Transcript Beyond Research: OpenCourseWare in the Institutional Repository Heather Leary, Dr. Brett Shelton, Marion Jensen Utah State University.

Beyond Research:
OpenCourseWare in the
Institutional Repository
Heather Leary, Dr. Brett Shelton, Marion Jensen
Utah State University
What is an Institutional Repository?
• Collection of scholarly and intellectual
output from an institution
(usually a university or college)
• Collected and digitally accessible
materials
Why is an IR important?
• Provides worldwide exposure of content
• Digital preservation
• All content of an institution in one place
• Accessible (open access)
Who has an Institutional Repository?
http://uspace.utah.edu/
http://lib.byu.edu/sites/scholarsarchive/
http://digitalcommons.usu.edu
http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/
http://dspace.mit.edu/
What platforms are there for an IR?
What will you find in an
Institutional Repository?
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Journal articles
Books & Book chapters
Theses and dissertations
Conference proceedings
Grey literature
Data sets
Learning objects
Administrative documents
How does USU view an IR?
• (Try to) refer to it as DigitalCommons@USU
• Scholarship includes more than research:
teaching materials
• More than USU faculty & staff output, digital
hub for materials (discipline specific
repository)
DigitalCommons@USU
• Launched early November 2008
• Powered by The Berkeley Electronic Press
• Includes over 3,800 items
• Over 18,000 downloads
• With downloads from over 100 countries
What will you find in
DigitalCommons@USU
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Articles
Books
Book chapters
OpenCourseWare
Images
Research reports
Presentations
Videos
Journals
Author web pages
• Government documents
• Subject specific
bibliographies
• Graduate theses &
dissertations
• Undergraduate honors
theses
• K12 teacher PD
curriculum
• Conference proceedings
http://digitalcommons.usu.edu
Why USU chose to use bepress
• Hosted
– They do all the technical work so we can focus on
content
• Support and willingness to listen to their
customers for software additions
• Visibility through all
sites and
Why USU chose to use bepress
• Journaling software - Edikit
• Selected Works sites (professional web pages)
• Conference options
• Reporting features
– Build in reports
– Google analytics
What is OpenCourseWare?
• Course Materials
• Syllabi
• Readings
• Lecture notes
• Tests/quizzes
• Lectures (video, audio)
• And more…
• Undergraduate and graduate level
• Available for free on the web
• Worldwide
• Can be full instruction, but doesn’t have
to be
But OpenCourseWare…
• Does not provide access to university
faculty
• Does not provide credit courses
• Does not include materials normally
protected under “fair use”
Why is OpenCourseWare Important?
• Increases educational opportunities
• Serves the public
• Leading in fundamental changes
utilizing the Web for education
• Parallel venture with IR & Digital
Library, but for course
content/teaching
• Allow students to see course content
before signing up for classes
• Provide students open access to course
content Increase faculty reputation
• Leave an academic legacy for others
• Make faculty work a pillar for others to
build on
OpenCourseWare History
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Started at MIT in 2001
Today over 300 institutions have OCWs
Over 9,000 courses
More schools each year start OCWs at
their institution
• Worldwide http://www.ocwconsortium.org/
• USU has third largest OCW in USA
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OpenCourseWare History
CORE (China)
Johns Hopkins
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ParisTech
Tufts University
Universia (Spanish/Portuguese)
University of Notre Dame
Utah State University
And many more (see ocwconsortium.org)
http://ocw.usu.edu
USU OCW
• USU OCW seen steady growth since it’s launch
– 270 visitors per day (October 2006) to 1800 visitors per
day (today)
– Over 3 million unique visitors to the site
• It has seen some press
– Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, US News
and World Report, Chronicle of Higher Education, USA
Today
• Start of Educommons software
– enPraxis (http://enpraxis.net/) now develops
Educommons
USU OCW Timeline
• 2004 - USU OCW launched with 7 courses
• Initially funded by the Hewlett Foundation
• 2006 - Utah is first to have state wide support for
OCW
• Funded by 1-time monies from the state
legislature to create Utah OCW Alliance
• 2007 - Utah OCW Alliance is launched (150
courses, 7 schools)
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USU OCW Timeline
• 2007 - USU passes 50 courses
• Today we have 80 courses in 20 depts. - With long
term goal to support all USU courses
• Third most visited site on usu.edu domain
Starting an OpenCourseWare:
A Loose Pattern
pilot
OCW site
find key
faculty
3-5
courses
policies &
standards
additional
resources
internal
outreach
more
courses
OpenCourseWare and Digital Commons
• Saw a need to archive OCW
• Digital Commons@USU is more than just
research
– Want to include teaching content
• Other repositories archive their OCW
Why Archive OCW in the IR?
• Provides yet another way to discover OCW
• Provides different ways of searching OCW
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Faculty name
Year
Title
Subject
Why Archive OCW in the IR?
• New avenue for showcasing the instructional
side of the University
• Archives OCW for historical footprint (all
versions)
Integration Steps: OCW to DC
• Fall 2008
– Began talks with the Center for Open and Sustainable
Learning (COSL) at USU
– Uploaded metadata with link to USU OCW
• Spring 2009
– Moved link to metadata and uploaded a zipped folder of
the course
• Ideal situation
– View the course online within the Digital Commons
– Also provide a downloadable version of the course
Next steps with Integration
• Waiting for EduCommons upgrade for better
output of the courses
• Working with bepress to provide online viewing of
the courses
– They have been wonderful to work with on talks and plans
on how to best provide for OCW in the Digital Commons
– As said earlier, they listen to what their customers need
Why is this important to you and Libraries?
• Knowledge about OCW
• Knowledge about EduCommons
• Knowledge about bepress and other IR
software platforms
What is our Library doing to archive and
provide access to teaching materials at
your institution?
Action Points
• Libraries play an important role in open
education (allies for OCW)
• Does your library or institution have an IR
and/or Institutional Repository? Find out!
– Archive your OCW in your IR
– Begin collaboration work to start an OCW
– Spread the news about open access for scholarly
research and educational content
Contact Information
• Brett Shelton - [email protected]
• Heather Leary - [email protected]
• USU OCW - http://ocw.usu.edu
• DC@USU - http://digitalcommons.usu.edu
• DC@USU Facebook - http://tiny.cc/SX9lq