Free Content + Open Tools + Mass Collaboration = Learning for All.

Free Content + Open Tools + Mass Collaboration =

Learning for All

The Need

• Everyone has the right to education.

• Learners everywhere need access to better tools for learning.

equity · integration · differentiating instruction · learner focusaccess · 21st Century literacies · critical thinking · collaboration

The OER Movement

• Open Educational Resources are:– Digital – Free and open (free ≠ open)– Shareable and optimally customizable– Tools, content, and implementation

strategies– For teachers, students, and lifelong

learners

Mass Collaboration

Mass collaboration has resulted in the creation of

– the most widely-used web server software– the most consulted encyclopedia– sequencing of the human genome

 What could it do for education?

Legal Basics

• Recommendation for education:CC BY SA

• Attribution (BY)• No derivative (ND)• Non-commercial (NC)• Copyleft/Share Alike (SA)

What’s Available

• Tools

• Content

Tools

• Wikis, blogs, and course– MediaWiki– WordPress

• Karen's OpenEd blog• Karen's podcast

– Moodle• Demo class• Open Source software class

• Productivity tools – OpenOffice– GIMP– Audacity– CamStudio

• More– SourceForge– SchoolForge

Content – General Multimedia• Music and sound

– ccMixter– MusOpen– Wikimedia Commons music

• Photos and video– Wikimedia Commons– The Open Photo Project– Flickr

• Encyclopedias and more– Wikipedia for Schools– Open ebooks

Content – Educational• Wikibooks

– Wikijunior and The Human Body

• Curriki– Force and Motion

• WikiEducator– Elementary Biology

• OER Commons• Free-Reading

– Phonological Awareness

• Learn NC– A Comprehensive Study of North Carolina

Indian Tribes

• MIT OpenCourseware– New Media Literacies

• Many other universities

How You Can Contribute• Post photos to Flickr with an open

license• If you see a mistake in Wikipedia, FIX

IT! • Add something to a topic you know

about in Wikipedia• Create a new article in Wikipedia,

Wikitravel, or another wiki

• License your content (web site, lesson plans, photos, PPTs, etc.) with a CC license

• Contribute to Wikibooks, Curriki, or other OER repositories

• Tell your friends about OER

Q&A• What questions or comments do you

have?

Thanks for coming!

Karen [email protected]/about