ISKME Connexions 2010 Research Trajectory
Post on 12-Jun-2015
3557 Views
Preview:
DESCRIPTION
Transcript
Connexions 2010Cynthia Jimes, ISKME
ISKME:
A Trajectory of OER Research: From Create and Use to Transformative Processes
• Online Learningin Dev Ed
2003 2005 2007 2009 2011
= Projects that are ongoing
Overview of ISKME’s OER Research Trajectory
Travel Well, EUN
• Incentives and interest to participate in online resources• Existing behaviors to support use of online resources and OER• What makes resources usable and reusable for teachers and learners
• Creation, use and reuse behaviors • Challenges and supports for OER
• Ways that OER supports teaching and learning• Emergent practices/perceptions aligned to OER
0
• FHSST• Teachers’ Domain• Training Commons• SEP• Curriki• CurriculumNet
OER Arts & SJ
Siyavula
Cyberlearning in Community Colleges
• CNXOER
Commons
• Types of and ways knowledge is shared through OER
• OER communities of practice
Maj
or R
esea
rch
Issu
es S
tudi
edTi
mel
ine
and
Proj
ects
CCOTOER PD
• MITE
Tracing the TrajectoryKey Questions and Findings
What Factors Support Content Creation?
38%44%
56%
66%
95%100%
86%83%
100%
92%85%
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11% o
f au
thor
s w
ho a
re
cons
iste
nt u
sers
Key finding: Workgroups as central
CNX Workgroup size
How to Engage and Sustain Workgroups (COPs)?
Key finding: Face to face meetings, communication and continuous feedback cycles for knowledge sharing, motivation and support
Mark Horner, FHSST Project Founder
” “
That’s the reason I started my workgroup which I called the 'literature circle [to share my approach and materials for teaching literacy]. […] Otherwise people would just give the children the book and say read the book and nothing happens after that. - Siyavula Interview Participant
What Are the Incentives to Participation in OER Communities of Practice?
Key finding (prelim): OER COPs as a mechanism for sharing resources and knowledge about teaching practices and approaches
What Use and Reuse Behaviors Exist?
Visual and Technical Changes
General Editing
Language Translations
Modularization
(N=7,016 versions)
Type of Reuse Indicated by CNX Authors
81%
23%
1%
<1%
Key finding: Simple reuse behaviors prevalent
What Makes a Resource Reusable (Travel Well)?
• How other instructors have used the resource• Obtacles others have encountered in using
the resource and how they overcame them• Whether their expert colleagues have tried
and liked the resource• Whether students have found the resource
interesting
Key finding: Knowledge about use from other instructors and students
Data from surveys with college faculty revealed the following factors as important to determining whether to use and reuse resources
What Forms Do COPs Take and What Knowledge Do They Share?
Key findings (prelim)Teaching practices and challenges including:• Resources and
resource use• Assessment methods• Creative ideas for
teaching a discipline• Classroom and
teaching challenges• Current budget
climate
"I am hoping this discussion will
inspire me to assess in a new
way, and continue to find ways to
value artwork for the purpose of
grading […] without judging the
work, if that makes sense” – OER
Arts and SJ Project Participant
What Emergent Practices and Perceptions Are Aligned to OER?
My colleagues and I collaborated to integrate the [open text] book with our existing syllabi and course curriculum […]Now we meet regularly to talk about
lesson plans. –CCOT interview participant
Key finding:OER facilitates and enhances collaborative behaviors among faculty
What Emergent Practices and Perceptions Are Aligned to OER?
I have some good ideas that I feel I have tried and refined. I could share these with others and they the
same. I often like to try new ideas and inquiry lessons. –OER PD survey participant
Key finding:OER facilitates knowledge sharing aboutteaching practices
What Emergent Practices and Perceptions Are Aligned to OER?
My goal is to get to almost total student led work where they are
self-motivated and interested in the subject matter as opposed to
relying on a text. –OER PD survey participant
Key finding:OER facilitates new student-led models for learning
I’d like to support online homework groups where my students can meet to collaboratively work on
assignments –CCOT interview participant
I want to put all of my material up there, so that it is subject to the scrutiny of the entire world. And so they can manipulate it and change it. -Siyavula Interview Participant
“
”
Key finding: OER supports ongoing improvement of resources and teacher professionalism
What Emergent Practices and Perceptions are Aligned to OER?
Implications and Next Steps for Research
• Continued exploration of the ways that OER emerges in teaching and learning
• Further exploration of the relationship between knowledge sharing and OER
• Continued exploration of COPs, their make up, behaviors, and practices
• Continued assessment of the factors that serve to support OER as a transformative process for teaching and learning (culture, context, existing teaching practices, etc)
OER as transformative through its facilitation of knowledge sharing, COPs and collaborative teaching and learning models
Cynthia JimesInstitute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Educationcynthia@iskme.org
top related