SLIDE 1 The Greek Open Courses Program
project.opencourses.gr
Pantelis Balaouras, Konstantinos Tsimpanis, Lazaros Merakos
Greek Academic Network | University of Athens
8-10 June 2016, Thessaloniki
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license
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THE PROGRAM AND ITS ACHIEVEMENTS
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funding
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program
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2013 2014 2015
Design:
Implementation:
- Kicked-off 4 years ago
- 15.000.000 euro
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what is about ?
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what is not about
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who can benefit and what
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achievements in numbers
http://opencourses.gr
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more awareness of Open Education
SLIDE 12 THE SUPPORT OFFERED TO THE INSTITUTIONAL PROJECTS
The Horizontal Project
SLIDE 13 support
- coordination at national level
- specifications
- guidelines & training
- technical solutions (architecture & hosting)
- software products
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specifications
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minimum specifications
SLIDE 16 guidelines & training
- “Specifications and Οpen Courses
Development Process”
– standards, development process
- texts, video and training slides, analytical
development course guide, notes and presentations
- “Developing Open Digital Courses –
Technical Issues”
– More technical issues
SLIDE 17 guidelines & training (cont.)
- “Intellectual Property and Open Courses –
Open Educational Resources”
– Creative Commons (CC) licenses, intellectual property issues, focusing on practical matters
- “Instructions for developing educational
material accessible to people with disabilities”
– LibreOffice 4.0, LaTex and MS-Office 2007, 2010, 2013.
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guidelines & training (cont.)
http://opencourses.gunet.gr
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software products
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ΤΗΕ OPENECLASS PLATFORM
SLIDE 21 Open eClass platform
- The Open eClass platform is an integrated
Course Management System.
- Open eClass has been designed to
enhance the learning process, it is distributed for free as an open-source software
- It is actively supported by GUnet since
2003.
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key features
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new functionality and tools
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user interface
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http://openeclass.org
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THE OPENDELOS PLATFORM
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Open Delos platform
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video production
cameraman
SLIDE 30 video production
HD IP camera,
e.g. 50+ IP cameras at Univ. of Athens
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HD live streamimg
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uploading & playing
Video Audio Slides Subtitles
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οnline virtual & real editing
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key features
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http://opendelos.org
SLIDE 38 an example of opendelos
live.uoa.gr & delos.uoa.gr
50+ HD IP cameras, 9000+ videos
SLIDE 39 THE NATIONAL REPOSITORY
http://opencourses.gr
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National Open Courses Search Portal
http://opencourses.gr
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search with keywords
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browsing by institute
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browsing by subject
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search results
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metadata
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the course
SLIDE 47 courses per discipline
Sciences (952) 28% Engineering and Technology (578) 17% Medicine, Health Science & Professions(226) 7% Agricultural Sciences (50) 2% Social Sciences (482) 14% Humanities & Arts (522) 15% Unspecified metadata (582) 17%
SLIDE 48 top 5 subjects
0% 2% 4% 6% 8% 10% 12% 14% 16%
Computer Science, Information Technology, Telecommunications (360 - 11%) Computer and Electronic Engineering (167 - 5%) Computer, IT, Electronic Engineering (527 - 16%) Economics and Business Administration (268 - 8%) Pedagogy (129 - 4%) Languages and Literature (124 - 4%) Philosophy, Ethics and Religion (104 - 3%)
SLIDE 49 PROFILE OF ATTENDERS
154 PARTICIPANTS IN THE QUESTIONNAIRE OF UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
SLIDE 50 students or public
52,6 47,4 Student Public
SLIDE 51 women vs mem
43,51 56,49 Men Women
SLIDE 52 age
44,81 11,04 15,58 28,57
Age
22-30 years 31-35 years 36-44 years 45 years
SLIDE 53 education level
3,9 29,22 66,88
Education
Primary Ed. Secondary Ed. University
SLIDE 54 are OC useful ?
38,96 32,47 15,58 11,04 1,95
How useful do you find OpenCourses for your professional
Very much useful Very useful Useful Poor Not useful
SLIDE 55 certification ?
38,31 17,53 18,83 12,34 12,99
Would you be interesting in getting a Certification through examinations, even if you had to pay ?
Very much interesting Very interesting Quite interesting Little interesting No interesting
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CONCLUSION
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- The Open Courses program had a strong impact
- n the Greek Academic Community
- new software platforms and infrastructure
- extensive know-how
- 3450 open courses by more than 3600 teachers
- more awareness of Open Education and OERs
- It may serve as an example for other countries
and communities.
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more information
http://project.opencourses.gr
SLIDE 59 Thank you !
p.balaouras@noc.uoa.gr