Open practices and the implications for education Gráinne Conole, University of Leicester 11 th March 2013 Open Education Webinar National Teaching Fellow 2012
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
Activities
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
[email protected]://e4innovation.com
http://olds.ac.ukOLDS Learning Design MOOC