Individualizing  Learning  with  OER  -­‐  Online  Course  Design  in  Higher  Education    

Dr.  Swapna  Kumar  College  of  Educa6on  University  of  Florida  

Open  Educational  Resources  

OER  

Access  

Equity  

Cost  

Learning  Learners  

Ins6tu6ons  

Educa6on  

Open  Educational  Resources  

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Open  Educational  Resources  

Teaching  and  Learning  Beliefs  

Departmental  Culture  

Ins6tu6onal  Culture  

Open  Educational  Resources  

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•  Access/Infrastructure  

•  Licenses  

•  Technical  Competence  

•  Quality  

•  Link  loca6on  

•  Localiza6on  Recontextualiza6on    (Lane,  2006)  

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OER  and  Online  Education  

OER  and  Online  Education  

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•  Professional  Adults  

•  Textbooks?  Media?  

•  Relevance  

•  Discourse  

•  Reflec6on  

             (Mezirow,  1998)  

Redefini6on  

Modifica6on  

Augmenta6on  

Subs6tu6on  

OER  and  Course  Design  

SAMR.  Puentedura  (2009).  hippasus.com  

•  Learning  Goals  •  Backward  Design  

OER  and  Course  Design  

Founda6onal  Knowledge  

Modeling  

Individualiza6on  

(Kumar  &  Leeman,  2013)  

OER  and  Course  Design  •  Sharing  

•  Crea6ng  OER  

•  Assessment  

•  Instructor  Presence  

•  Class  size  

•  Diverse  par6cipants    

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Thank  you!  

Dr.  Swapna  Kumar  h<p://swapnakumar.com  

…Questions?