free content + open tools + mass collaboration = learning for all
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Free Content + Open Tools + Mass Collaboration =
Learning for All
The Need
• Everyone has the right to education.
• Learners everywhere need access to better tools for learning.
equity · integration · differentiating instruction · learner focusaccess · 21st Century literacies · critical thinking · collaboration
The OER Movement
• Open Educational Resources are:– Digital – Free and open (free ≠ open)– Shareable and optimally customizable– Tools, content, and implementation
strategies– For teachers, students, and lifelong
learners
Mass Collaboration
Mass collaboration has resulted in the creation of
– the most widely-used web server software– the most consulted encyclopedia– sequencing of the human genome
What could it do for education?
Legal Basics
• Recommendation for education:CC BY SA
• Attribution (BY)• No derivative (ND)• Non-commercial (NC)• Copyleft/Share Alike (SA)
What’s Available
• Tools
• Content
Tools
• Wikis, blogs, and course– MediaWiki– WordPress
• Karen's OpenEd blog• Karen's podcast
– Moodle• Demo class• Open Source software class
• Productivity tools – OpenOffice– GIMP– Audacity– CamStudio
• More– SourceForge– SchoolForge
Content – General Multimedia• Music and sound
– ccMixter– MusOpen– Wikimedia Commons music
• Photos and video– Wikimedia Commons– The Open Photo Project– Flickr
• Encyclopedias and more– Wikipedia for Schools– Open ebooks
Content – Educational• Wikibooks
– Wikijunior and The Human Body
• Curriki– Force and Motion
• WikiEducator– Elementary Biology
• OER Commons• Free-Reading
– Phonological Awareness
• Learn NC– A Comprehensive Study of North Carolina
Indian Tribes
• MIT OpenCourseware– New Media Literacies
• Many other universities
How You Can Contribute• Post photos to Flickr with an open
license• If you see a mistake in Wikipedia, FIX
IT! • Add something to a topic you know
about in Wikipedia• Create a new article in Wikipedia,
Wikitravel, or another wiki
• License your content (web site, lesson plans, photos, PPTs, etc.) with a CC license
• Contribute to Wikibooks, Curriki, or other OER repositories
• Tell your friends about OER
