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

2. What is an Institutional Repository?2

3. Collection of scholarly and intellectual output from an institution
(usually a university or college)
Collected and digitally accessible materials 3

4. Why is an IR important? 4

5. Provides worldwide exposure of content Digital preservation
All content of an institution in one place
Accessible (open access) 5

6. Who has an Institutional Repository?6

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12. What platforms are there for an IR?12

13. What will you find in an Institutional Repository?
Journal articles
Books & Book chapters
Theses and dissertations
Conference proceedings
Grey literature
Data sets
Learning objects
Administrative documents 13

14. 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) 14

15. DigitalCommons@USU Over 18,000 downloads
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 15

16. What will you find in DigitalCommons@USU
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 16

18. 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 18

19. Why USU chose to use bepress
Journaling software - Edikit
Selected Works sites (professional web pages)
Conference options
Reporting features
Build in reports
Google analytics 19

22. What is OpenCourseWare?

23. Lectures (video, audio) And more…
Course Materials
Syllabi
Readings
Lecture notes
Tests/quizzes
Lectures (video, audio)
And more… 23

24. Undergraduate and graduate level Available for free on the web
Worldwide
Can be full instruction, but doesn’t have to be 24

25. But OpenCourseWare…
Does not provide access to university faculty
Does not provide credit courses
Does not include materials normally protected under “fair use”

26. Why is OpenCourseWare Important?26

27. 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 27

28. 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 28

29. OpenCourseWare History
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 -
USU has third largest OCW in USA 29

30. 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) 30

34. USU OCW Start of Educommons software
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 ( now develops Educommons

35. USU OCW Timeline 2004 - USU OCW launched with 7 courses
Initially funded by the Hewlett Foundation
Utah is first to have state wide support for OCW
Funded by 1-time monies from the state legislature to create Utah OCW Alliance
Utah OCW Alliance is launched (150 courses, 7 schools)

36. 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 36

37. Starting an OpenCourseWare: A Loose Pattern
pilot OCW site
find key faculty
3-5 courses
policies & standards
internal outreach
more courses
additional resources

38. OpenCourseWare and Digital Commons
Saw a need to archive OCW
Digital is more than just research
Want to include teaching content
Other repositories archive their OCW 38

39. Why Archive OCW in the IR?
Provides yet another way to discover OCW
Provides different ways of searching OCW
Faculty name
Year
Title
Subject 39

40. Why Archive OCW in the IR?
New avenue for showcasing the instructional side of the University
Archives OCW for historical footprint (all versions) 40

42. 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 42

43. 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 43

44. Why is this important to you and Libraries?
Knowledge about OCW
Knowledge about EduCommons
Knowledge about bepress and other IR software platforms 44

45. What is our Library doing to archive and provide access to teaching materials at your institution?45

46. 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 46

47. Contact Information
Brett Shelton -
Heather Leary -
USU OCW - -
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