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Open Educational Resources

Open Educational Resources. What They Are, and What They Are Not Nicholas C Burbules. Three features of the Internet. - Information wants to be free - Culture of remixing - The emergence of self-educating communities. Educational resources. - Readings, textbooks

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Open Educational Resources

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  1. Open Educational Resources What They Are, and What They Are Not Nicholas C Burbules

  2. Three features of the Internet - Information wants to be free - Culture of remixing - The emergence of self-educating communities

  3. Educational resources - Readings, textbooks • Syllabi, lesson plans, study guides • Lectures • Simulations, games • Instructional modules/learning objects • Quizzes, assessment tools

  4. What does “open” mean? • Open licensing • Creative Commons • Public domain - The paradox of volume

  5. How are open resources used? • Modularity, remixing • Used by teachers • Used by learners • Individually • Collectively

  6. What they are, what they aren’t • Avenues of universal access • How they’re used, who they’re used by • Open doesn’t mean free • Resource as a potentiality • What is needed to activate potential

  7. MOOC mania • What they are, what they aren’t • The problem of overpromising • Their potential

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