Presentation at OER Workshop Athens University, Alabama

1. Classroom
to the
World of
OER:
Benefits,
Challenges and
Practical
Approaches
Dr. Stefanie Panke
Instructional Analyst
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill
Social Media Coordinator
Association for the Advancement
of Computing in Education
(AACE)

2. A World of Learning at Your Fingertips
Leveraging OER
productively:
Not easy
Not obvious
Not effortless
You need:
Personal ‘Reduce, Reuse,
Recycle’ Approach
Seamless Learning Strategies for
Students

3. Goals
Create
shared
experien
ces that
foster
Generate
short-term
practical
takeaway
plan
conversatio
ns

4. What’s on Your Plate Right Now?
Please take 5 minutes to
reflect:
o What are you currently
teaching that is particularly
challenging?
o Are there specific
instructional problems you
want to address?
o Are there materials you
would like to provide, but do
(How) can OER help?
Dream big!

5. OER Goal
o Start your OER journey
with a clear goal.
o How much time can
you devote to pursuing
this goal in the coming
week?
o Who can help you?

6. OER Sources Handout
https://panke.web.unc.edu/oer/

7. Open Educational Resources Barriers
• Too much content
• Not enough content
• Wrong scope Not specific enough, or too specific
• Cultural barriers, e.g., religious providers
• No quality indicators / material is dated
• Material cannot be (easily) modified
• Design, writing style, etc. is different
• Students need separate account
• Access is time-bound (MOOCs)

8. What would you think about this
researcher?
Oh, I did not include a
literature review.…
Too many journals
Redundant articles
Different methodologies
Takes too much time
Need to get on with my
own research!

9. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Reduce the time you spend on repetitive topics and tasks
oSelect your OER quest strategically (What are you telling over and
over? Which topics are very basic?)
oDevote more time on assignments and feedback, less on lecture
content
Reuse material purposefully to activate students
oUse OER in assignments
oUse Augmented Reality and QR codes to bridge your material and
other sources
oAsks students to repurpose OER: rewrite, redesign, transfer to
different medium
Recycle outstanding student material and ideas to
demonstrate excellence

10. Example
Goal: Point students to a podcast
that covers introductory material
they can listen to during their
commute to class
Barriers:
o OER search results are text
based: blog post / textbook
chapter / wiki page
o Materials overlap / do not form
a coherent picture
o Some parts are too advanced

11. What if Students Take Over?
Solution: Shift the purpose from
content provision to assignment.
Students repurpose OER and
create the podcast themselves
Use LMS, wiki page or sign-up
genius to organize groups for
creating scripts and recording
episodes.
Over time: Curate best work in
podcast library

12. What if you find the perfect fit? OER
Textbook Opportunities
Open is more than free – you can
use this creatively.
o Advance Organizer
o Questions
o Examples
o Study Strategy
o Mnemonic Aids
o Section Edit
o Visuals
https://openstax.org/

13. Table Challenge: Create 5 Assignment
Ideas with OER
Spend 5 minutes and talk
to your seat neighbors:
Can your table come up with
5 different assignment ideas
or classroom activities in
your subject areas that
reuse or repurpose OER?

14. Table Challenge: Create Assignment
Ideas with OER
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

15. How Prepared Are Your Students for
Open Online Learning?
o Low awareness of OER /
MOOCs (or personal
benefits)
o Low persistence due to
lack of connection to
formal curriculum
o Difficulties in
distinguishing high-quality
sources from less
credible information
online.

16. Why Is This Important?

17. Why Is This Important? – Lifelong
Learning

18. OECD Adult Skills Survey 2013
The New York Times
MSNBC News
CNS News
CNN
http://www.oecd.org/skills/piaac/

19. Change the Mindset
Learning
for
School
Learning
in
School
Acquiring
Competenci
es
Informal
learning

20. Ideas for Engaging Students in OER:
Mindmap
Draw a
mindmap of
your personal
learning
learning
environment.
Where do
open learning
materials fit
in?
https://cmap.ihmc.us/

21. Ideas for Engaging Students in OER:
Augmented Reality
Create an
informal
learning
parkour using
augmented
reality.
Work in teams
and test your
learning with a
quiz.
https://www.aurasma.com/

22. Ideas for Engaging Students in OER:
Wikipedia
o Creating a new
entry
o Making
suggestions for
improvement on
the talk page
o Adding
references
o Adding
infographics or
other images
o Editing a
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

23. A World of Learning at Your Fingertips
Reflect Your Own
Learning Habits and
Habitats:
What was your last
successful (or failed)
example of an informal
learning experience?
What made you
succeed (fail)?

24. Learning How To Learn MOOC
https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn

25. Learning Strategies Handouts, University
of Hawaii
https://maui.hawaii.edu/tlc/home/learning-resources/learning-strategies-
handouts/

26. Effective Learning Strategies Handouts
http://www.learningscientists.org/downloadable-materials

27. Cognition and Motivation Podcast
(University of Oklahoma)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/course/cognition-and-
motivation/id1027138185

28. Table Challenge: 5 Ideas for Learning
Strategies
Spend 5 minutes and talk
to your seat neighbors:
Can your table come up with
5 different assignment ideas
or classroom activities that
reuse or repurpose OER to
promote learning strategies?

29. Table Challenge: Create Ideas for
Learning Strategies
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3.
4.
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30. Summary
It takes time.
It’s worth the time (most times).
Define a goal or problem to address.
Open is more than free.
Be flexible and creative.
Engage students as co-creators.
Teach students how to learn.
Thank you.