Making education more open July 2011 Andy Lane

Making Education More Open with OER,[object Object],Professor Andy Lane, Senior Fellow, SCORE ,[object Object]

The Opportunity: being open to change,[object Object],Open Educational Resources are “… digitised materials offered freely and openly for educators, students and self learners to use and reuse for teaching, learning and research. “ Giving Knowledge for Free: The Emergence of Open Educational Resources, OECD 2007,[object Object],“The most promising initiative in e-learning is the concept – and the developing reality, of open educational resources.” Sir John Daniel (OU, UNESCO, Commonwealth of Learning),[object Object],“There is no point duplicating effort to create content that is already available and has been proven to work. Institutions can build on the existing open educational resources initiative to achieve economies of scale and efficiencies. In addition they can pull in the best content and openly available learning resources from around the world and adapt them for particular courses.” On-line Learning Task Force, 2011,[object Object], Image by: mag3737, http://www.flickr.com/photos/mag3737/1914076277/,[object Object]

The meaning of open in OER? ,[object Object],Spend 5 minutes talking to the person next to you about what you believe are the answers to the following questions:,[object Object],Is it enough for resources to be openly accessible online?,[object Object],Should they also be openly licensed? ,[object Object],Do you want open resources in open formats?,[object Object],Should you use open source software to create and use OER?,[object Object]

The meaning of open in OER? (Geser, 2007),[object Object]

Open educational practices,[object Object],The Four Rs of OER and teaching and learning practices,[object Object],Reuse – Use the work verbatim, just exactly as you found it,[object Object],Rework – Alter or transform the work so that it better meets your needs,[object Object],Remix – Combine the (verbatim or altered work) with other works to better meet your needs,[object Object],Redistribute – Share the verbatim work, the reworked work, or the remixed work with others. ,[object Object],David Wiley, 2007,[object Object]

Open educational practices,[object Object],Educational materials can act as a mediating object between teachers and learners,[object Object],Educational ,[object Object],material,[object Object],Learners,[object Object],Teachers,[object Object]

The implications of OER for mediating teaching and learning opportunities,[object Object],Granularity– the size and inter-dependence of modules,[object Object],Judging the appropriate mix between:,[object Object],- Pedagogic support (built into content),[object Object],- Personal support (self reflection and guidance),[object Object],- Peer support (mutual reflection and guidance),[object Object],- Professional support (expert reflection and guidance),[object Object],The use of new social computing technologies in facilitating support and interaction,[object Object],Greater sharing of practice amongst teachers and learners ,[object Object]

Open communities as much as open content,[object Object],http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/munroes-map-for-social-networksrsquo-lost-souls-2111356.html,[object Object]

OER are what you make of them,[object Object],Spreading ‘wild’ ,[object Object],seeds,[object Object],OER can be:,[object Object],Designed explicitly for educational use,[object Object],Other content used for educational purposes,[object Object]

For individuals the greater availability and accessibility of resources has been found to help them to:,[object Object],Learn new things or enrich other studies;,[object Object],Share and discuss topics asynchronously or synchronously with other learners;,[object Object],Assess whether they wish to participate in (further) formal education; ,[object Object],Decide which institution they want to study at;,[object Object],Improve their work performance;,[object Object],Create or revise OER themselves,[object Object],But …,[object Object],They often need guidance,[object Object]

For teachers, individually and collectively, OER make it possible for them to:,[object Object],Create courses more efficiently and/or effectively, particularly using rich media resources that require advanced technical and media skills;,[object Object],Investigate the ways in which others have taught their subject;,[object Object],Create resources or courses in collaboration with others rather than doing it all themselves;,[object Object],Join in communities of practice which help improve their teaching practices as they reflect on the community use of new open tools and technologies;,[object Object],Customise and adapt resources by translating or localising them;,[object Object],But …,[object Object],They must remember that technology only supports not supplants good teaching.,[object Object]

For governments and national agencies OER offer scope to:,[object Object],Showcase their country’s educational systems;,[object Object],Attract international students (to higher education at least);,[object Object],Help drive changes in educational practices;,[object Object],Develop educational resources in ‘minority’ languages that commercial publishers are reluctant to do so;,[object Object],Develop educational resources that reflect local cultures and priorities;,[object Object],Cooperate internationally on common resources to meet common needs;,[object Object],But …,[object Object],They need to provide seed funding and supportive policies.,[object Object]

Stages in open educational resources development in institutions,[object Object],Legal: release of copyright through creative commons,[object Object],Practical: provide access to content,[object Object],Technical: develop an environment for open access,[object Object],Pedagogic: understand the designs that work,[object Object],Economic: devise a model for sustainable operation,[object Object],Transformative: change ways of working and learning,[object Object]

So why make educational resources open?,[object Object],A growing momentum behind OER worldwide and emergence of creative commons licences,[object Object],Consistent with the OU’s commitment to social justice and widening participation ,[object Object],Helps build markets and reputation,[object Object],Bridges the divide between formal and informal learning,[object Object],A test bed for new e-learning developments and an opportunity to research and evaluate them,[object Object],A way of drawing in materials from other organisations,[object Object],Provides the basis for world-wide collaborations,[object Object]

OpenLearn is …,[object Object],An institution-wide programme;,[object Object],A sub-brand for OU’s open educational media,[object Object],Making some of the OU’s educational materials freely available in a web-based open learning environment;,[object Object],Seeking to advance open educational practices by:,[object Object],Deploying leading-edge learning management tools for learner support;,[object Object],Encouraging the creation of non-formal collaborative learning communities; ,[object Object],Encouraging other institutions to reuse and rework the content;,[object Object],Enhancing international research-based knowledge about modern pedagogies for higher education.,[object Object]

OpenLearn’s website architecture,[object Object],Information and short form content,[object Object],External sites,[object Object],YouTubeEDU,[object Object],iTunesU,[object Object],Facebook,[object Object],Long form content for learners Long form content for educators,[object Object],Researcher network,[object Object]

Making education more open July 2011 Andy Lane

Bridging informal and formal learning,[object Object],[object Object]

Designing for open learning,[object Object],Volunteer students,[object Object],Use exercises and submit work,[object Object],Custom portfolios for skills development,[object Object],Whole courses with pay-as-you-go, on-demand accreditation ,[object Object],Social learners,[object Object],Extending learning into social networks,[object Object],Store and reveal the actions of learners,[object Object],Self certification using data on user interaction,[object Object]

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