alevizou, p: engaging with open education
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Engaging in Open Education: Key Issues
by Panagiota Alevizou
Researcher @ OLnet
Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University
WikiSym '10, July 7-9, 2010, Gdańsk, Poland
p.alevizou@open.ac.uk
http://iet.open.ac.uk/people/p.alevizou
access to resources
sharing
engagement in learning
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/bartelomeus/4184705426/
OLnet aims to explore ways to learn in a more
open world, linked to OER
and influenced by social media
Derivative, cc-by: @ karen kropper: http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/2978
transitional OER definitions
From resources…
The open provision of educational resources, enabled by ICTs, for consultation, use and adaptation and for non-commercial purposes (UNESCO, 2002)
Public domainFree accessRe-purposing?
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OER: transitional definitions
To communities & practices …
key tenet of open education is that education can be improved by making educational assets visible and accessible and by harnessing the collective wisdom of a community of practice and reflection” (Iiyosh and Kumar, 2008: 10)
Connection Transparency Improvement
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Concept: http://www.flickr.com/photos/will-lion/2645808133/
Quote: http://trendwatching.com/trends/2007top5.htm
Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/max_westby/8723398/
Repurposed from Karen Cropper @ http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/2978
Expanded from Marguliers’ (2005) conceptual mapping of OERs ( see also OECD, 2007, Conole and Weller, 2008)
Implementation bodiesinter-governmental organisations, consortia, translation bodies, policy and funding institutions
Motivation, collaboration & context in diverse OER communities
CarnegieFoundationUnesco
More info: http://olnet.org/node/103
Motivational Aspects Institutional
Educators
self- and social- learners
Experimental pedagogies
Teaching & Learning 2.0
De-schooling society?
Motivational Aspects
Changing Mindsets
‘OERs can be mediators for changing the mentality of an old educational system that was top down and authoritative’
Knowledge exchange & student engagement
‘Connect scholars and practitioners within a bounded discipline or professional community’
‘ Cultural bias is addressed when different type(s) of knowledge are exchanged transparently in the platform’
Motivational aspects
Dialogue on pedagogical wrappers
‘We can form these network-improvement communities so that they can help teachers in their practice, and generate evidence of what works…’
Teaching & learning innovations
Exposure, Reflection, Reputation
‘Teachers tells us that they improve their practices and enjoy notoriety by publishing openly’
Collaborative pedagogies & engagement in peer learning
‘Ad hoc learning groups meeting their learning goals’
use inscriptions in
OER
Engagement
Prod-useRemix
Audience in OER
Social learners
Prod-users
Tensions Awareness & granularity
IP jurisdictions
Public engagement and policy
Learning Design
Re-usability paradox
Sustainability
Educators
confidence
Communities
Accreditation
Quality
Mentorship
Volunteerism
Participatory expertise and literacies
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/jauladeardilla/4754096963/
OER the dictionary of our time?
…the platform to share a common language and build knowledge. We need to look at the political implications of the choices we make around OER development: the content, the learning the innovation trajectories, the communities …
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http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/2884
Panel questions
How do you establish the effectiveness of these resources?
What is the impact?
And how do you measure it?
What about user / student /learner agency?
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