Addressing the Training Resource Deficit Utilizing Open Corpora and OER

Addressing  the  Training  Resource  Deficit    U5lizing  Open  Corpora  and  OER  

Alannah  Fitzgerald    

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Overview  •  Key  concepts  within  data-­‐driven  language  learning  

– Meaning,  frequency,  use,  derivaGves,  collocaGons  •  Training  with  corpora  and  text  analysis  tools  

– Open  vs  proprietary  content  &  tools  •  FLAX  –  the  Flexible  Language  AcquisiGon  project  

– Digital  infrastructure  and  enhancement  –  CopyleU  dances  with  copyright  

•  OpenSpires  –  CreaGve  commons  podcast  content  (OER)  –  iTunesU  as  an  OER  channel  

•  Further  resources    

Typical  concordance  interface  

Titania  Cobuild  Collins    

Adapted  from  Hoffmann  et  al.,  2008  

Where  do  you  start?  

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FLAX  –  Flexible  Language  Acquisi5on  Flexible  Language  Acquisi5on  

library  

Meaning  +  Usage  +  Frequency  

*goalless*  search  in  the  FLAX  Web  Phrases  collecGon  

FLAX  -­‐  web  colloca5ons  

Economy

FLAX - web collocations

FLAX - sources

FLAX  –  Flexible  Language  Acquisi5on  Flexible  Language  Acquisi5on  

library  

BAWE  

FLAX  –  Learning  Colloca5ons  (BNC,  BWE,  Wikipedia)  

FLAX  –  Learning  Colloca5ons  (related  colloca5ons,  defini5ons,  topics)  

Cherry  picking  phrases  

Brainstorm  keywords  from  your  subject/topic  area  and  fill  your  cherry  basket!  

Colloca5on  guessing  game  in  FLAX    

 What  can  you  do  with  this?  

Crea5ve  commons  content  

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h#p://openspires.oucs.ox.ac.uk/resources/index.html#posters    

Combining  open  tools  &  open  content  

Open  Educa5onal  Resources  (OER)  24  

http://http://openspires.oucs.ox.ac.uk/crunch/

 CreaGve  Commons  Licensing  Suite  

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What is OER?

OER Commons: “Open Educational Resources are

teaching and learning materials that you may freely use and reuse, without charge. OER often have a Creative Commons or GNU license that state specifically how the material may be used, reused, adapted, and shared.”

http://www.slideshare.net/tbirdcymru/itunes-u-corporate-channel-of-

free-educational-resources

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Under  the  category    

“OER  Tools  and  Services”      

Services”

Yuan,  L.,  MacNeill,  S.,  Kraan,  W.  (2008)  Open  EducaGonal  Resources  –  OpportuniGes  and  Challenges  for  Higher  EducaGon,  Educa&onal  Cyberne&cs:  Reports  2008,  35.  Retrieved  from  wiki.ceGs.ac.uk      

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Elements  of  a  successful  OER  channel  

•  A#racGve  to  contributors  •  Usable  •  Useful  •  Used  (and  re-­‐used)  •  Sustainable  

Photo courtesy of San Mateo County Library on Flickr

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iTunesU  OER  Success  Factors  Attractive to contributors

Usable Useful Used Sustainable

Profile ✔ User Experience ✔

Quality material ✔

Download numbers ✔

Over 800 universities ✔

‘Apple gloss’ ✔

Search function ✔

Consistency ✔

Teachers ✔ Apple ✔

International reach ✔

Apple mobile ✔

Copyright ✗ ✔−

Personal ✔ Benefit to contributors/institution ✔

Linux, Android ✗

Feedback ✗ ✔

Not very repurposable ✗ ✔

Discoverability ✗ ✔

Community ✗

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It’s  all  in  the  downloads  

University   Downloads  

Open  University,  UK   Over  34  million  since  June  2008  

University  of  Oxford   Over  9  million  since  June  2008  

Coventry  University   2.5  million  in  2010  alone  

University  of  Warwick   1  million    Jan  ‘09  –  June  ‘10  

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Lextutor    

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VocabProfile  +  Web  Colloca5ons  OER  h#p://www.lextutor.ca/vp/    

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AntConc  freeware  –  build  your  own  corpus  

h#p://www.antlab.sci.waseda.ac.jp/soUware.html    

AntConc  video  tutorials  

h#p://www.antlab.sci.waseda.ac.jp/antconc_index.html    

David  Lee’s  Corpus-­‐based  LinguisGcs  LINKS  

h#p://www.uow.edu.au/~dlee/CBLLinks.htm    

h#ps://openeducaGonalresources.pbworks.com/w/page/24836480/Home    

Thank  you!  

Blog:  Technology  for  Open  English  –  Toying  with  Open  E-­‐resources  h#p://www.alannahfitzgerald.org      Twi>er:  @AlannahFitz  Slideshare:h#p://www.slideshare.net/AlannahOpenEd/    Email:  alannah.fitzgerald@educaGon.concordia.ca    a.t.d.fitzgerald@durham.ac.uk