W-12 Current Status and Future Challenges of OpenCourseWare in Korea

Abstract

The sharing of university course materials by means of OpenCourseWare (OCW) is becoming an increasingly popular movement. Many universities, research institutes, and non-profit organizations in the world have been sharing their learning materials, tools, resources, and methods of implementation by making them available though free access. In this study, we analyze the current status of OCW movement in Korea and review Korea University's OCW and KERIS, the Korea Education and research Information Service's OCW activities in detail. And the past, presence and future of the Korea University OCW with the contents, copyright and access statistics are described. It also presents future issue on collaboration among domestic and international OCW groups and suggests plans for further development and how to proceed in the future.