Abstract:

In October 2007 Delft University of Technology started with its OpenCourseWare project. In the first year a pilot phase was started. Six different MSc programs participated in the pilot phase. The pilot phase has been evaluated as very successful. As a result of the pilot phase the technical infrastructure and the organizational structure (including hands-on support) are in place (http://ocw.tudelft.nl/home/). The results of the external evaluation and specifically in the case study ‘water management’ show that the OpenCourseWare initiative is strongly acknowledged by external users. Spin-off from the project is that it leads to a higher quality of the material (external visibility). The central board of the University asked the project team to write a proposal for the next phase. The next phase of the OpenCourseWare project (1/1/2009 – 31/12/2010) was approved in December 2009.

In this presentation/paper the following aspects are discussed:
• Pilot phase (2007/2008) in general: Set-up of the pilot phase, organizational structure/workflow and results of the evaluation;
• The specific goals and deliveries of OpenCourseWare material in the field of Water Management (in which TU Delft has a strong international reputation) including the method the material is being reused by different target groups and the method it is integrated into future blended learning courses;
• The next phase (broadening the project): where do we go from here?

Keywords:

open educational resources, opencourseware tu delft, water management.