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- 1. OpenER in Practice Approach & Experiences Jannes Eshuis (Assist. Professor, Psychology, OUNL)
- 2. Primary aim Inviting (adult) people to pursue academic study Interesting content Starters level Offered material should be Attractive (presentation) Easily approachable Do people seek further education after OpenER?
- 3. Secondary aim OpenER at OUNL was small scale Disadvantage: low resources Small team (3 people / part-time) Little material (graphics / presentation) Advantage: forced to become creative & innovative Creative Commons / Open Source Learn about low cost innovation in online education
- 4. 1. Flash Courses (approach) Tight integration of interactivity (Macromedia Flash) Online experiments Automated feedback Self tests Easy navigation Popular theme (Evolutionary Psychology) Two small Flash components
- 5. 1. Flash Courses (experience) Main advantage was its attractiveness Easy exploration of subject Playful interactive experience Graphic presentation Disadvantages Design at the expense of content Flash design is very labour-expensive Attractive material but not suitable for our needs
- 6. 2. Moodle Course (approach) Existing course (new revision in Moodle) Diminish teacher workload Automated feedback Non-moderated collaborative assignments OpenER: opportunity for a pilot with a large group Server demands Evaluation of new self-tuition methods
- 7. 2. Moodle Course (experience) Hardly any complaints (approx. 4000 users) Login problems Demand for printed (printable) material Self-tuition methods Automated feedback (major improvement) Non-moderated collaboration (sparsely used) Assignments done by 11% of (OpenER) users
- 8. Conclusion Most of all, OpenER offered us freedom to innovate and opportunity to evaluate the results of this innovation. Questions? Some facts and figures…
- 9. OpenER: Who does use it? Age: avg 44 (range 15 to 82) Sex: 69% female / 31% male Education 01% primary 27% secondary 55% higher vocational 17% higher academic Looking for academic education? 68% yes 32% no
- 10. OpenER: Why do they use it? Why browse the material? 56% interest in content 32% assess material / level 12% leisure / other How intensive? 47% superficial browsing 23% superficial studying 22% studying / some assign. 08% studying / all assign.
- 11. OpenER: What do they do next? Inspired to purchase an academic course? 18% yes 82% no What course? 67% introductory course 11% other psychology 22% other subject
- 12. OpenER: Window on the future? Interested in more OpenER? 87% yes 13% no Interested in support? 30% only for free 26% willing to pay 44% not interested Interested in certification? 26% only for free 62% willing to pay 12% not interested
- 13. Thank you for your attention