OER made by CommunityConnecting Practices in Open Online Projects

2016/04/16 Open Education Global | Conference 2016

Prof. Friederike Siller und Matthias Andrasch, TH KölnJöran Muuß-Merholz, Transferstelle für OER

Course

@joeranEN

1. About the Media Literacy Lab2. About two courses 3. Some findings4. Some questions5. What‘s next?

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THE MEDIA LITERACY LAB (MLAB)About us – welcome to the

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pProject-oriented

Problem-basedProduction

Publishing

Participant-Driven

P2P

Public

Partners

MOOCs

enrolmentfreeplatformlicensingpedagogicspublictransparencyop

en

not (yet)

glob

al?

TWO COURSES About our projects

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Good Apps for Children

#mlab14 – Exploring the

World of Making and DIY

#mlab13 – Good Apps for

Children

Course | Phases

G+/G+-Community/G+-HangoutDoodleEmail

Prezi;Open Educational Resources; Communication Tools

EtherpadGoogle Docs

WikiPodcast

Social Media (Facebook, Twitter) Websites,Print,Offline Meetings

Introduction

Input: Materials, Tools, Criteria Discussion

Feedback by Coaches, Merging results

App ReviewChoice, Testing, Review, Publication, Peer-Review

Transfer:Spreading,Marketing, Publications

Course | Products

CriteriaCatalogue

Wiki„Gute-Apps-fuer-

Kinder.de“

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Course #1

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Results | Criteria Catalogue

Overview Criteria Criterion „Usability“

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Results | Wiki

App-Review „Sound Touch“ App-Review with Podcast

#mlab14 – Exploring the

World of Making and DIY

Choose where you‘d like to work!Su

ppor

t Spa

ceCollector Space

Maker Space

Reflector Space

Finding, Collecting and describing sites and practices (with Guides)

Trying out and documenting practices (with Coaches)

Getting input and discussion (with Experts)

Some Exhibits from Makergallery.de

Results | makergallery.de

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Some Exhibits from Makergallery.de

Results | makergallery.de

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FINDINGSEvaluation

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EVALUATION #MLAB13 (n=182)

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Participants Profession

keine Antwort

Student/in an einer Hochschule

Lehrer/in

Medienpädagoge/in

Lehrende/r an einer Hochschule

Interessierte/r Dritte/r und zwar

n=182

77(42,31%)

14(7,69%)

39(21,43%)

35(19,23%)

11(6,94%)

6(3,30%)

No answer

Student (University)

Teacher

University teacher

Practitioner

Third parties

Participation

I attended the whole course I left somewhere in between i never planed to actively take part

I subscribed at a later point of time

not finished0

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40

60

80

100

120

107

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Participation

other work load too high to much visibility course wasn't fun0

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Reasons for Drop-Out

Evaluation

• Lack of time (11)

• Private reasons (6)

• Course-related reasons (6)

I didn‘t have the time to work in a group…

It‘s too hard to organize

a group that never meets in

person

Progress to fast

Reasons for dropping out… (n=23)

Evaluation

Twitter nutzenproduce Podcast

Use facebook groupsUse Skype

Use Etherpad Doodle

Use Google Drive Take part in an Hangout

Work with Wiki Collaborate online

Use a google+ community

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 n=187

Individual outcome (apart from group-work outcome):

Evaluation in a Nutshell

• Huge Interest

(active/passive, scientific staff, teachers, educators, parents, etc.)

• -week format

• Learning – in between tools & topics

• Community product: (60%)

In their own words ...

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Groupwork online and offline

Intensity and Group-Experiences

„It was more intensive, more focused and more effective. The

working-process was much faster with google-drive. If you meet

face-to-face, then you might waste your time on drinking coffee.

In this case we worked more effective, all at the same time.

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Groupwork online and offline

Impact of online-groupwork

„It was a benefit to simultaneously write on one

document. We recognized that because it was so easy to

collaborate. And so we achieved progress really fast.“

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Groupwork online and offline

Willingness to coorperate/task allocation

„It was a big advantage that all group members could work together in a

document: Two of us read while the others kept on writing. And it simplified

our communication, for example about modifications. That was really

convenient and made our working-process much easier. It was completely

different compared to a face-to-face-meeting.“

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Groupwork online and offline

Time Exposure and Media Diversity

„To coordinate when to use which tool, was the only

thing, that was more time-consuming (than in face-to-

face-communication).“

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Groupwork online and offline

Areal Distance and Focus on the topic

„Well, we were in a hangout and in the meantime we worked

together in a Etherpad. Wording and organizing in the document

was much easier than in a four-person face-to-face-meeting. It

works better, because each participant has access to the whole

content and is able to add ideas.”

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Groupwork online and offline

Visibility and Focus on Product

„Actually, it was a good idea with these reviews, because they fostered exchange/conversation among the community-members. For example, my work was judged by a unknown person who was not studying at university. It was a good review and it made me kind of proud, that a ‘foreigner’ appreciated my work.”

„Well, in my opinion the online-course was very productive in contrast to traditional lessons, in which you just have to prepare a presentation for the group. This way of knowledge-sharing is not really sufficient. That´s why I liked the idea of the course-product, because it made me feel, that I´ve done something productive and sustainable. That was really good.”

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Groupwork online and offline

The Web as a „real“ learning space

„Most of the time, we communicate and research online. For

sure, I go to university, but I rather live in the WorldWideWeb,

where I learn, talk and discuss with other people. For me it was

like: Finally working where I already used to work.“

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QUESTIONSEvaluation

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What worked?• Crisp division of labor (cooperation!)• Commitment in small teams (plus lurkers!)• Strong structure (controversial!)• Deeper learning (probably!)• Support and Coaching (expensive!)• Transfer to the real world (OER!)

What‘s challenging?

• Open Enrollment – Dealing with Diversity• Strong Structure, tough tasks – many drop-outs• Meeting or patronizing the learners‘ aims• Expensive regarding Human Resources• Transfer to a global level

What do learners learn?

• about the topic of the course• about tools for working and learning• about open licencing• about working in diverse teams• about your own learning• regarding creativity, communication,

collaboration, critical thinking• ...

WHAT‘S NEXT?#mlab16 or #mlab17

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A vision for education –

connecting global youth

AbiMOOC – connecting 300K young learners

Digital media and school

development?

Digital storytelling for inclusive

societies

Visit, follow, contact us:

web: http://medialiteracylab.demail: kontakt@medialiteracylab.de

@_MLABfacebook.com/MediaLiteracyLab

Let‘s connect!

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