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I love the concept of open source, free information and open course material. I know some "gut feeling" and "sounds reasonable" -arguments, but to convince academic staff, I need numerical facts and success stories.
I want to learn both factual arguments and good rhetorics to promote opencourseware concept in both our university and in Finland. This is my personal learning plan to get better in selling the concept of opencourseware. It is part of my participating on the P2PU course DIY U: Getting Started With Self Learning.
I have already invited to some occasions to give speech on OpenCourseWare. I have to prepare well and remember to write down the arguments I present, people's reactions and counterarguments.
By practicing well, I can convince people better.
Have you found a place / occasion yet? I know that for myself - having a date is the only way to actually prepare slides and get ready. Happy to look at the argument you are planning to make and circulate to friends. I'm on the board of the OpenCourseWare consortium, and we have staff that helps institutions with these presentations.
Yes, I have! I have talked in the management meeting, to the staff in a seminar workshop, and in person to one manager.
And the response was positive, great! (Actually, the only concern was how the costs are distributed among the university :-). I will summarize my experiences later, when I have time to write.
