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The Future of Delft OpenCourseware
How to build a sustainable environment forOpen Educational Resources
Delft University of Technology started publishing some of hercourse materials online from September 2007 in a projectcalled Delft Open Courseware (OCW). This report discussesthe future of this project, describes important issues thatshould be addressed in order to become sustainable, andends with an advice on how this can be done.
Thieme Hennis14-Apr-08
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The picture on the cover page, called
“Network Solution”
is created by Russian artist Dmitry G. Pavlov and stumbledupon by me, Thieme Hennis, on DeviantArt.com.A network solution can be sexy.
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Preface
A number of years ago, I was studying in Barcelona, with plenty of time to contemplate about myposition in the world, my future, my interests, my happiness, without any constraints imposed on me bymy environment. It was during this time that I started thinking about the future of education, and gotinspired by projects such as MIT Open Courseware
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, the $100 dollar laptop
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, and Wikipedia
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.Back in Delft, I decided to change the course of my studies in order to be able to focus more oneducation and technology. This report treats the subject of educational resources that are freely availableto anyone on the internet, an engaging and very relevant topic. It is not just another interesting domainto research, but also very rewarding because of the ability to contribute something positive.Clearly, I have a number of people to thank. First of all, my supervisor, Professor Wim Veen, not just forsharing his knowledge and ideas with me, but most of all for inspiring me. Ellen Sjoer was the perfectperson to assist me next to Professor Veen, because where he left me inspired, but a little dreamingabout long-term implications, she put my feet on the ground. Her guidance and insightful comments havehelped me enormously. Next to Ellen, I was enthusiastically assisted by two more persons of my faculty, Jaco Appelman and Jolien Ubacht. Other people who, actively or passively, have played a role in theresearch are Edzart Hoyng, David Wiley and other persons from the Intro to Open Education course(Fall 2007), the people I have interviewed for this research, and finally, my parents, for their support inmany ways.Thieme Hennis, 14 April 2008http://hennis.nl
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