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- 3. OPEN UP TO A BETTER LEARNING ECOSYSTEM KATIE BRADFORD @KATIERBRADFORD
- 4. ABOUT ME DIRECTOR, PLATFORM & PARTNERSHIPS AT INSTRUCTURE CLEMSON UNIVERSITY ALUMNI EDUCATION EXPERIENCE: ELEMENTARY TEACHING ONLINE COURSE DESIGN OPEN EVANGELIST
- 5. ON THE AGENDA... OPEN PLATFORM OPEN CONTENT (OER) OPEN TOOLS INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIES
- 11. WHAT MAKES GOOD OPEN CONTENT?
- 12. FINDABLE
- 14. CLEARLY LICENSED
- 15. FROM A TRUSTED SOURCE
- 16. EASY TO MODIFY
- 17. FREE-STANDING
- 18. FREE OF COPYRIGHT CONTENT
- 20. IMPERFECT
- 21. THE GOOD
- 22. YOU CAN’T BEAT FREE
- 24. USE WITHOUT FEAR
- 25. TRY IT BEFORE YOU BUY IT
- 27. THE BAD
- 28. TIME CONSUMING
- 30. WHERE TO START?
- 31. WHAT IS SHARED?
- 33. EXAMPLES
- 34. OER COMMONS
- 35. MERLOT
- 37. OPEN ED
- 39. “Use of OER leads to critical reflection by educators, with evidence in improvement of their practice… OER Impact Map, oermap.org
- 42. IS IT FREE?
- 44. WHAT DO YOUR PEERS SAY?
- 47. THE GOOD
- 48. BROAD ADOPTION OF LTI
- 50. AVAILABLE TO ALL
- 52. THE BAD
- 53. TOOLS AREN’T ALWAYS MAINTAINED
- 54. SOME LMSs ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS
- 55. LARGE GAPS IN CERTAIN SKILL AREAS
- 58. EXAMPLES
- 59. GOOGLE
- 60. MICROSOFT
- 62. VOCAREUM
- 64. It is becoming progressively easier for many users to get precisely what they want by designing it for themselves Eric von Hippel, Democratizing Innovation
- 67. START SMALL
- 68. FIND A CHAMPION
- 69. BE PATIENT
- 71. INVOLVE STUDENTS GIVE STUDENTS A STRONG PARTNER & GOAL INVOLVE STUDENT GOVERNMENT FOCUS GROUPS/DISCUSSIONS EDUCATION ABOUT OER
Editor's Notes
- In the Canvas world, as in a fair amount of the education world, we adhere to the standards set forth by IMS, a non-profit organization whose goal it is to define how innovation can occur in education technology through interoperability. By interoperability, I’m talking about plugging in different apps and tools so they work seamlessly within your platform. These apps work using standards like LTI, Common Cartridge, and others.
- And with over 225 different applications listed in the Eduappcenter, a centralized app repository for standards-based tools that integrate in a variety of LMS platforms, teachers, schools, and universities have tons of choice for building their ecosystems.
- What this really means for a teacher or a school or a university is that you can build your own, unique, and personally innovative learning environment by implementing a collection of technology solutions together and creating an ecosystem.
- OPEN CONTENT OVERVIEW Who here is using OER in their online courses right now?
- ACCORDING TO OPENLEARN FROM THE OPEN UNIVERSITY This info is designed to help you identify good open content, but also to help you understand how to be a mindful creator of open content. If you are interested in using open content, then I hope that means you’re also willing to share your own content! Even if you find some content and modify it to meet your needs, you can help the community by sharing your modified content. Use the following tips to understand how you can be a conscientious user and contributor to the body of OER.
- One of the biggest complaints that I hear from teachers - one of the biggest hurdles they have to overcome, and therefore don’t even bother trying - is simply finding OER. OER sits in so many different places, and there’s no simplified, streamlined process for finding the best stuff. -learning registry
- What topics are covered What standards apply (if applicable) What materials are included? Quizzes, syllabus, videos, lessons, what else?
- Don’t’ put your content in a walled garden, this goes against the core values of “open” – put it where everyone can find it and use it, like an open repository
- FROM ADAM COLEMAN OF CLARK COLLEGE
- This benefits both students and instructors Students save money buying textbooks– OpenStax 68 mill since 2012 (42 mill in 15-16 schoolyear alone) Instructors have access to course materials, quizzes, syllabi, etc
- Thousands of online courses from quality institutions MIT OCW Yale Open Courses HarvardX MERLOT OERCommons More to come later
- With the help of open licenses the course material is shared so you don’t have to contact the author to use it
- You get to see and experiment with course materials before going through a lengthy and expensive procurement process and easily pick and choose what works for you Students often don’t know what they’re getting in to when they sign up for a course – if the course is opened and shared, students can take a look at it ahead of time to know whether it’s a good fit
- Courses and materials can be reviewed by your peers and colleagues. Material can be easily updated at any time as the field changes.
- Finding the exact material that you are looking for can be time-consuming – searching the internet for the right material can take more time than it’s worth – putting together exactly the right combination of materials takes time
- Anyone can post anything they want on the internet. It’s hard to know whether the content is accurate and relevant without poring over it with a fine tooth comb. How do you know if the material has been verified? This is why it’s so important to work with repositories that you trust, and with material that has been reviewed.
- Finding a course that builds on prerequisite knowledge is difficult at best. With so many resources to choose from, it’s unlikely that you’ll be using just one course or one resource. You’ll be using multiple sources, multiple resources, and putting them together is overwhelming and difficult. The material can feel disjointed and getting over that hump can be very challenging.
- Students and instructors don’t understand what should be shared in the public domain. What content is owned by the instructor, what by the university? What am I allowed to share, and what am I allowed to use?
- “Use of OER leads to critical reflection by educators, with evidence in improvement of their practice…” OER Impact Map, oermap.org The most exciting thing about contributing to and using open content is that it has shown to increase the innovation in teaching and learning, as well as the improvement in practice.
- OVERVIEW OF OPEN TOOLS - MAINLY ENABLED THROUGH LTI
- MICROSOFT
- WIRIS
- UNPLAG
- (quote “it is becoming progressively easier for many users to get precisely what they want by designing it for themselves” Eric von Hippel, Democratizing Innovation In the end, this too can have a significant impact on productiveness by improving social welfare.
- Institutional strategies
- Showcases research to widest possible audience Enhances reputation of university and teacher Allows for peer review Incorporate remedial modules Incorporate skills modules (study skills, library skills, etc) Set up case studies as modules Use versioning to store and retrieve past versions of courses Use to curate flipped courses