Open Course:

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Open Course Teacher helping Teacher
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What is Open Course?

• Open Course Open Content
• Community

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The e-Learning Ecosystem
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The Open Course Community
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The Open Course Paradigm

• Teachers helping teachers
• Sharing and cross-pollination
• Content is free
• Content can be modified and improved

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Open Courses Advantages

• Content is adaptable to local needs.
• Global collaboration provides mentoring.
• Sharing collaboration reflect cultural values.
• Sharing is a 2-way street, not just another
  Western cultural export.

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Some Content can be a Cultural Mismatch
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OpenCourse.org provides aPlatform for
Collaboration

• Funded by National Science Foundation
• Collaboration services for content developers
• Free Web hosting for open course collaborations
• Tools for joint work at a distance
• From concept to collaboration in lt20 minutes
• Open to users since 5/2004.

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OpenCourse.org Architecture
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Let's Get Started
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Thank You!

• contact
• Dr. Robert Stephenson
• Assoc. Prof., Biol. Sciences, Wayne State Univ.
• rstephe_at_sun.science.wayne.edu
• Chief Architect, Harvey Project
• harveyproject.org
• Principal Investigator, OpenCourse.org
• opencourse.org

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Presentation is at http//opencourse.org/Collabora
tories/occollab/files/opencourse.ppt