Open Teaching in a Digital Age‘Openness’ as the default

action of the academic?

Create LicenseRemix Share

Prepared by:

Michael Paskevicius & Michelle Willmers, Steve Stapleton, Sunnie Kim

Nick Pearce, Elaine Tan

The Notion of Academia

• Education is a social service • Education should be about the greater good • Academic is the creator of learning materials

and tools • Internet is changing research and teaching

practice

Sharing doesn’t cost anything anymore

• The internet is creating new channels for collaboration and feedback

• Learning materials are social objects

• Sharing builds networks• Sharing transforms practice• Reach and impact is extended

Do you share a little or share a lot?

Nick Pearce – Open Scholar

Open educational resources (OER) are educational materials (usually but not always digital) that are offered freely and openly for anyone to use and under some type of license to re-mix, improve and redistribute.

Why OER

Improves access to learning opportunities Save time, cut costs Alternative to the rising cost of education Contributions to a pool of learning resources can circumvent

barriers to access and improve education as a social good

New way of teaching and learning that is more collaborative and participatory Move from content creation to content co-creation Become part of a growing community

Materials can be adapted and localized to fit the specific audience need

Case Study Embedding OER

Licensing

Questions to Ponder over Licensing

• Did I create this material?• Whose work did I include in my material? • Who do I want to share with?

Plus those famous Creative Commons questions!

• Do you allow commercial uses of your work?

• Do you allow modifications of your work?

Questions for Reflection

• In what aspects of your academic life are you not open? Why?

• What are the obstacles to using or creating open resources?

• What might it take to convince you to be part of the open community?

Scavenger Hunt…Look at some of the repositories

What do you think of the quality of material?

How can you integrate this into your course?

Do you have any that you would want to contribute?

What may you gain if you contribute?

http://tinyurl.com/ELSC-OER

http://www.slideshare.net/MSUglobal/intro-to-oer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umcShiCs12o

http://www.slideshare.net/mpaskevi/open-teaching-in-a-digital-age

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