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Teaching and Learning

Teaching and Learning. Open and Free. By Savitri Wilder. Introduction. Name: Savitri Wilder Job Title: Instructional Technologist II 207B Dockery 660-543-8687 swilder@ucmo.edu. Today’s Journey Will Cover. Background Pros and cons Open Source Web 2.0 Open Courseware

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Teaching and Learning

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  1. Teaching and Learning Open and Free By Savitri Wilder

  2. Introduction Name: Savitri Wilder Job Title: Instructional Technologist II 207B Dockery 660-543-8687 swilder@ucmo.edu

  3. Today’s Journey Will Cover Background Pros and cons Open Source Web 2.0 Open Courseware Usage in the Classroom Closing

  4. Open Source In essence: OS source codes are freely assessable and modifiable. Anybody can use it Full definition can be found at opensource.org

  5. Benefits of Open Source You can modify the software to your specific needs – there’s a lot of control and eventually satisfaction Can increase the quality of the software You are not in the mercy of the vendor (no forced updates or license renewal purchase) Global collaboration with skilled developers Cost saving – the application is free!

  6. Disadvantages of Open Source Although the software itself is free, with not having the right person to administer and support it, you might not see the cost benefit. Can lack software support and/or resources (documentations, communities, etc.) Lack of time to really learn the software May lack the manpower to support the software

  7. What’s Out There? OpenOffice – equivalent to Microsoft Office GIMP - photo editing software NVU - web editing application Gallery2 - online photo gallery Firefox - web browser WordPress - blog application Portable Apps - neat software to run many OS apps through a USB drive Edubuntu - Linux geared towards education

  8. Web 2.0 Web 2.0 What is Web 2.0? My definition: collaboration, incorporating multiple Internet technology, easy transfer from desktop to the web and vice versa. RSS Explained

  9. O’Reilly’s Definition Web 2.0 is the network as platform, spanning all connected devices; Web 2.0 applications are those that make the most of the intrinsic advantages of that platform: delivering software as a continually-updated service that gets better the more people use it, consuming and remixing data from multiple sources, including individual users, while providing their own data and services in a form that allows remixing by others, creating network effects through an "architecture of participation," and going beyond the page metaphor of Web 1.0 to deliver rich user experiences.

  10. Web 2.0 Examples • Zoho and ThinkFree - office products • Del.icio.us and furl - social bookmarking • Meebo - chat application, can enhance your website/blog • Zamzar - file conversion • YouTube - video sharing • Pbwiki - wiki

  11. Open Courseware (OCW) • University material that is available for all to see and use. • OpenCourseWare began with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology OpenCourseWare, an initiative to put all of the educational materials from MIT's undergraduate- and graduate-level courses online, free and openly available to anyone, anywhere, by the year 2008.

  12. OCW Links • MIT OCW:http://ocw.mit.edu • OCW Consortium: http://www.ocwconsortium.org • OCW Search: http://opencontent.org

  13. Big Companies in the OS Community • Adobe • SecondLife • Novell

  14. In Contrast • Propietary • Software that has restrictions on use, distribution and modification • Freeware • There is no fee to use but you cannot study, modify, or redistribute • Shareware • Obtained free of charge for a certain amount of time then a payment is requested after the trial period • Public domain • No laws restrict any use

  15. Using Free Technology in the Classrooms • Blogs • http://priestsic6.learnerblogs.org • http://bobsprankle.com/writingblog/ • Podcast • http://www.liberty.k12.mo.us/~elanghorst/ • http://www.thewildclassroom.com/ • Wiki • http://timfredrick.pbwiki.com/ • http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/

  16. Cont… • Flickr • http://flickr.com/photos/ha112/234233755/ • http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/265279980/ • Giffy Diagram • http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/2006/05/23/gliffy-web-based-graphics/ • http://gliffy.com/examples1.shtml • Slideshare • http://www.slideshare.net

  17. UCM’s Usage • Website and Blog Integration • http://faculty.cmsu.edu/burns/ • http://www.technicalprojects.org/nucleus/holly.php • Zoho and blog • http://www.zoho.com • Podcast • The iTunesU Project and you’ll see more throughout the week. • Photo Gallery • http://geocities.com/willey_chris/ • Wiki • You’ll see examples in your wiki session!

  18. Complete list of OS and Web2.0 Apps Please visit: http://keiraharford.blogspot.com/ Or through Blackboard Faculty Fellows Course

  19. Closing Q&A This presentation was prepare by Savitri Wilder Instructional Technologist University of Central Missouri swilder@ucmo.edu Thank you!

  20. References Open Source: http://www.opensource.org Open Options: http://www.netc.org/openoptions/background/index.html

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