China Open Resources for Education
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The China Open Resources for Education (CORE) is a non-profit organization
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...

. Its mission is to promote closer interaction and open sharing of educational resources
Open educational resources
Open educational resources are digital materials that can be re-used for teaching, learning, research and more, made available for free through open licenses, which allow uses of the materials that would not be easily permitted under copyright alone...

between Chinese and international universities, which CORE envisions as the future of world education.

CORE aims to provide Chinese universities with free and easy access to global open educational resources.

CORE is a consortium of universities that began with 26 IET Educational Foundation member universities and 44 China Radio and TV Universities
China Central Radio and TV University
The Open University of China was established in Beijing in 1979. It's old name was China Central Radio and TV University , which reflects its heritage of providing a system of higher education through radio and television. The university is directly under the supervision of the Ministry of...

), with a total enrollment of 5 million students.

CORE has received approval and support for its activities from the China Ministry of Education (MOE).

CORE was established in November 2003 following an MIT OpenCourseWare
MIT OpenCourseWare
MIT OpenCourseWare is an initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to put all of the educational materials from its undergraduate- and graduate-level courses online, partly free and openly available to anyone, anywhere. MIT OpenCourseWare is a large-scale, web-based publication of...

 Conference in Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

.

CORE provides framework for Chinese-speaking universities to participate in the shared, global network of advanced courseware with MIT and other leading universities, and enhances the quality of education in China.

Mission

The mission of CORE is to:
  • Coordinate use of opencourseware from MIT and other universities within China
  • Enhance the quality of education in China
  • Offer Chinese opencourseware for sharing globally

Objectives

CORE’s objective is to build a wide network of users and content:
  • 500 to 1000 universities, educational institutions, and industrial partners
  • 10 to 20 million users
  • More than 5,000 courses, modules, or subject items
  • Free access via Internet and existing satellite networks

Strategy

  • Participation of lead universities, member universities, government, and industry
  • Self-supporting, sustainable organization and operation within five years
  • Guidance received from two boards:
    • Executive board
    • Advisory boards

Programs

  • 12 lead universities
  • Initial base of 70 member universities
  • Translation and localization of materials
  • Chinese and English Web sites within China
  • Training and seminars
  • Annual meeting (Sept 1-4, 2004 in Shanghai)
  • Project grants (1/3 funding from CORE, 1/3 from the university, and 1/3 from outside sponsors)

12 Lead universities

12 Chinese institutions take the lead in CORE
  • Shared commitment to CORE’s vision and work
  • Use of CORE OCW materials in minimum of 5 courses
  • Translation of MIT (or other) materials into Chinese (by professors)
  • 1-2 full-time staff working on CORE activities
  • Lead person (VP or dean for academic affairs) champions CORE in the university
  • Perform study of the benefits and shortcomings of Chinese course materials and international OCW materials
  • Host CORE conferences or seminars to exchange experiences with other universities

Lead Universities

  • Peking University
    Peking University
    Peking University , colloquially known in Chinese as Beida , is a major research university located in Beijing, China, and a member of the C9 League. It is the first established modern national university of China. It was founded as Imperial University of Peking in 1898 as a replacement of the...

  • Tsinghua University
    Tsinghua University
    Tsinghua University , colloquially known in Chinese as Qinghua, is a university in Beijing, China. The school is one of the nine universities of the C9 League. It was established in 1911 under the name "Tsinghua Xuetang" or "Tsinghua College" and was renamed the "Tsinghua School" one year later...

  • Beijing Jiaotong University
    Beijing Jiaotong University
    Beijing Jiaotong university is one of the oldest universities in Mainland China.-History:It is a component of Jiaotong University....

  • Dalian University of Technology
    Dalian University of Technology
    Dalian University of Technology , colloquially known in Chinese as Dagong , is located in Dalian, Liaoning, People's Republic of China and directly administered by the state Ministry of Education.-Introduction:...

  • Shanghai Jiaotong University
  • Xi'an Jiaotong University
    Xi'an Jiaotong University
    Xi'an Jiaotong University , also known as Xi'an Chiao Tung University, is a top Chinese university located in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, People's Republic of China. Xi'an Jiaotong University is located in Xi'an, the ancient capital of China...

  • Central South University
    Central South University
    Central South University is located in Changsha, a historic and cultural city in Hunan province, central south of the People's Republic of China...

  • Nanjing University
    Nanjing University
    Nanjing University , or Nanking University, is one of the oldest and most prestigious institutions of higher learning in China...

  • Sichuan University
    Sichuan University
    Sichuan University is one of the oldest national universities in China. It is ranked No. 8 among the Chinese universities according to the 2010 Academic Ranking of World Universities....

  • Harbin University
  • 2 CRTV Universities (out of 44)

Benefits

  • Start on the road to become a CORE leading university
  • Attend CORE international conferences at member rate
  • Contribute to, and benefit from, translation quality-assurance and feedback program
  • Participate on discipline and subject committees
  • Eligible to have quality course materials included, per review of discipline committee
  • Eligible to apply for grants for annual projects
  • Host CORE seminars
  • Have a presence on CORE’s Web site to introduce themselves and their work in CORE

Obligations

  • Agree with CORE’s objective and mission
  • Pay yearly 20,000 yuan membership fee
  • Show faculty and student participation/use of materials

Translation and localization

Quality of translations monitored by “discipline committees”
  • Courses
  • Industrial partner materials
  • Discipline-area or college programs

See also

  • Higher education in China
    Higher education in China
    Higher education in China is continuously growing, changing and developing. There are over 2,000 universities and colleges, with more than six million enrollments in total. China has set up a degree system, including Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral degrees that are open to foreign students...

  • OpenCourseWare in China
  • International Research And Training Centre For Rural Education

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