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Tips for introducing active learning activities using OER and sharing your own content, shared by Jason Rhode @jrhode during Northern Illinois University's Teaching Effectiveness Institute, January 10, 2014TRANSCRIPT
Open Educational Resources
Tips for Introducing Active Learning Activities Using OER and Sharing Your Own Content
Spring 2014 Teaching Effectiveness InstituteBeyond the Textbook: Using Open Educational ResourcesJanuary 10, 2014
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How are students already using OER?
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Photo credit: ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2013, https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1302/ERS1302.pdf
2013 Educause Study of Undergraduate Students
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71% of students have used OERs in past year
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For every 10 students…
Source: ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2013, https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1302/ERS1302.pdf
Student Quote
“Sometimes taking notes and listening to a lecture [by] the same person can be like bashing yourself over the head with a textbook if it doesn’t make sense. But it’s nice to listen to other styles of teaching like Khan Academy. It gives a valuable perspective.”
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Study Recommendations
“Students recommend that their instructors use freely available course content, we found that most identified, at least vaguely, ways that they imagined bringing free course content into their studies: as learning aids, as supplemental information sources, and as providers of different perspectives on topics.” Te
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Source: ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2013, https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1302/ERS1302.pdf
Students Seeking Out OER
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Khan Academy
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khanacademy.org
Stats Available on Progress
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MIT Open Courseware
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ocw.mit.edu
MOOCs (example: EdX)
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edx.org
Open Textbooks
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Tips for Introducing Active Learning Activities in Your
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Keep Your Course Objectives in Mind
•What is it students should be able to do by the end of your course?•What performance gaps or patterns do
you recognize among your students?•What activities or resources will better
help them develop necessary skills, knowledge, or attitudes?
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What’s Working?
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Identify activities and resources you currently use to create key learning moments
Keep Your Eyes Open
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Look for activities or resources that might further enhance the learning experience
Be Explicit
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Provide clear guidelines and expectations for students on assigned resources and activities
Show Relevance of Resources to Learning Outcomes
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Help students realize why resources and activities assigned aren’t “busy work”
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Keep Accessibility in Mind
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Whenever possible select resources and activities that all students can access
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Provide Options and Alternatives When Possible
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If multiple resources or activities are available, let students choose from among several options
Let Students Contribute
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Consider incorporating activities where student-generated content can be a resource for future classes
Sharing Your Content with a Wider Community
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How Widely You Want to Share?
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Choose the level of access you’d like to grant other users and how envision your resources will be shared
Share within NIU
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The Blackboard Content Collection can be used to share resources with other NIU faculty
Blackboard xpLor
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Coming soon will be the ability to share easily with faculty from other institutions who also use Blackboard
Post Your Resources Online
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Upload your resource to a publicly-available online site and apply the desired creative commons license
External Repositories
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Consider submitting a resource you’ve created with one of the many creative commons repositories
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What additional questions do you have or comments would you like to share? Tweet presenter @jrhode