Session 4 for Education E-107, Open Education Practice and Potential, Spring 2011 (Harvard University Extension) taught by M.S. Vijay Kumar and Brandon Muramatsu.

1. EDUC E-107
Spring 2011
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Cite as: Kumar, V. & Muramatsu, B. (2011). Open Education: Practice and Potential.
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2.  Administrivia
◦ Discussion forums and participation, News
 Continue exploring Open Education,
Courses and the Curriculum
◦ Summary from David Wiley’s session
◦ Guest Speakers: DeLaina Tonks, OHSU and Joel
Thierstein, Connexions
 Discussion of Assignment 3+4
 Next Week: Steve Carson
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3.  The non-rivalrous nature of open resources
◦ Use by others does not diminish your/original value
 Community co-construction
◦ Cathedral and the Bazaar ( Eric Raymond)
◦ Agency
◦ Implications for quality?
 Disaggregation of the educational value chain
◦ Content/resource creation
◦ Delivering the experience
◦ Credentialing
 Analytics: Data and design for Open
◦ Continuous Improvement
◦ Adaptive
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4.  How are they going?
 Guidelines and suggestions…
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5. Source: Educause Learning Initiative. (2011). Educating in the Open: Philosophies, Innovations, and Stories. Retrieved on February 15, 2011 from
http://educause.mediasite.com/mediasite/Catalog/catalogs/ELI2011AnnualMeeting.aspx
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7.  What are the value propositions, advantages and
challenges with open for courses and the
curriculum…from the perspectives of
administrators, educators and learners?
 How does what they say, address those issues that
you care about?
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8. Director, Open High School of Utah
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9. Associate Provost, Rice University
Executive Director, Connexions
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11.  Assignment 3+4 Due
◦ What are the value propositions, advantages and
challenges with open for courses and the
curriculum…from the perspectives of
administrators, educators and learners?
◦ See the Assignments page for more details
 Steve Carson, MIT OpenCourseWare is our
guest speaker in-class
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