Making OER that is Easy to Find, Adapt, and Translate

Photograph courtesy Joe Crawford (http://www.flickr.com/people/artlung/) under th Creative Commons Attribution License.

SXSWedu Conference 2012Kathi Fletcher

My background

Kathi FletcherBackground :

Connexions Project Manager/Technical Director 4 Yrs

Lessons: Do what you are best at. Empower the community to build an ecosystem.

Fellowship: An OER Roadmap for an Ecosystem of OERMaking remixable OER a reality

Photograph courtesy Joe Crawford (http://www.flickr.com/people/artlung/) under th Creative Commons Attribution License.

Remixable Open Education Resources

What makes OER remixable?

Modular : Reusable componentsPluggable : Editable, structured formatShareable : CC license, permission to reuseReliable : You can count on it being there

Remixable OER

Remixability:Learn anywhere

EPUB/E-Book

Web/Online Accessibility Tools

PDF/Print

Library photograph courtesy Joe Crawford (http://www.flickr.com/people/artlung/) under the Creative Commons Attribution License.

Photograph courtesy Joe Crawford (http://www.flickr.com/people/artlung/) under the Creative Commons Attribution License.

RemixableOER

Edit / Translate.

Publish, Compile, Accredit Learning & PracticingTools

Transform

Libraries/Repositories

Printing services

Open journals and presses

Creation, editing and translating

tools and services

Assessment & accreditation

tools & services

Sociallearning systems, learning

managementIntelligent

tutoring andlearning machines

Quality review and standards linking

Layout, design & customization

Federation, search & browse

Import/export

between content

formats

Feedback: · Learning results · Comments · Ratings

Libraries of Remixable

OER

OER EcosystemPhotograph courtesy Joe Crawford (http://www.flickr.com/people/artlung/) under the Creative Commons Attribution License.

Packaging and arranging content

Photograph courtesy Joe Crawford (http://www.flickr.com/people/artlung/) under th Creative Commons Attribution License.

Closing the Loop

Edit and translate and then publish to repositories.

Create tests and use questions from open banks.

Ecosystem tools convert and transform.

With simple publishing, new OER from big initiatives can be shared and remixed.

Connexions (cnx.org)

non-profit publishing platformfor open-source textbooks and learning materials (1999)

1200 open textbooks/collections20000 Lego modules

from contributors worldwide in 40+ languages

millions of users per monthfrom 190 countries

90 million uses of STEM content

Connexions embraces remixable

Modular : Modules and CollectionsPluggable : Structured document format (XML)Shareable : CC-ByReliable : Permanent ID's

free online: 4 million uses to date

iPad/iPhone/Android via ePub

$26 in print(627 pages)

Transform open teaching materials to remixable format

Connexions ImporterConvert, Preview, and Upload docs

(word/oo/gdocs/blogs) to Connexions and more

Wherever the learning is – start there.

Word → Remix

Wherever the learning is – start there.

Word → Remix

Web → Remix

Web → Remix

Wikipedia → Remix

Wikipedia → Remix

Google Docs → Remix

Google Docs → Remix

Putting the remixable pieces together

The result – Biology Ch1.1

The result – Biology - Ch1.2

The result – Biology - Ch1.3

Deliver Everywhere

Another Tool: Derive and Translate

A few content pioneers

• Access– library of free textbooks for the 20

highest-impact college courses– In remixable format!

• High quality– professionally developed, tested, peer-reviewed content; editorial boards include

• 2 Nobel Laureates• Former Director of NSF and President Clinton’s Science Advisor• Past President of the Institute of the Medicine,

National Academy of Science• 3 National Academy of Science Members• 5 Institute of Medicine Fellows, National Academy of Science

• Ecosystem– organizing partnerships with educational institutions, professional organizations,

publishers, …

• Every chapter– remixable

•Every image– reusable

•Every HW problem– adaptable

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Another Pioneer

Dept. of Basic Education:– Print 2.5 million Siyavula

textbooks

– Distribute nationally to all learners taking:

• Mathematics Gr. 10-12• Physical Science Gr.

10-12

Siyavula:– Everything Math– Everything Science

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Technology Enhanced

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Technology Enhanced

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Rich experience

Read anywhere

Watch videos / simulations / presentations

Ask questions

Practice and get diagnostic reports

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Remixable Format (different styles)

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Remixable Format (different styles)

VOER

Washington Open Course Library

Using Google Docs for next set of courses ----> remix

Next Step

A really easy to use editor for

remixable content. Needs to make it easy

to add multimedia also.

Find out more / Get involved

Do you have content you want to make remixable?

Do you know project leaders or software developers that want to get involved?

Email me: kathi.fletcher@shuttleworthfoundation.org

Read more on my blog: kefletcher.blogspot.com

Follow me: kefletcher on twitter

Image AttributionsGold medal - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ksiom, CC-BY-SA

Coffee Table Book – By User:Mattis (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Package - By GNOME icon artists (GNOME SVN / GNOME FTP) [GPL (www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons

Translation - By Jesse Burgheimer [GFDL (www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/), GFDL (www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons

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Magnifying glass – By David Vignoni [LGPL (www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons

School room – http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MrHarman – CC-BY-SA

Intelligent tutor – By Richard Wilson (died 1782) [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Editing pencil - By Everaldo Coelho (YellowIcon) [LGPL (www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons

Blackberry phone : By Ricmoo at en.wikipedia [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons

Lady Gaga : By Daniel Åhs Karlsson (Own work) [CC-BY-3.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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