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The Turkish experience on OER
movement: Barriers and Enablers
Assoc.Prof. Kursat Cagiltay
Turkish OCW Consortium, Board Member
Middle East Technical University, Ankara Turkey
[email protected]
http://www.metu.edu.tr/~kursat
Why OER for Turkey?
• Lack of digital resources in Turkish language
(HEC report, 2005)
• Young population (25.5 %--0-15 age)
• New universities
– Last 5-6 years number of universities
doubled
– Faculty member \Students;
• State : 74 Student
• Private : 49 Student
Turkish OCW/OER Movement is
Led by
• Individual Universities. eg. Middle East
Technical University (METU)
• Turkish Academy of Sciences
– Turkish OCW Consortium
Top 100 MIT OCW visitors
(MIT OCW: 2005 Program Evaluation Findings Report)
34 - metu.edu.tr
METU OCW
• Opened on
April 16th,
2008
• 82 courses
from 25
departments
published by
35 faculty
members
• Videos
• Books
Visitors are from Everywhere
5 Nov 2010 to 6 May 2011: 42,968 visits shown above
Top 15 Visiting Countries
1. Turkey
2. United States
3. United Kingdom
4. India
5. Germany
6. Canada
7. Australia
8. Iran, Islamic Republic of
9. Indonesia
10.Malaysia
11.Mexico
12.China
13.Netherlands
14.Korea
15.France
Mirror in China, CORE
OCW Award
OCW Award
Other Turkish Universities
Other Turkish Universities
Turkish OCW Consortium
Turkish OCW Consortium
• Established in May 2007 by Turkish
Academy of Sciences (TUBA)
• Initially 45 universities
• Now, 61 universities are members
Consortium member
universities
Turkish OCW Consortium
• Voluntary term: 10 courses were asked
from universities to join the consortium –
Only 2 universities did it. (2007-2009)
• Funded term: In 2009, Funding requested
from the government.
– ~$2M for two years, ~$10K per course
– Translated and original courses
– Last year, Basic sciences (Math, Chemistry,
Physics, Biology) (21 Translations + 11 Orig.)
– This year, Social Sciences
Member of OCW Consortium
Collaboration with MIT
Turkish Academicians concerns
about OER/OCW
• A study with 1218 academicians
• Copright is the most rated barrier
• Instructors want their materials to remain
unchanged when they are reused
– Or they want to be informed
• lack of institutional policies and incentives
• Technology does not seem a barrier
Turkish Academicians’ concerns
about OER/OCW
• Academicians have a consensus on
possible benefits of freely publishing
course materials
– experienced instructors’ expertise
– İncreasing Turkish resources
– contribution to universities where educational
resources are scarce
• Instructors have a positive reaction to
sharing their courses
Future
• Still OCW/OER not much known by many
Turkish academicians
• We asked another grant (~$12M) for 3
more years: 750 courses
• More course materials, simulations and
smart courses
• Legal issues, e.g. Creative Commons
• The target is 2023 open courses in the
year of 2023 (100th anniversary of Turkish
Republic)
Questions and Comments