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Presentation at the eLearning Update Conference 22 July 2014, Emperors Palace, Johannesburg. Focuses on open educational practices and online learning.
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The Rise of Openness and Online Learning
Greig Krull and Brenda Mallinson
22 July 2014eLearning Update ConferenceEmperors Palace, Kempton Park
• Open education • Open learning• Open online
courses• Open educational
resources• Open licensing• Open access• Open source
Open Sourxe.com CC-BY-SA http://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/5535034664/ Adapted from Czerniewicz (2012) CC-BY-SA
Openness???
What challenges are we facing?
Increasing costs
Increasing student numbers
University of Ghana CC-BY-NC https://www.flickr.com/photos/oerafrica/4924285392
Why the need for openness?
Equal Right to ParticipateSharing
Browning [CC-BY-NC] https://www.flickr.com/photos/smichael/4563914649
• Free to Retain
• Free to Reuse
• Free to Revise
• Free to Remix
• Free to Redistribute
Wiley 5Rs framework Image by Sunshine Connelly [CC-BY}
What does “openness” mean?
Open EducationTeaching and Learning
Research
Open Educational Resources Open Access
Open Courseware
MOOCs
Open Educational Systems and Technology
What is Open Learning?
JISC CC-BY-NC-ND http://www.jisc.ac.uk/events
• Remove barriers to learning• Provide students reasonable
chance for success• Centred on learner needs• Flexibility and choice
Principles for Open Learning
• Opportunities and capacity for lifelong learning
• Learner-centred• Flexibility: increasingly
determine where, when, what & how
• Recognise prior learning & experience
• Conditions for fair chance of learner success
Hartwell [CC-BY-SA] http://commons.wikimedia.org
Open Educational Resources (OER)
“Teaching and learning resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an
intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others”
Hewlett Foundation
OER examples include textbooks, videos, podcasts, simulations,
websites, course materials and more
Open Licenses
Open licenses allow you to copy and distribute material, without requiring payment or permission
A Spectrum of Licenses
Mathieu Plourde CC-BY https://www.flickr.com/photos/mathplourde/10425003764/
What are MOOCs?
The rise of Openness…
“The real revolution is that universities, with scarcity at the heart of their business models, are embracing openness”
Sir John Daniel (2012)
Introduce fields and support for undergraduates
Develop skills and introduce topics for postgraduates
Special interest topics for postgraduates
Continuing education and qualifications
Introduce topics with high-profile presenters
Deacon, A, Small, J and Walji, S (2014) [CC-BY-SA]
Course Landscape in Higher Education
Deacon, A, Small, J and Walji, S (2014) [CC-BY-SA]
MOOC Platforms & Portals
Free and Open Source Software
Strandberg [CC-BY-SA] http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20060513_toolbox.jpg/
• Lower-cost technology options
• Able to use and/or modify the code
Platforms
RSS
Content Curation
Discussion Groups
Blog and Microblog
Social Networks
Multi-media
Sharing
Virtual Meeting Rooms
Free and Open Source Tools
Adapted from: Cavazza, Social Media Landscape [CC-BY-NC-SA] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fredcavazza/2564571564/
McGill University [CC-BY] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9Jh_GffRPU
Why Open Access?
Questions for Reflection…
1. Do you have a plan or strategy for opening your education provision?
JISC CC-BY-NC-ND http://www.jisc.ac.uk/content/resources
2. Do you have a plan or strategy for learning technologies or new methods of delivery?
Fryer CC-BY http://www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/7842702898/
3. How do we teach and learn when learning becomes open and online?
Vanguard Visions [CC-BY] https://www.flickr.com/photos/77018488@N03/9315194075/
Thank You!
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References
• Bates, T and Sangra, A (2011) Managing Technology in Higher Education: Strategies for Transforming Teaching and Learning. John Wiley & Sons.
• Butcher, N and Hoosen, S (2014). A Guide to Quality in Post-Traditional Online Higher Education. Academic Partnerships [CC-BY-SA]
• Czerniewicz, L. 2012. Open Education: Why it matters to South Africa [CC-BY] • Daniel, J (2012). Making Sense of MOOCs: Musings in a Maze of Myth, Paradox and
Possibility. Journal of Interactive Media in Education. [CC-BY]• Deacon, A, Small, J and Walji, S (2014). Developing World MOOCs: A workshop on
MOOCs in Africa. e/merge Africa. [CC-BY-SA] • Downes, S (2014). Beyond Free: Open Learning in a Networked World. [CC-BY-NC-SA] • Saide (2012). Empowering Learners through Open Learning. [CC-BY] • Wiley, D (nd). The 5 Rs Framework • Van Valkenburg, W (2014). Open
Education Workshop for the International Conference on E-learning. OpenEducation Consortium [CC-BY]
