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Potential economic models for publishing OERs, running open courses, and for open scholarship.

Freemium model to support science teaching. Need to check if it is worthwhile and pass on.

Account of a K12 school changing it's library into a hybrid digital / physical model

"A total of 125 students taking a first year seminar course for pre-health professional majors participated in this study (70 in the experimental group and 55 in the control group). With the experimental group, Twitter was used for various types of academic and co-curricular discussions. Engagement was quantified by using a 19-item scale based on the National Survey of Student Engagement. To assess differences in engagement and grades, we used mixed effects analysis of variance (ANOVA) models, with class sections nested within treatment groups. We also conducted content analyses of samples of Twitter exchanges. The ANOVA results showed that the experimental group had a significantly greater increase in engagement than the control group, as well as higher semester grade point averages. Analyses of Twitter communications showed that students and faculty were both highly engaged in the learning process in ways that transcended traditional classroom activities."

digital literacy - a task-service model to help develop digital literacy which supports learning

"The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students. The TIM incorporates five interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning environments: active, collaborative, constructive, authentic, and goal directed (Jonassen, Howland, Moore, & Marra, 2003). The TIM associates five levels of technology integration (i.e., entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion, and transformation) with each of the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments. Together, the five levels of technology integration and the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments create a matrix of 25 cells." Described at school level but a handy model. Perhaps we could adapt.

The PD model I think we should steal, mix in badges and launch for  digital literacy week.

All classes online but students must all participate at the same time and live on campus.

Wincton is a set of resources modelling a UK high street community designed to support business education. This is a log-in page but Google Wincton to find real open resources.

Graphic on a forecast of future models of education.

"What if teachers could fork educational materials just like software developers fork code? Imagine if educators far and wide could collaborate on curriculums beyond their school, district, or university. Imagine a revolutionized education system by way of the open source model. Well, the future is now."

Article by Audrey decrying the description of education as industrial and suggesting that there is a business imperative for this rhetoric.

An initiative at AUT to explore new models of learning.

Caroline Haythornthwaite, Richard Andrews, Michelle M. Kazmer, Bertram C. Bruce, Rae-Anne Montague, Christina Preston. 2007. - Interesting article and I we should look at some of these carefully.  Also some other good stuff in the journal.

Another case study of increasing teacher engagement with online teaching through a graded 'awards' system.  Going for positive reinforcement rather than a compliance model while still suggesting that there should be a minimum standard.

"The new UW [University of Washington] model imagines the entire campus as a learning environment."

Iinterweaving three approaches - Research-led Teaching, Inquiry-based Learning, and Research on Teaching and Learning - into one distinctive model called Research-led Learning & Teaching (RLT).