TU DELFT OPENCOURSEWARE: FROM REPOSITORY TO COMMUNITY

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 very positively evaluated. As a result of the pilot phase the technical infrastructure and the organizational structure (including hands-on support) are in place. 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. This paper will discuss the pilot phase including the evaluation and the setup of the second phase. Specific attention will be paid to ‘Water Management’.