Talk on theneed for more open resources in education and the potential advantages from this.

1. Online Education:
changing with the times
Professor Frank Rennie
Lews Castle College UHI
(University of the Highlands and Islands)
Scotland

2. Pedagogic Styles
Distributed Learning
Distance Education
Open Education
f2f
elearning
Blended Learning

3. Paradigm Shift
From TeddY on Flickr

4. Mode 1 >> Mode 2 Education
 Homogenous subjects  Heterogenous bases
 Solitary scholar  Multidisciplinary teams
 Hard publication  Internet open access
 Universal themes  Mission-led &
 Objectivity & problem-solving
disinterestedness  In the service of
 Blue skies research practical interests
 Life-long vocation  Contextually defined
 Professional teams

5. What are the Drivers?
 Flexibility and convenience
 The pressures of 'real life'
 Career elitism (CPD)
 Disaggregation of knowledge
 New technologies available (iPod etc)
 Intellectual stimulation

6. The Connecticon

7. Airport

8. UHI

9. Lewis-Ullapool Shetland-
Ferry Aberdeen Ferry
2.75 hours 12.5 hours
£15.30 £ 27.10
Lewis- Shetland –
Glasgow Flight Glasgow
Flight
1 hour
1 hour
£ 82.00
£ 105.00

10. UHI WAN
JANET

11. Local
Learning
Centres

12. Modes of study
• HD video conference (continuous presence
large class-size, well trained staff)
• Face-to-face
• Social networking
• High quality web-based interaction (e.g. WIMBA
etc)
• High quality self study materials
• Clarity, quality & expectation

13. Levels of Course Networking
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Delivered at one site Fully networked
Seven levels of networking:
1) Common Core Frameworks and Local Options agreed
2) Common Assessments and Assessment Strategy Agreed
3) Common Core Teaching Materials shared and developed
4) Learning and Teaching within an Academic Partner blended using ICT and face
to face
5) Common delivery schedule agreed
6) Cross teaching of selected/ all modules
7) Learning and Teaching materials wholly online/ distance, with local facilitator
support
UHI Network Learning Audit and Planning Guide, 2005

14. UHI Curriculum Framework:
Five Main Initiatives
1. Revised curriculum architecture
(undergraduate)
2. Allocation of networked modules and units
3. Networked student support
4. Networked timetabling
5. Revised Internal Funding Mechanism
Plus.....
• Staff development
• Material development

15. Open Courses
YouTube
Online libraries
Journals
Wikipedia
Images
Social networking
Geographical data
Twitter
E-book repositories
Certification

17. Principles for teaching online
 Re-appraise materials and identify core areas
 “Chunk” materials into weekly workload
 Write/distil an overview of each topic
 Indentify resources, examples, papers, images
 Design activities to deepen understanding
 “Nice to know” - further reading
 Relate assessments to activities and outcomes
 Support materials – student guide, summaries..

18. Some silly ideas..1
“Putting things online means that
you lose recognition”
What about books?

19. Some silly ideas..2
“Putting things online means that
you lose
ownership”
Creative Commons

20. Some silly ideas..3
“Online courses mean less staff are
needed”
Re-deployment
and better use

21. Some silly ideas..4
“Online resources are cheaper”
Different cost structure

22. Some silly ideas..5
“Online resources go out of date
faster”
Actually means wider access

23. Some silly ideas..6
“My courses cannot be put online”
Almost certainly 100% wrong

24. Self Study
Online Face to
Tuition Face
Educational Technology

25. Issues of Personalised Learning
 Localisation
 Flexibility/ convenience / cost / relevance
 Ethical issues
 Digital profiles held by companies
 Sharing of information (+ plagiarism)
 Ethical travel (in an age of anthropogenic climate
change)
 Students as part of the community
 “Virtual” is not the same as “online”

26. The essence of OER
 1) Open access
 2) Freely available
 3) Shareable
 4) Relatively discrete 'chunks'
 5) Saves needing to 'reinvent the wheel'
 6) Needs to be contextualised
 7) You can add to the OER pool

27. Using OER in course design
1. Identify the main generic 2. Search
headings for course content for relevant
(key topics for discussion resources
and learning) that can be
re-used for
these
headings.
5. Select
the format
for sharing
(a wiki etc.
4. Add your 3. Write 'wrap-
new materials around' materials
to the common that contextualise
pool (if required) and support the
learning resources

28. OER Template
OER
OER OER
OER OER
Learning Resources
Tutorials Peer-to-peer Assessment Certification
email Dboard TMA Award
LMS skype Exam

29. Some things to watch
 The Attention Economy
 Self-organisation of learners
 Integration of platforms
 BIG OER meets small OER
 Course components will be owned and shared
 Dominance of Third Places – ubiquitous
learning
 Institutions will provide student support
http://www.flickr.com/photos/desireedelgado/3273760287/

30. Online Education: Do....
 get accreditation
 start with blended learning
 use special courses (teachers, CPD)
 explore open source/open access/content
 encourage the champions – reward success
 collect evaluations & testimonials
 ensure a staff training programme
 prioritise learning outcomes (use assessments)
 wrap-around courses are a quick win

31. Online Education: Do Not...
 try to put too much online
 forget to build assessment around activities
 get fixated upon the technology
 separate from existing Quality Assurance
 have only one delivery option
 expect 100% participation at first
 expect online solutions to apply equally to all
areas
 think that e-learning is a cheap option
 think that you need to reinvent the wheel

32. The
Connecticon
Social
Networking
for education
Key Concepts

33. View this presentation again at
www.slideshare.net/frankrennie