resources - digitized materials offered freely and openly to use and re-use for teaching, learning and research.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/_Openeducational_resources 10/6/2006)

OpenCourseWare - A free and open digital publication of high-quality educational materials, organized as courses.

(http://ocwconsortium.org/about/ 10/6/2006)

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“OpenCourseWare expresses our belief in the way education can be advanced — by constantly widening access to information and by inspiring others to participate.”

— Charles M. Vest,President Emeritus of MIT

The Big Idea - Vision

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Total Traffic to MIT OCW Content

Making a Difference - Access

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Traffic by Geographic Region (in Web hits, since 10/1/03)

RegionVisits Since

10/1/03Visits

% North America 6,644,869 42.7East Asia 3,158,423 20.3Western Europe 2,275,224 14.6South Asia 1,008,898 6.5Latin America 749,811 4.8Eastern Europe and Central Asia

735,002 4.7

MENA 608,619 3.9Pacific 214,704 1.4Sub-Sah. Africa 152,228 1.0TOTAL VISITS 15,547,778

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Making a Difference – Benefits for MIT

› Institute-level benefits

Advances MIT’s institutional mission

Enhances MIT’s image around the world

Generates community pride (alumni)

Stimulates collaboration among faculty

›Department-level benefits

Showcases individual departments and their curricula

Enhances faculty and student recruitment efforts

Accelerates adoption of the Web

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Making a Difference – MIT Faculty Use

›74 percent of MIT’s faculty are now participating in MIT OCW

›40% of faculty using MIT OCW report that the site is a helpful tool in revising/updating courses

›38% of faculty use the site for advising students

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Making a Difference – MIT Student Use

›More than 300,000 visits fromMIT.EDU since 11/1/03

›35% of Fall 2005 freshmenaware of OCW prior toattending MIT say the sitewas a significant influenceon their school choice

›71% of all MIT studentsuse OCW in theirresearch and studies

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MIT.EDU Visits

“OCW was one of the main reasons why I decided to come here and not another university--it provided a good understanding of what I was going to get ... that's the reason why I ended [up] here, and not in Stanford or Columbia.” (MIT Graduate Student)

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Making a Difference – Challenges/barriers

›Faculty participation (currently 80% participating)

›Third-party intellectual property

›Technology

›Sustainability

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Thank You!

http://ocw.mit.edu

http://www.ocwconsortium.org

amarguli@mit.edu