Open practices and the implications for education

Gráinne Conole, University of Leicester11th March 2013

Open Education Webinar

National Teaching Fellow 2012

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Resources Learning pathways

Support Accreditation

Disaggregation of education

http://openclipart.org/

Resources

• Over ten years of the Open Educational Resource (OER) movement

• Hundreds of OER repositories worldwide

• Presence on iTunesU Podcasts - iTunes U

The OPAL metromap

http://www.oer-quality.org/

Evaluation shows lack of uptake by teachers and learnersShift from development to community building and articulation of OER practice

POERUP outputs

• An inventory of more than 100 OER initiatives http://poerup.referata.com/wiki/Countries_with_OER_initiatives

• 11 country reports and 13 mini-reports http://poerup.referata.com/wiki/Countries

• 7 in-depth case studies• 3 EU-wide policy papers

MOOCS

FreeDistributed global community

Social inclusion

High dropout ratesLearning income not learning outcome

Marketing exercise http://olds.ac.uk

State of the art in OER

http://www.col.org/resources/publications/Pages/detail.aspx?PID=412

Learning pathways

• Guided pathways through materials

• Can promote different pedagogical approaches– Didactic– Constructivist– Situative– Connectivist

Collaborative Pedagogical Patterns

Support

• Computer assisted• Peer support• Tutor support• Community support• Mentoring

Accreditation

www.p2pu.org/en/Peer to Peer University

wikieducator.org/OER_university/OER University

http://openbadges.org/Mozilla badges

Promise and reality

Social and participatory media offer new ways to communicate and collaborate

Wealth of free resources and tools

Not fully exploited

Replicating bad pedagogy

Lack of time and skills

Learning Design

Shift from belief-based, implicit approaches to design-

based, explicit approaches

Encourages reflective, scholarly practices

Promotes sharing and discussion

Learning DesignA design-based approach to creation and support of

courses

http://www.larnacadeclaration.org/

The 7Cs of Learning DesignConceptualise

Vision

CommunicateCapture ConsiderCollaborate

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Combine

Synthesis

Consolidate

Implementation

http://www2.le.ac.uk/projects/oer/oers/beyond-distance-research-alliance/7Cs-toolkit

http://www.larnacadeclaration.org/

http://gti.upf.edu/metis-meeting-teachers-co-design-needs-by-means-of-integrated-learning-environments/

Changing practices

• Nature of learning, teaching and research is changing

• It’s about– Harnessing new media– Adopting open practices

• New business models are emerging

http://www.slideshare.net/GrainneConolehttp://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/beyond-distance-research-alliance

grainne.conole@le.ac.ukhttp://e4innovation.com

http://olds.ac.ukOLDS Learning Design MOOC