B R E A K I N G D O W N C L A S S R O O M
W A L L S
@ V E R E N A N Z
OPEN ONLINE LEARNING K12
From: http://victoriadee.blogspot.
ca/2010/01/monday-
meditation-voice-by-
shel.html
• open online courses
• open online webinars
• open online conferences
W WHO HAS PARTICIPATED IN:
ELCOME! QUESTION #1
• blogs
• wikis
• RSS feeds
• online courses
• other open online content options?
WHO HAS CREATED:
QUESTION #2
• Staff
• Community of Practice
• Administrators
• Students
• Parents
• Others?
WHAT AUDIENCE ARE YOU LOOKING TO CREATE AN "OPEN" ENVIRONMENT
TAKEAWAYS….WHAT IS OPEN LEARNING?
Open Learning wiki:
http://openlearningk12.wikispaces.
com
GoogleDoc: http://bit.ly/R7BM3k
Rather than thinking of
public education as a
burden that schools must
shoulder on their own, what
would it mean to think of
public education as a
responsibility of a more
distributed network of
people and institutions...
....what would it mean to enlist help in
this endeavour from an engaged and
diverse set of publics that are broader
than what we traditionally think of as
educational and civic institutions? In
addition to publics that are dominated by
adult interests, these publics should
include those that are relevant and
accessible to kids now, where they can
find role models, recognition, friends, and
collaborators who are co participants in
the journey of growing up in a digital age.
Mimi Ito, 2010
Have you used it?
Have you edited it?
Have you created
anything for it?
FOCUS:
http://thecleversheep.blogspot.ca/2012/06/seven
-degrees-of-connectedness_06.html
1. Lurker
2. Novice
3. Insider
4. Colleague
5. Collaborator
6. Friend
7. Confidant
7 DEGREES OF CONNECTEDNESS
Personally:
WHAT IGNITED THE IDEA EVEN MORE...
Retrieved from: http://edudemic.com/wp-
content/uploads/2012/04/cartoon.jpg
Alec Couros led week 29 - Understanding Digital Citizenship
#CHANGE11 MOOC - MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE
COURSE
As I listened and participated in Alec's
session - I wondered how come I had
never experienced this kind of
"online" learning before? How could I
apply it to k-12 audience? Is there a
k-12 MOOC? What does it look like?
Would others want to help me create
a MOOC for k-12?
MY PERCEPTIONS OF A MOOC
• Everyone was there to learn together (no hierarchy)
• Teachers gave contact information
• Teachers encouraged you to connect with them
• "Nodes" (Digital Learning areas) to interact and connect with
others
• Flipped Learning
• Content given in Digital Format
• Choice of Activities
• Activities presented in open forum for feedback
• No formal assessment
• All activities presented using social media
WHAT MADE THE EXPERIENCE
UNIQUE?ONLINE COURSES
TO CONNECT AND NETWORK
TRADITIONAL ONLINE LEARNING ATTEMPTS.....
WHAT MATTERS:
http://venspired.com/?p=2804
Retrieved from: http://tarateach.blogspot.ca/2011/01/blooms-taxonomy.html
http://www.schrockguide.net/bloomin-
apps.html
...HAVE A FUTURE IN WILL MEET K-12 NEEDS
WHY OPEN ONLINE COURSES...
Retrieved with permission from:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/2922421696/
IT’S ABOUT TEACHERS AND STUDENTS USING THE TECHNOLOGY
To create learning for
all…https://vimeo.com/43401199
1. Who is your audience or what
are your creating the Open
Course for?
HOW TO DESIGN A MOOC
Courseware:
How to create a MOOC - #DigiFoot12 Recordings of Webinar,
Slideshare and Live Binder
Edmodo
Wikis
Canvas
CoursesitesP2PU Education
OPEN ONLINE OPTIONS
WIKISPACES
STUDENT 2.0
MIGHTYBELL
EDMODO
-OER-
Open Educational Resources
FREE OPEN ONLINE!!!! For k12!
-CC-
Creative Commons
The licensing you LOOK for when attributing course content
AND what you consider when creating course content
OEROER AND CC
Created by: Jeremy Macdonald @MrMacnology
I chose a "Badge" System of Assessment
ASSESSMENT Assessment:
WILL RICHARDSON - ASSESSMENT GRAPH
http://willrichardson.com/post/2
8626310240/the-
immeasurable-part-2
• I can create an environment where all
participants felt "included“in some way
• We all like to be the examples
WHAT I HAVE
LEARNED…..EARNING....#1
Participants can be beginners to advanced - I could to scaffold
options for new learners while challenging my advanced
learners. Open Learning naturally offer personalized learning
options
Participant mentors were asked to volunteer to MODEL, to write
comments anytime they saw something unanswered, to help
me moderate Blackboard sessions, Twitter, Netvibes,
Google.docs and various other tools. I encouraged others to
lead in order to help make the course sustainable for me.
VERENA'S LEARNING #2
Student questions and teacher feedback seemed
"amplified" in an open online forum
I learned to accept that failure was possible, learn
from my mistakes and do my best.
Being authentic got me through and accepting that I
am a learner too!
VEVERENA’S LEARNING
#3LEARNING #3
Collection of Learning Artifacts
• You will have a collection of resources based on a collaborative effort
• You will have developed leadership skills among your peers and ensured that
everyone is identified by their strengths
• You will have created the foundations for autonomous learning for all participants
which will offer them the opportunities outside of the school and/or district
WHAT DO YOU FINISH WITH?WHAT
WILL YOU END WITH?
An online Module or Course (Students, Teachers, Admin,
Districts, Gov't)
• Using an open or closed wiki, you could use the MOOC
model to create an online course or module of your own
based on this PPT presentation
HOW OPEN ONLINE LEARNING
"COULD” BE USED IN K-12
Open Courses can be offered on any topic and can be a "course" or way to
connect and learn.
Pick one topic - then pick various subtopics for your "experts" to focus on.
You don't have to ask others to be "experts" you could be the lead facilitator
the whole way through....However, asking others to "lead" a week based
on their "strength" is a great way to connect and network.
You can choose to keep the course within a school, district or consider
opening your "course" to others.
AS A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPTION
Questions?
WHATWHAT ABOUT YOU?