Open Education

Building resources for the open community MSL4206

Vanessa Camilleri

Outline

• What is the Web? • Open Standards• Time on Task – why have standards?• The World of Open• Time on Task• Conclusion

What is the Web?

• The next Web of open, linked data – Sir Tim Berners Lee

Open Standards

Why?

Open Standards

Interoperability

Maximise access

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Open vs. Proprietary

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Implementation

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Open Standards - criteria

No intentional secrets

Availability

Patents

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Time on Task

• Why go for open standards?• What are the benefits of having open standards?• How can open standards be used? • Tweet your thoughts and reply to each others’ tweets

using #msl4206

The World of Open

The Internet: Why Open matters

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Time on Task

• Speed dating • Time to stand up! • Find a partner • Look at your blogs together – check out some posts,

discuss teaching interests and problems or queries you might be having before the start of your TP

• Each session will last 3 mins – time yourselves• As a roundup tweet the outcomes from each session using

#msl4206

Thank you Email: vanessa.camilleri@um.edu.mt

Openness: the real act of working together

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