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Amy M

OER university - WikiEducator - 0 views

shared by Amy M on 04 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • Who we are The OER university is a virtual collaboration of like-minded institutions committed to creating flexible pathways for OER learners to gain formal academic credit. The OER university aims to provide free learning to all students worldwide using OER learning materials with pathways to gain credible qualifications from recognised education institutions. It is rooted in the community service and outreach mission to develop a parallel learning universe to augment and add value to traditional delivery systems in post-secondary education. Through the community service mission of participating institutions we will open pathways for OER learners to earn formal academic credit and pay reduced fees for assessment and credit.
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    OER U has a lot of resources about participating open universities.  They also offer a few courses.
Heather Kurto

Making Sense of MOOCs: Musings in a Maze of Myth, Paradox and Possibility | Daniel | Jo... - 0 views

  • The first course carrying the name MOOC was offered in 2008, so this is new phenomenon. Second, the pedagogical style of the early courses, which we shall call cMOOCs, was based on a philosophy of connectivism and networking. This is quite distinct from the xMOOCs now being developed by elite US institutions that follow a more behaviourist approach. Third, the few academic studies of MOOCs are about the earlier offerings because there has been no time for systematic research on the crop of 2012 xMOOCs. Analysis of the latter has to be based on a large volume of press articles and blogs. Fourth, commentary on MOOCs includes thinly disguised promotional material by commercial interests (e.g. Koller, 2012) and articles by practitioners whose perspective is their own MOOC courses.
  • The term MOOC originated in Canada. Dave Cormier and Bryan Alexander coined the acronym to describe an open online course at the University of Manitoba designed by George Siemens and Stephen Downes. The course, Connectivism and Connective Knowledge, was presented to 25 fee-paying students on campus and 2,300 other students from the general public who took the online class free of charge (Wikipedia, 2012a).
  • Can xMOOCs make money?
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  • technology has been about to transform education for a long time
  • In 1841 the 'inventor of the blackboard was ranked among the best contributors to learning and science, if not among the greatest benefactors to mankind'. A century later, in 1940, the motion picture was hailed the most revolutionary instrument introduced into education since the printing press. Television was the educational revolution in 1957. In 1962 it was programmed learning and in 1967 computers. Each was labelled the most important development since Gutenberg's printing press.
  • But first, we agree with Bates (2012) that what MOOCs will not do is address the challenge of expanding higher education in the developing world. It may encourage universities there, both public and private, to develop online learning more deliberately, and OER from MOOC courses may find their way, alongside OER from other sources, into the teaching of local institutions.
  • He notes (Siemens, 2012) that 'MOOCs are really a platform' and that the platforms for the two types of MOOC that we described at the beginning of the paper are substantially different because they serve different purposes. In Siemens' words 'our cMOOC model emphasises creation, creativity, autonomy and social networking learning.
  • teaching methods 'are based on very old and out-dated behaviourist pedagogy, relying primarily on information transmission, computer-marked assignments and peer assessment'.
  • Another myth is that computers personalise learning. Bates (2012) again: 'No, they don't. They allow students alternative routes through material and they allow automated feedback but they do not provide a sense of being treated as an individual.
  • With such support MOOCs provide a great opportunity to develop new pedagogy. In a world of abundant content, courses can draw from a pool of open educational resources (OER) and provide their students with better and more varied teaching than individual instructors could develop by themselves. The University of Michigan (2012) (which made history by using OER from Africa in its medical school) uses OER extensively in its Coursera course Internet History, Technology and Security. UC Berkeley (2012) draws extensively on OER in its course on Quantum Computing.
  • pedagogy is not a familiar word on the xMOOC campuses. It is a myth that professors distinguished by their research output are competent to create online courses without help.
  • This, in turn, will put a focus on teaching and pedagogy to which these institutions are unaccustomed, which will be healthy. At the same time academics all around the world will make judgements about the intellectual quality and rigour of the institutions that have exposed themselves in this way.
  • With such support MOOCs provide a great opportunity to develop new pedagogy. In a world of abundant content, courses can draw from a pool of open educational resources (OER) and provide their students with better and more varied teaching than individual instructors could develop by themselves.
Catherine Strattner

Group items tagged module 4 assignment - ETAP640 | Diigo Groups - 2 views

  • Teachers' Domain: Pizza Toppings - 1 views www.teachersdomain.org/...vtl07.math.data.rep.pizzatopp Module 4 Assignment Pizza Venn Diagram Video Cyberchase OER teachers domain shared by Catherine Strattner on 21 Jul 12 - comment - like... - No Cached - more▼ Link to this item Edit this item Delete this item Save Send to Disable email alert Victoria Keller liked it In order to organize the preferences, Bianca draws a Venn Diagram and then arranges the pizza toppings according to the diagram. Catherine Strattner on 21 Jul 12 - edit - delete  I will be using this video as a resource for students to view prior to engaging in discussion on 2-set and 3-set venn diagrams.   <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I will be using this video as a resource for students to view prior to engaging in discussion on 2-set and 3-set venn diagrams.</div> ... Cancel ... Cancel Add Sticky Note Victoria Keller on 21 Jul 12  This is a great motivation to use for your course on venn-diagrams!! As an added note the pizzeria John's is in NYC and is a franchise from NJ.   <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is a great motivation to use for your course on venn-diagrams!! As an added note the pizzeria John's is in NYC and is a franchise from NJ.</div> ... Cancel
  • Pizza Toppings | OER Commons - 0 views www.oercommons.org/...view Module 4 Assignment Pizza Venn Diagram Video OER Cyberchase shared by Catherine Strattner on 21 Jul 12 - comment - like... - No Cached - more▼ Link to this item Edit this item Delete this item Save Send to Disable email alert Catherine Strattner on 21 Jul 12 - edit - delete  Great video on a practical use of Venn diagrams- will use in my course as a resource for viewing prior to engaging in discussion on 3-set Venn diagrams.   <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Great video on a practical use of Venn diagrams- will use in my course as a resource for viewing prior to engaging in discussion on 3-set Venn diagrams.</div> ... Cancel ... Cancel
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    Alex, I did complete this assignment as instructed. Not sure why you didn't see it as it is tagged appropriately... let me know if there is some issue on my end that needs to be fixed. Thanks- Catherine
Amy M

A first look at the P2Pu Open Badges 101 challenges - YouTube - 1 views

    • Amy M
       
      This a video students have to watch in the course.  Also, it's where I got a basic idea to build my own.  It's a little more higher ed/college course focused.
    • Amy M
       
      It's also great that this is only 2.41 minutes.  Short is good when dealing with videos.  Mod everything.
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    youtube is excellent for OER.  in fact, I am only using OER resources in my course.  i'm not actually doing any content creation.
Catherine Strattner

OER Commons - 0 views

    • alexandra m. pickett
       
      Join the OER Commons and browse its collections for resources that you might be able to use in your online course to achieve one of your learning objectives. This resource is free to join and to use any of the resources posted. : ) me
    • diane hamilton
       
      Just joined! This one is new to me. Thanks!
    • Irene Watts-Politza
       
      What a great resource for instructional design!
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    Open Educational Resources Commons - link to hundreds of OER sites
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    A great way to collaborate and get some inspiration.
Donna Angley

Louise Waters article - 0 views

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    Dr. Louise Waters discusses the power of OER in Urban Education
rhondamatrix

OER Commons/Id, Ego, and Superego in Dr. Seuss's "The Cat in the Hat" - 1 views

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    This site, which appears on OER Commons and originated with the National Council of Teachers of English/ReadWriteThink site, is a series of lessons aimed at high school lessons which use The Cat in the Hat to learn and practice psychoanalytical literary criticism. This will be one of the major elements of Module 4 in my "Politics of Dr. Seuss" course. I will be drawing from several portions of this activity, which reviews theme, plot, indirect characterization, and then applies Freudian concepts of id, ego and superego to analyze various characters in The Cat in the Hat.
Amy M

Test-Taking Strategies that Work, Teaching Tips of the Week, Teaching Today, Glencoe On... - 0 views

shared by Amy M on 06 Jul 12 - Cached
  • Test-Taking Strategies that Work
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    OER for standardized test taking
Amy M

Math As A Second Language - 0 views

shared by Amy M on 05 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • Our mission is to replace mathematical concepts that are difficult to understand with one or more simpler concepts that are easy to understand and hard to forget and to make all materials available free-of-charge to anyone who is interested in learning math.
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    an oer for teaching math as a second language
Catherine Strattner

Pizza Toppings | OER Commons - 0 views

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    Great video on a practical use of Venn diagrams- will use in my course as a resource for viewing prior to engaging in discussion on 3-set Venn diagrams.
Amy M

How Will Crowdsourcing Revolutionize Academic Peer Reviews? - Daily Crowdsource - 0 views

  • Thus, the peer review process could be on its way to the next step:  becoming truly crowdsourced using the Internet, and more specifically, a tool like Google, to effectively critique new work published by academic authors.
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    How crowd-sourcing can help academic journals, especially OER
Maree Michaud-Sacks

Overview: Using Student Peer Review | OER Commons - 1 views

    • Maree Michaud-Sacks
       
      I think the section on helping students make effective comments will fit nicely into my peer review and evaluation module
    • alexandra m. pickett
       
      great! i agree!
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    I think this is an awesome find Maree. However it would be nice if this resource was built with next buttons to proceed to the next reading rather than back buttons. Do you agree? Thank you for clearly stating how you would use this in your online course.
Mary Huffman

Hadrian's Villa: A Virtual Tour - Smarthistory - 1 views

    • Mary Huffman
       
      This is amazing! Not only can the students read about a villa in ancient Rome, they can take a virtual tour to really *see* what it looked like.
  • Many of the structures were designed by the Emperor Hadrian who ruled from 117 until his death in 138 C.E. This virtual rendering is based on current archeological research and has been created in consultation with art historians, archaeologists, and museum curators with expertise in this area.
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    From OER Commons
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    What a great site! I just looked at the SmartHistory home page - I can use this at the information desk!
Amy M

Connexions - Sharing Knowledge and Building Communities - 0 views

shared by Amy M on 10 Jul 09 - Cached
  • a place to view and share educational material made of small knowledge chunks called modules that can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc. Anyone may view or contribute: authors create and collaborate instructors rapidly build and share custom collections learners find and explore content
  • Create Content
  • Find Content
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  • On February 1, 2012, Connexions launched its groundbreaking initiative OpenStax College™. OpenStax College is a non-profit organization committed to improving student access to quality learning materials. Our free textbooks are developed and peer reviewed by educators to ensure they are readable, accurate, and meet the scope and sequence requirements of your course. Through our partnerships with companies and foundations committed to reducing costs for students, OpenStax College is working to improve access to higher education for all. OpenStax College is an initiative of Rice University and is made possible through the generous support of several philanthropic foundations.
  • Connexions® is a registered trademark of Rice University.
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    Lots of online materials, free of copyright, that can be used by teachers (only a reference is required.
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    Rice University's OER repository
alexandra m. pickett

Open Educational Resources (OER) in Urban Education | Authentic On-line Learning - 0 views

  • education.
    • alexandra m. pickett
       
      don't forget to self assess! : )
diane hamilton

Reasons to Read | OER Commons - 0 views

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    I will use this video in my course as an additional resource for student choice viewing. One of my modules is on contexts of literacy learning and this video is a brief glimpse of an actual classroom Reading Workshop in progress. In this module, students will be given a set of online resources to view in addition to the texts for the module. Students will choose which to view and will include these viewings in their discussion of module content. (Diane)
alexandra m. pickett

Teachers' Domain: Pizza Toppings - 2 views

  • In order to organize the preferences, Bianca draws a Venn Diagram and then arranges the pizza toppings according to the diagram.
    • Catherine Strattner
       
      I will be using this video as a resource for students to view prior to engaging in discussion on 2-set and 3-set venn diagrams.
    • alexandra m. pickett
       
      OK Catherine, i see it now! excellent.
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    This is a great motivation to use for your course on venn-diagrams!! As an added note the pizzeria John's is in NYC and is a franchise from NJ.
Victoria Keller

Mathematics Fluency: A Balanced Approach | OER Commons - 0 views

    • Victoria Keller
       
      I will be using this video in addition to the one on the shifts to explore the concepts involved in the Common Core Standards of Mathematics
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    This one looks intriguing.....
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