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Localizing & Learning. Educating Educators within Open Learning Environments. Questions from this morning…. Beyond anecdotal evidence, what examples do we have of open education transforming the traditional methods of teaching and learning?
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Localizing & Learning Educating Educators within Open Learning Environments
Questions from this morning… • Beyond anecdotal evidence, what examples do we have of open education transforming the traditional methods of teaching and learning? • What drives more participation in open education in ways that learners, educators, projects, and institutions can be truly engaged and rewarded? • What (more) can the community do to help open education projects become more rigorous, reflective, and effective about sustainability? • How can Higher Education get more ready for Opening Up Education?
Overview • Breaking down open education • Creating open learning environments • Open educational practices and resources • Traditional instructional principles • Courses as examples • Lessons Learned • Questions that Linger
Education ≠ Content “Content is a necessary, but not a sufficient, condition for education.” - David Wiley
After Content, People Need… • Help understanding what it means • Help engaging in meaningful practice • Feedback about their practice (more help) • More practice • More feedback • A sense that someone cares how they do Source: David Wiley
Openness … Encourage and foster participation to community Remove barriers to participation
Connection … Learner to learner Learner to facilitator Learner to world
Support … Someone to offer help and support learner
How can open education work in a traditional learning environment?
“Information that does not include presentation, practice and learner guidance is information but not instruction.” - David Merrill
Open Learning Environment Open Educational Resources
Course Overview • Technology for Preservice Teachers • W301 • W210/W310 • Foundations of Instructional Technology (r511) • Wikiversity.org • WebCast Academy.net
Lessons Learned Open learning environments … • Encourage, recognize, and maintain learner contributions • Offer authentic learning contexts • Advance prior knowledge • from previous courses • from community of learners • Bring new challenges …
Questions that Linger • Evaluation • How do we make sure that instructional materials we produce are quality open educational resources? • Archive Management • How do we make sure users interested can gain access appropriate open educational resources? • Feedback • How do we provide feedback to users in open educational resources we design? • Community Contributions • How do we encourage quality contributions from inside and outside community members?