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Open Education Resources (OERs) An ODL future that has already happend? learning for developmen
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1. Open Education Resources (OERs) An ODL future that has
already happend? learning for development
2. Commonwealth of Learning Slide 2
COL is:
an intergovernmental organisation created by Commonwealth Heads
of Government
to encourage the development and sharing of open
learning/distance education knowledge, resources and
technologies.
COL is helping developing nations improve access to quality
education and training.
80% Sir John Daniel, 2007 For my generation the great innovation
was the course team. For the next I suspect that it will be Open
Educational Resources.
3. The future that has already happened Peter Drucker Father of
modern management HBR In human affairs political, social, economic,
and business it is pointless to try to predict the future, let
alone attempt to look ahead 75 years. But it is possible and
fruitful to identify major events that have already happened,
irrevocably, and that therefore will have predictable effects in
the next decade or two. It is possible, in other words, to identify
and prepare for the future that has already happened. Slide 3
4. Open learning not just a method 80% CA Wedemeyer Learner
autonomy versus Independent study DE Methods Learner freedom
Perhaps no tenet of education is more widely held or expressed than
that education must be centred in the individual Wedemeyer &
Childs 1961 Open learning Is an educational philosophy of widening
learner choices in things like when and where to study, preferences
for media used in delivery, widening entry and exit points if
study, etc, Slide 4
5. OERs and upside-down thinking Open questions Do OERs mean
that distance education providers should make their study guides
freely available for anyone to use modify and adapt? Can free
textbooks play a role in widening access to education? Slide 5
6. What about the future of distance education and
institutional models for ODL delivery? Slide 6
7. A historical perspective of ODL 80% ? Slide 7 Agrarian
society Industrial society Knowledge society Face-to-face pedagogy
Single-mode DE pedagogy A new pedagogy
8. S-curve analysis & discontinuity 80% Slide 8 A B
Strategy innovation
9. The mega-university S-curve Slide 9
10. Development costs of DE resources Instructional design,
multimedia design, editing etc. Cost categories Academic authoring
time 80% 20% Slide 10
11. Development costs of OERs Authoring and design costs shared
among participating institutions Slide 11
12. What are the most important technological innovations in
the history of education? Slide 12
13. The blackboard 80% The inventor or introducer of the
blackboard deserves to be ranked among the best contributors to
learning and science, if not among the greatest benefactors of
mankind Josiah Bumstead 1841 Slide 13
14. The motion picture 80% The motion picture is the most
revolutionary instrument introduced into education since the
printing press Hoban 1940 Slide 14
15. Television It now seems clear, however, that television
offers the greatest opportunity for the advancement of education
since the introduction of printing by moveable type Stoddard 1957
Slide 15
16. Computers The impact of computers on society, and hence on
education, has been compared to that of moveable type and the
printing press since Gutenberg Caffrey and Mossman 1967 Slide
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17. How well are we doing, given all this technological
innovation in education? Slide 17
18. Kids who won't be going to school 80% Slide 18
19. Productivity and price in higher education 80% 20% Source:
Justin Tilton and Jim Farmer, Learning Environment 2015 Slide
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20. Can technology make a difference? Slide 20
21. COL's WikiEducator We're turning the digital divide into
digital dividends using free content and open networks . We hope
you can help us. Slide 21
22. Standing on the shoulders of giants Imagine a world in
which every single person is given free access to the sum of all
human knowledge. That's what we're doing. And we need your help
Jimmy Wales microsoft.com Wikipedia.org Slide 22
23. Strategic vision for free content will have a free version
of the entire education curriculum available for learners and
educators to use, distribute and modify for local needs and
priorities. By 2015, the free content movement :
does not replace closed curricula - it is an alternative
there are motivated resource producers who work in both closed
and open curriculum projects
quality is equally important for closed and free content
80% Observations Slide 23
24. What are the core freedoms? Slide 24
25. Is sharing knowledge something new?
When:
parent intervenes when bringing up their children
teacher teaches in the classroom
researchers consult with their peers
We share knowledge freely When we give knowledge away, we still
have it for ourselves to use! Slide 25
26. Core freedoms Richard Stallman Free Software Foundation
Freedom 0 - Use The freedom to run a program, for any purpose
Freedom 1 Help yourself The freedom to study how a program works,
and adapt it to your needs. (Access to the source code is a
precondition for this.) Freedom 2 Help your neighbour The freedom
to redistribute copies Freedom 3 Help your community The freedom to
improve the program, and release your improvements to the public
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27. What about copyright and licenses for OERs? Slide 27
28. The creative commons licenses Copyright All rights reserved
Public Domain Slide 28
29. Licenses Attribution You must attribute the work in the
manner specified by the author or licensor. No derivative works You
may not alter, transform, or build upon this work. Noncommercial
You may not use this work for commercial purposes. Share alike If
you build upon this work, you may only distribute the resulting
work under a license identical to this one. Flexible license from
all rights reserved to some rights reserved . Slide 29
30. What is WikiEducator's strategic plan and how is it used?
Slide 30
31. Phases of our strategic plan Establishing foundations (May
2006 - Dec 2007 ) Scaling up free content development (Jan 2008 -
Dec 2008) Sustainable implementation (Jan 2009 - ) Slide 31
32. How is WikiEducator used? Planning planning of education
projects linked with the development of free content. Developing
Free content development of free content on Wikieducator Howtos
work on building open education resources (OERs) on how to create
OERs Funding proposals networking on funding proposals developed as
free content Slide 32
33. Established on 1 May 2006 How is WikiEducator doing? Slide
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34. Daily users 62 users per day First quarter 179 users per
day Second quarter 437 users per day Third quarter 810 users per
day Fourth quarter Currently 4 327 users per day Slide 34
36. Can you give us examples of WikiEducator initiatives? Slide
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37. VUSSC Virtual University for Small States of the
Commonwealth
OER Network
27 Commonwealth countries
Collaborating online using WikiEducator
Building capacity through regional boot camps (Mauritius,
Singapore and Trinidad and Tobago)
Conceived in 2000 and approved in 2003 by Commonwealth Education
Ministers Slide 37
38. CCNC a real course for real students Commonwealth Computer
Navigator's Certificate
International collaboration
Africa (UWC)
Asia (IGNOU)
Caribbean (UWIDEC)
Pacific (OPNZ)
North America (PSU)
Free computer and software training skills for developing countries
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39. FLOSS4Edu
The FLOSS4Edu project aims to address:
The absence of Free content in African Schools;
The lack of skills and knowledge to use FLOSS technologies;
and
to improve access to FLOSS resources given the high cost of
bandwidth and shortage of FLOSS distribution channels.
Regional FLOSS4Edu Chapters
East Africa, West Africa
India
Francophone Chapter?
Pacific chapter planned for August
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40. Learning4Conent & scalability Free training for
teachers in return for one OER lesson
A workshop in each of the 53 states of the Commonwealth
+ 4000 trained teachers
+ 4000 OER lessons
Tell me and I'll forget, show me and I may not remember, involve
me, and I'll understand Native American proverb Slide 40
41. WikiEducator's invitation We're turning the digital divide
into digital dividends using free content and open networks . We
hope Southern Africa can help us. Slide 41