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Introduction to Open Educational
        Resources (OER)

              Michael Paskevicius
               March 29, 2012

               Presentation to:
  EDN6099F: ICT in Education - Issues & Debates
Introduction
• Originally from Canada; came to Southern Africa via
  Namibia where I did an internship for the
  Commonwealth of Learning 2005-2008
• Began my coursework on the ICTs in Education course
  in 2009 . Completed dissertation on how open
  educational resources might be useful for social
  outreach in 2011
• Educational technologist in the Centre for Educational
  Technology working on UCT OpenContent and
  OpenUCT
• Research interests include learning and educational
  analytics, metadata for online resources, knowledge
  management, mobile learning, social media in
  education and open scholarship.
Question
• How many of us have shared some form of media
  online?
• How many of us have put some form of
  educational media online?
• Do you consider how the content you share online
  is licensed for use by others?
• How many have heard the term open educational
  resources?
Part 1

CONTRASTING OPEN AND CLOSED
ONLINE RESOURCES
The origins of OER: MIT OpenCourseWare
Open CourseWare: Open University
Copyright CourseWare: Network Science
Open Video: The Khan Academy
Mostly closed video: YouTube
YouTube recently launched a Creative
         Commons option
Wikipedia
Encyclopedia Britannica
© Cancels the Possibilities
        Of digital media and the internet

                 Internet                                               Copyright
                 Enables                                                Forbids
                                           What to do?
Wiley, D. (2012) Openness and the Future. ETS Future of Assessment Conference. Presentation available:
http://www.slideshare.net/opencontent/openness-and-the-future-of-assessment
Part 2

OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Open Educational Resources
Open Content / Open educational resources (OER) / Open
Courseware are educational materials which are discoverable
online and openly licensed that can be:
                                               Shared freely
                                               and openly to
  … redistribute                                   be…
                                   Shared
    and share
      again.


                   Redistributed              Used


                                                                … used by
    … adapt / repurpose/                                       anyone to …
    improve under some             Improved
   type of license in order
              to …
OER include Creative Commons
 licenses which allow for reuse
Open educational resources part of
       the “Open Movement”
                                                               Open Data
                        Open Source Software

Open Society



                                                          Open Access



                     The Open Movement
      Open Science      Open Educational
                           Resources

                                               Open Licences
Towards open educational practices…
…sharing beyond the classroom
  Traditional sharing of                      Sharing educational
  teaching materials                          resources as OER

                                            Additional considerations:
                                            • Clearing of copyright issues
                                            • Formatting for web and accessibility for reuse
                                            • Addition of metadata
                                            • Publishing in repository or referatory
Educator

           Creates
                        Learning activity
                          or resource       Publishes as
                                            OER on web
                Shares                                          Available to other
                with students                                   faculties, students and
                and other                                       institutions.
                faculty
                                                                Other educators can now
                                                                discover and reuse.


                                              Adapted from Conole, G., McAndrew, P. & Dimitriadis, Y., 2010
Example of OER development


Original
diagram in a
PhD thesis …

               Improved and
               adapted for
               the Portuguese
               context …
                                Translated
                                into Greek …
                                               Adapted and
                                               translated to
                                               Spanish …

                                                               Adapted at the
                                                               University of
                                                               Cape Town
Findings from my own research
Ambiguity around the terms of use when working
with digital educational materials
 Need for more explicit understanding of
   copyright
 Opportunity to use open licenses such as
   Creative Commons
Systems needed to make digital educational
materials discoverable to teachers
 Need for metadata to describe resources
 Importance of curation of digital materials
 Challenge of collaborative authoring

Open educational practices may improve
collaboration with other institutions
 Opportunity for institutions to collaborate and
share educational content
Aggregating content: OER Commons
Collecting OER in Africa: OER Africa
OER from UCT: OpenContent
What we have learned implementing
             UCT OpenContent
  • Sharing OER requires more than simply a facility for
    sharing
  • Requires change in academic practices
  • Academics generally want to get involved (sharing
    knowledge is second nature)

  • Shift question from:
     – ‘why should I share my educational content?’
        to
     – ‘how can I stay in control of the process of my
       educational content being shared?’ (Butcher, 2010)
Butcher, N (2010) Open Educational Resources and Higher Education. http://oerworkshop.weebly.com/documents‐and‐papers.html
Part 3

BEYOND OER: OPEN EDUCATION
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
MITx: MIT’s latest open education project
Stanford University: Introduction to AI
Part 4

WHY GO OPEN?
WHAT ARE THE POSSIBILITIES?
CHED Computer Literacy Guides
• IEEE UCT chapter use the openly licensed CHED computer
  literacy materials to support training in a computer lab
  donated to a high school




               http://www.ebe.uct.ac.za/usr/ebe/staff/april2010.pdf
Creative Commons Licensing Screencast
• Creative Commons licensing video is translated into
  Czechoslovakian, French, Italian and Spanish on YouTube




                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pvoie4ydSw
Studying at University: A guide for first
            year students
• Used by Venda University and the University of the
  Western Cape with new students
• Stellenbosch University uses some of the illustrations
• The guide has been accessed over 3800 times via the
  directory and over 600 physical printed guides have
  been sold!
OpenContent becomes a Journal Article




• Materials published as OER on OpenContent selected
  for publishing in the Journal of Occupational
  Therapy of Galicia, an open access journal for
  occupational therapists in the Spanish speaking
  world
  http://blogs.uct.ac.za/blog/oer-uct/2010/12/06/sharing-knowledge-leads-to-opportunities
Measuring influence: Alternative metrics
Closing note:

"When you learn transparently
       (and openly) you become a
       teacher“
                                                                                            Siemens, 2010




Siemens, G. & Matheos, K. (2010). Open Social Learning in Higher Education: An African Context. VI International
      Seminar of the UNESCO chair in e-learning; open social learning. Available online:
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oexie4cwpf8
Prepared by: Michael Paskevicius
          Contact me: mike.vicious@gmail.com


          OpenContent Directory: http://opencontent.uct.ac.za
          OER UCT project blog: http://blogs.uct.ac.za/blog/oer-uct
          Follow us: http://twitter.com/openuct


          Follow me: http://twitter.com/mpaskevi


          Presentations: http://www.slideshare.net/mpaskevi




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Introduction to Open Educational Resources 2012

  • 1. Introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) Michael Paskevicius March 29, 2012 Presentation to: EDN6099F: ICT in Education - Issues & Debates
  • 2. Introduction • Originally from Canada; came to Southern Africa via Namibia where I did an internship for the Commonwealth of Learning 2005-2008 • Began my coursework on the ICTs in Education course in 2009 . Completed dissertation on how open educational resources might be useful for social outreach in 2011 • Educational technologist in the Centre for Educational Technology working on UCT OpenContent and OpenUCT • Research interests include learning and educational analytics, metadata for online resources, knowledge management, mobile learning, social media in education and open scholarship.
  • 3. Question • How many of us have shared some form of media online? • How many of us have put some form of educational media online? • Do you consider how the content you share online is licensed for use by others? • How many have heard the term open educational resources?
  • 4. Part 1 CONTRASTING OPEN AND CLOSED ONLINE RESOURCES
  • 5. The origins of OER: MIT OpenCourseWare
  • 8. Open Video: The Khan Academy
  • 10. YouTube recently launched a Creative Commons option
  • 13. © Cancels the Possibilities Of digital media and the internet Internet Copyright Enables Forbids What to do? Wiley, D. (2012) Openness and the Future. ETS Future of Assessment Conference. Presentation available: http://www.slideshare.net/opencontent/openness-and-the-future-of-assessment
  • 15. Open Educational Resources Open Content / Open educational resources (OER) / Open Courseware are educational materials which are discoverable online and openly licensed that can be: Shared freely and openly to … redistribute be… Shared and share again. Redistributed Used … used by … adapt / repurpose/ anyone to … improve under some Improved type of license in order to …
  • 16. OER include Creative Commons licenses which allow for reuse
  • 17. Open educational resources part of the “Open Movement” Open Data Open Source Software Open Society Open Access The Open Movement Open Science Open Educational Resources Open Licences
  • 18. Towards open educational practices…
  • 19. …sharing beyond the classroom Traditional sharing of Sharing educational teaching materials resources as OER Additional considerations: • Clearing of copyright issues • Formatting for web and accessibility for reuse • Addition of metadata • Publishing in repository or referatory Educator Creates Learning activity or resource Publishes as OER on web Shares Available to other with students faculties, students and and other institutions. faculty Other educators can now discover and reuse. Adapted from Conole, G., McAndrew, P. & Dimitriadis, Y., 2010
  • 20. Example of OER development Original diagram in a PhD thesis … Improved and adapted for the Portuguese context … Translated into Greek … Adapted and translated to Spanish … Adapted at the University of Cape Town
  • 21. Findings from my own research Ambiguity around the terms of use when working with digital educational materials  Need for more explicit understanding of copyright  Opportunity to use open licenses such as Creative Commons Systems needed to make digital educational materials discoverable to teachers  Need for metadata to describe resources  Importance of curation of digital materials  Challenge of collaborative authoring Open educational practices may improve collaboration with other institutions  Opportunity for institutions to collaborate and share educational content
  • 23. Collecting OER in Africa: OER Africa
  • 24. OER from UCT: OpenContent
  • 25. What we have learned implementing UCT OpenContent • Sharing OER requires more than simply a facility for sharing • Requires change in academic practices • Academics generally want to get involved (sharing knowledge is second nature) • Shift question from: – ‘why should I share my educational content?’ to – ‘how can I stay in control of the process of my educational content being shared?’ (Butcher, 2010) Butcher, N (2010) Open Educational Resources and Higher Education. http://oerworkshop.weebly.com/documents‐and‐papers.html
  • 26. Part 3 BEYOND OER: OPEN EDUCATION
  • 27. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
  • 28. MITx: MIT’s latest open education project
  • 30. Part 4 WHY GO OPEN? WHAT ARE THE POSSIBILITIES?
  • 31. CHED Computer Literacy Guides • IEEE UCT chapter use the openly licensed CHED computer literacy materials to support training in a computer lab donated to a high school http://www.ebe.uct.ac.za/usr/ebe/staff/april2010.pdf
  • 32. Creative Commons Licensing Screencast • Creative Commons licensing video is translated into Czechoslovakian, French, Italian and Spanish on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pvoie4ydSw
  • 33. Studying at University: A guide for first year students • Used by Venda University and the University of the Western Cape with new students • Stellenbosch University uses some of the illustrations • The guide has been accessed over 3800 times via the directory and over 600 physical printed guides have been sold!
  • 34. OpenContent becomes a Journal Article • Materials published as OER on OpenContent selected for publishing in the Journal of Occupational Therapy of Galicia, an open access journal for occupational therapists in the Spanish speaking world http://blogs.uct.ac.za/blog/oer-uct/2010/12/06/sharing-knowledge-leads-to-opportunities
  • 36. Closing note: "When you learn transparently (and openly) you become a teacher“ Siemens, 2010 Siemens, G. & Matheos, K. (2010). Open Social Learning in Higher Education: An African Context. VI International Seminar of the UNESCO chair in e-learning; open social learning. Available online: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oexie4cwpf8
  • 37. Prepared by: Michael Paskevicius Contact me: mike.vicious@gmail.com OpenContent Directory: http://opencontent.uct.ac.za OER UCT project blog: http://blogs.uct.ac.za/blog/oer-uct Follow us: http://twitter.com/openuct Follow me: http://twitter.com/mpaskevi Presentations: http://www.slideshare.net/mpaskevi This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 South Africa License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/za/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA.

Notas del editor

  1. The key aspect of an OER is that it is both discoverable online – so that people can find it AND openly licensed - so that people can legally make use of it. OER includes texts, different forms of media, ideas, as well as documented teaching strategies/techniques or practices. Advocates of openness would suggest that the value in OER is in its potential to support learning in many ways and in many contexts.
  2. So open educational resources are part of a larger open movement, which harnesses the affordances provided by the internet, and aims to increase access to information. Open access to research, open availability of data, open science for global collaboration, open source software are all part of this movement.
  3. A growing body of online content is now available under Creative Commons which means teachers anywhere in the world can discover, adapt, mix it with other resources, improve it and use it for teaching their students. Open educational resources are materials which can be discovered online by teachers, and legally downloaded and used for teaching. This is because of the open license, typically Creative Commons, which enables the creators of content to designate it for reuse. Open educational practices (OEP) is defined as use of openly licensed OER and online resources to raise the quality of education and training and innovate educational practices on institutional, professional and individual level (Conole, 2011)Conole, G. (2011). Towards Open Educational Practices. e4innovation Blog posted Friday, January 7th, 2011. Accessed online: http://e4innovation.com/?p=406
  4. So what is meant to happen is a cycle of teaching material evermore being improved and shared. Plus it is all legal under the terms of the open license.
  5. Image 1: http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/2922421696/ Image 2: http://veja.abril.com.br/imagem/professorantenado.jpgImage 3: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stylianosm/3706684606/Image 4: http://www.flickr.com/photos/langwitches/3460307056/
  6. A growing body of online content is now available under Creative Commons which means teachers anywhere in the world can discover, adapt, mix it with other resources, improve it and use it for teaching their students. Open educational resources are materials which can be discovered online by teachers, and legally downloaded and used for teaching. This is because of the open license, typically Creative Commons, which enables the creators of content to designate it for reuse. Open educational practices (OEP) is defined as use of openly licensed OER and online resources to raise the quality of education and training and innovate educational practices on institutional, professional and individual level (Conole, 2011)Conole, G. (2011). Towards Open Educational Practices. e4innovation Blog posted Friday, January 7th, 2011. Accessed online: http://e4innovation.com/?p=406
  7. Sharing OER requires more than simply a facility for sharing – there are plenty of options for people wanting to share these days. It seems more important to focus on a change in academic practices, to ensure academics know the risks of sharing, use content they have the rights to share, and maximize exposure – if that is what they desire. Shift question from ‘why should I share my educational content?’ to ‘how can I stay in control of the process of my educational content being shared?’ (Butcher, 2010)
  8. The first example is of the IEEE chapter using our CHED computer literacy guides for lab training. Students from the chapter actually wrote to us asking for permission to use the guides. We were able to say “yes absolutely!” they are freely available on our website and the Creative Commons license provides the terms for reuse.
  9. Next we have a screencast which was created to help people apply the creative commons to offline works. The video was well received and has since been translated into Czechoslovakian, French, Italian and Spanish.
  10. Of course the A guide for first year students, which was a resounding success and has been used by the University of Venda and the University of the Western Cape to help new students acclimate to the university environment.
  11. One of our greatest stories of reuse was that or Matumo Ramafekeng, whose materials which were published as OER on OpenContent, were selected for publishing in the Journal of Occupational Therapy of Galicia, an open access journal for occupational therapists in the Spanish speaking world
  12. So often we are apprehensive about sharing our works in progress, our thoughts, our notes, our ideas. Technology today provides us many opportunities to share the process of our learning, rather than just the final product. We can share our reflections and ideas on blogs, our thoughts on Twitter or Facebook, and people can instantly comment and contribute to our own ideas. This goes for teaching materials as well, which are sometimes imperfect or not highly refined. In sharing digital media, we may become teachers to someone who is interested in our work. As they follow our thought process, connect to our ideas and references, they may benefit tremendously from us openly sharing the process of our own learning.