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Why participate?

last modified 2009-03-11 12:18

Help learning expand

Opportunities to study and learn bless the lives of everyone. As human beings we are endowed with the capacity to learn, improve, and progress, and educational opportunity is the primary means through which we realize this capacity. When educational materials can be electronically duplicated and transferred around the world at little cost, we have a greater ethical obligation than ever before to share these materials with those in need.

Reach more learners

  • Increase educational opportunity
  • Bring a diverse, worldwide group together
  • Provide students with supplemental learning materials
  • Show students what's in your course before they enroll
  • Recruit new students as they view your materials
  • Maintain relationships with former students
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Professors can be more

  • Increase your reputation as a leader in your field
  • Showcase excellent work to a vast group
  • Leave an academic legacy for others long after your time
  • Embrace values of innovation, collaboration, and openness
  • Help learners without impacting your schedule
  • Make your work a pillar for others to build upon
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Magnify your institution

  • Advance the institutional mission
  • Showcase outstanding courses and faculty
  • Foster collaboration and innovation among faculty
  • Accelerate adoption of digital materials in teaching
  • Be known as an academic leader worldwide
  • Offer alumni the ability to revisit materials
  • Be affiliated with leading academic institutions
  • Consolidate among main campus and off-campus sites
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Copyright 2004-2008, by COSL. Cite/attribute Resource. shelleylyn. (2006, April 19). Why participate?. Retrieved November 23, 2009, from COSL Web site: http://cosl.usu.edu/projects/start-an-ocw/ocw-overview/why_participate.html. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Creative Commons License
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