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This discussion explores the impact of open education on traditional teaching methods, emphasizing the importance of participation, support, and community engagement in learning. We delve into successful approaches that enable educators and learners to be actively involved in open educational practices. Key topics include creating open learning environments, effective feedback mechanisms, and ensuring the quality of open educational resources (OERs). By fostering authentic learning experiences, we aim to enrich educational outcomes and promote sustainability in open education.
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Localizing & Learning Educating Educators within Open Learning Environments
Questions from this morning… • Beyond anecdotal evidence, what examples do we have of open education transforming the traditional methods of teaching and learning? • What drives more participation in open education in ways that learners, educators, projects, and institutions can be truly engaged and rewarded? • What (more) can the community do to help open education projects become more rigorous, reflective, and effective about sustainability? • How can Higher Education get more ready for Opening Up Education?
Overview • Breaking down open education • Creating open learning environments • Open educational practices and resources • Traditional instructional principles • Courses as examples • Lessons Learned • Questions that Linger
Education ≠ Content “Content is a necessary, but not a sufficient, condition for education.” - David Wiley
After Content, People Need… • Help understanding what it means • Help engaging in meaningful practice • Feedback about their practice (more help) • More practice • More feedback • A sense that someone cares how they do Source: David Wiley
Openness … Encourage and foster participation to community Remove barriers to participation
Connection … Learner to learner Learner to facilitator Learner to world
Support … Someone to offer help and support learner
How can open education work in a traditional learning environment?
“Information that does not include presentation, practice and learner guidance is information but not instruction.” - David Merrill
Open Learning Environment Open Educational Resources
Course Overview • Technology for Preservice Teachers • W301 • W210/W310 • Foundations of Instructional Technology (r511) • Wikiversity.org • WebCast Academy.net
Lessons Learned Open learning environments … • Encourage, recognize, and maintain learner contributions • Offer authentic learning contexts • Advance prior knowledge • from previous courses • from community of learners • Bring new challenges …
Questions that Linger • Evaluation • How do we make sure that instructional materials we produce are quality open educational resources? • Archive Management • How do we make sure users interested can gain access appropriate open educational resources? • Feedback • How do we provide feedback to users in open educational resources we design? • Community Contributions • How do we encourage quality contributions from inside and outside community members?