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Open Educational Resources (OER) - A Quick Introduction
The document is a guest lecture on Open Educational Resources (OER) delivered by Ishan Abeywardena at Allama Iqbal Open University, discussing their definition, significance, and types such as MOOCs. It covers the usefulness of OER, measures of desirability, and various sources for finding OER, emphasizing the importance of open access, relevance, and the four 'R's model. Additionally, it explores public sentiment regarding OER and MOOCs, highlighting growing interest and positive reception towards OER.
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- 1. Open Educational Resources (OER) AQuick Introduction Guest Lecture Faculty of Education Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) Islamabad, Pakistan 27th August 2014
- 2. Ishan Abeywardena MSc, MSc(Brunel), BSc (Bangalore), MIEEE, MBCS, MIET, MTA Deputy Dean and Senior Lecturer School of Science and Technology Wawasan Open University Penang, Malaysia
- 3. Outline • What areOER? • What are useful OER? • OER Search • Useful OER Sources • OER vs. MOOC
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- 5. “web-based materials, offered freelyand openly for use and re-use in teaching, learning and research” (Joyce, 2007). Joyce, A. (2007). OECD Study of OER: Forum Report, OECD. Retrieved December 12, 2011 from http://www.unesco.org/iiep/virtualuniversity/forumsfiche.php?queryforumspages_id=33.
- 6. “teaching, learning andresearch materials in any medium, digital or otherwise, that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions” (UNESCO Paris OER Declaration, 2012) UNESCO. (2012, June 22). 2012 PARIS OER DECLARATION. Retrieved June 13, 2013, from unesco.org: http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/WPFD2009/English_Declaration.html
- 7. OER: Just anothermeans of getting there…
- 8. basis for trainingthe global masses increased access reduced costs increased equity Impact
- 9. What are usefulOER?
- 10. How useful isa resource really?
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- 12. Less useful resourcesare less desirable for teaching and learning needs…. What is Desirability? Openness Accessibility Relevance
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- 14. four ‘R’s model: Reuse Redistribute Revise Remix Retain Hilton, J., Wiley, D., Stein, J., & Johnson, A. (2010). The four R‘s of openness and ALMS Analysis: Frameworks for open educational resources. Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning, 25(1), 37-44. O
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- 20. Access (ALMS) Hilton, J.,Wiley, D., Stein, J., & Johnson, A. (2010). The four R‘s of openness and ALMS Analysis: Frameworks for open educational resources. Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning, 25(1), 37-44. • Access to editing tools • Level of expertise required to revise or remix • Meaningfully editable • Source file access
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- 22. Content repositories Portal repositories Contentand portal repositories McGreal, R. (2010). Open Educational Resource Repositories: An Analysis. Proceedings: The 3rd Annual Forum on e-Learning Excellence, 1-3 February 2010, Dubai, UAE. Curation
- 24. So…how do Ifind the material I need for my teaching?
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- 27. Native search mechanismsperhaps?
- 28. i. Facilitate finding,retrieving and sharing of OER. Encourage the development of user- friendly tools to locate and retrieve OER that are specific and relevant to particular needs. (UNESCO Paris OER Declaration, 2012) The Declaration UNESCO. (2012). Paris OER Declaration, Retrieved September18, 2012 from http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/Events/Paris%20OER%20Declaration_01.pdf
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- 44. “The large scaleof the community, from several hundred to several thousand participants, maximizes the possibility that the “long tail” effect will enable someone with even the most esoteric interests within the overall focus of the MOOC to find people with whom to share and collaborate” McAuley, Stewart, Siemens, & Cormier (2010) McAuley, A., Stewart, B., Siemens, G., & Cormier, D. (2010). The MOOC Model for Digital Practice. Retrieved 12 15, 2013, from http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/MOOC_Final.pdf
- 45. “...what MOOCs willnot do is address the challenge of expanding higher education in the developing world. It may encourage universities there, both public and private, to develop online learning more deliberately, and OER from MOOC courses may find their way, alongside OER from other sources, into the teaching of local institutions”. Daniel (2012) Daniel, J. (2012). Making sense of MOOCs: Musings in a maze of myth, paradox and possibility. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 3.
- 46. Sentiment Analysis What doesthe public think?? Paris OER Declaration 2012
- 47. https://about.twitter.com/company (15/01/2014) • 230+million monthly active users • 500 million Tweets are sent per day • 76% of Twitter active users are on mobile • 77% of accounts are outside the U.S. • Twitter supports 35+ languages • Vine: More than 40 million users
- 48. The Twitter datasetused in the study consisting of tweets which include the terms ‘OER’ and ‘MOOC’. Search Query Tweet History Timespan No. of Distinct Tweets OER 1/11/2012 – 31/10/2013 12 months 1209 MOOC 1/05/2013 – 31/10/2013 6 months 2823
- 50. Change in publicopinion on ‘OER’ vs. ‘MOOC’ for a 6 month timespan between May to October 2013
- 51. • there isan increasing amount of interest on MOOC; • the public still hasn’t formed strong opinions regarding MOOC due to the novelty of the ideology; • the positivity towards OER is growing. Trends
- 52. Questions? I will alsobe happy to answer your queries if you e-mail me via [email protected] Thanks!
- 53. About… Ishan Abeywardena Deputy Deanand Senior Lecturer, School of Science and Technology, Wawasan Open University, Penang, Malaysia • MSc in Wireless Enterprise Business Systems, Brunel University, UK. • MSc in Engineering Management, Brunel University, UK. • BSc in Computer Science, Bangalore University, India. • PhD Candidate in Computer Science, University Malaya, Malaysia. Areas of specialisation: text mining, metadata, faceted search Professional Member of – Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (MIEEE) – British Computer Society (MBCS) – Institution of Engineering and Technology (MIET) – Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) – Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) Official Profile: http://www.wou.edu.my/IshanAbeywardena.html Professional Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ishansa Research Profile: http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ishan_Abeywardena/ Tech Blog: http://www.ishantalks.com E-mail: [email protected]
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