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Open vs Closed Educational Resources
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A look at Open vs. Closed educational resources, from two elearning professionals in the midst of working with faculty to use technology.
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Open vs ClosedEducational Resources
“Open” is…
Content isn't hidden behind a password
Freely available
Can be modified to meet your needs
Pay for extended features
“Closed” is…
Password protected
Can be local, or in the cloud e.g. Google doc that only your
collaborators can see
Often is licensed with a fee
Textbooks
Teaching science class?
Example from open content Protein Folding Khan Academy – Mitosis
Publisher course cartridges Biology MyChemLab
Presenting Content
You are teaching an OL course & one of the core learning outcomes for the course centers on students synthesizing and presenting content.
Options: Post to a discussion board Post to YouTube or SlideShare Online Poster Session
Collaboration – Discussion A class discussion about increasing
tuition
Options CMS/LMS discussion board Twitter Google Wave Blogs with comments
Collaboration – Projects Students in your meteorology class
are conducting research on changing weather patterns.
Options CMS/LMS workspaces Google Docs, Dropbox Wikis (e.g. Wikispaces) Blogs (e.g. Blogger, Wordpress)
Productivity
A nursing student struggles to balance class, clinicals, a job, a teenager To do lists, calendars, notes
Options Outlook, with phone sync Google Calendars Remember The Milk SimpleNote, Notesync, etc.
Research Sources In the aforementioned meteorology
course, you require students to gather information from a 'variety' of sources.
How do you define variety and what do you teach your students about the different types of informational/research sources available? Journals Google Scholar Wikipedia Wikis/Blogs
Tests/Assessments
A biology mid-term A weekly reading quiz
Options CMS/LMS Assessment Tools Respondus QuizStar Hot Potatoes
Where do we go from here? Which approach meets the
needs of your class?
Time search costs learning to use
Support: For you For your students
Where do we go from here? Legal issues
Student learning
Information Security concerns
How to behave, how to be safe online
Where is home base?
Presenters
Sara FrizelleEverett Community [email protected]
Marc LentiniHighline Community [email protected]
For Further Reading
The Genius of "And", John Mott, Educause Learning Initiative 2010 Annual Meeting
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation (OER)
Cape Town Declaration (FAQ is useful for definitions)
