Open Education @ UNBC

Finding and Using Open Educational Resources
This session takes concepts and ideas from the first presentation and moves them into a practical and applied context. It is structured as a guided exploration of how to find and use open educational resources. Using web-based open educational resource aggregators and repositories participants will be invited to find and select resources pertinent to their academic field of study and instruction.

OER @ UNBC … in context

Hands On Workshop Agenda

Simultaneous face-to-face and online guided exploration on finding and using open educational resources.

Attribution is given to IDRC and Wawasen Open University for the online OER Workshop:
http://oerworkshop.pbworks.com

Some activities in this UNBC workshop reuse elements of the OER Workshop.

Topics we’ll explore:

1. Open license types and responsible use
2. Benefits – student, instructor, institution
3. Use cases – course supplement, component, whole course, entire curricula
4. Aggregators, search engines, repositories
5. Search criteria – academic level, domain, field of study, …
6. Technical format, instructional design, quality
7. Videos that show what a set of OER would look like in a range of UNBC delivery methods. eg. WordPress, Blackboard, etc.
8. Current trends and directions

Guided Explore Activity #1 – License Types & OER Benefits

1. Go to:
http://oerworkshop.pbworks.com
Check out Module 1 – Understanding the benefits of digitization
Also have a look at http://www.bccommons.ca

2.  Reconvene for group discussion around observations, discoveries, questions, …

Benefits: social, economical, quality improvement, collaboration & partnerships, academic planning, public relations & advertising
http://scope.bccampus.ca/mod/forum/search.php?search=OER+benefits&id=8

Guided Explore Activity #2 – Use Cases & OER Types

1. Option 1 Digital Images Go to:
http://oerworkshop.pbworks.com
Check out Module 3 – Finding free or open-licensed digital images
Also have a look at http://www.archive.org

Option 2 Open Textbooks Explore:
http://oerconsortium.org
http://www.collegeopentextbooks.org
http://chemwiki.ucdavis.edu
http://www.coursesmart.com
http://www.flatworldknowledge.com

2. Reconvene for group discussion around observations, discoveries, questions

Guided Explore Activity #3 – Finding OER using Aggregators, Search Engines, Repositories

1. Go to:
http://oerworkshop.pbworks.com
Check out Module 2 – Examining sample OER projects and materials

2.  Reconvene for group discussion around observations, discoveries, questions, …

search criteria – academic level, domain, field of study, …
OER size/type – course supplement, component, whole course, entire curricula

Guided Explore Activity #4 – Quality OER

1. Explore the following:

• The Opal Initiative http://oer-quality.org
• eCampusAlberta’s e-Learning Rubric
  http://www.ecampusalberta.ca/index.php?q=rubric
• Standards for Digital Learning Content in British Columbia
  http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/dist_learning/docs/digital_learning_standards.pdf
• Standards for K-12 Distributed Learning in BC
  http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/dist_learning/docs/dl_standards.pdf
• European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning
  http://www.qualityfoundation.org/

2.     Reconvene for group discussion around observations, discoveries, questions, …

3 dimensions of quality

1. academic
2. pedagogical
3. technical

Guided Explore Activity #5 – OER @ UNBC

Obtaining a resource from Sol@r

http://blip.tv/file/get/UNBC-GettingAResourceFromBCCampusSolr282.mp4

Remixing resources using ReLoad

http://blip.tv/file/get/UNBC-ImportingAndOrganizingWithReLoad167.mp4

In Context: Hosted on a website

In Context: Using UNBC Blackboard

http://blip.tv/file/get/UNBC-UsingBlackboardWithAndOpenEducationalResourceAtUNBC237.mp4

In Context: OER Reuse in WordPress

http://blogs.unbc.ca/open/professional-competence-example/

1. Explore the following:

• Videos that show what a set of OER would look like in a range of UNBC delivery methods’

2. Discussion

Guided Explore Activity #6 – Trends

Explore the following:

• U.S. Department of Labor and Department of Education Commit $2 billion to Create Open Educational Resources for Community Colleges and Career Training
  http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/26100
• Collaborate to compete – Seizing the opportunity of online learning for UK higher education
  http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2011/11_01/
• State of Washington to Offer Online Materials, Instead of Textbooks, for 2-Year Colleges
  http://chronicle.com/article/State-of-Washington-to-Offer/125887
• OER University http://wikieducator.org/OER_University

Links Used During This Presentation

http://www.bccampus.ca

http://edtechfrontier.com/2011/01/04/the-university-of-open

If you are unable to attend the sessions in person please join us via Elluminate.

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About Paul Stacey, BCcampus

With over 25 years as an educator in adult learning, Paul Stacey has delivered high-tech educational programs in the private and public sector around the world. Paul is one of the founding Directors of BCcampus where he is currently responsible for communications, curriculum development and academic growth. Paul has been instrumental in ensuring BCcampus initiatives connect, collaborate, and innovate by generating partnerships among BC’s public post-secondary institutions.

In addition to leading development of services to enhance online learning in BC’s public post-secondary system Paul is himself an active online learner and online instructor. Paul completed a 100% online graduate program in Adult Learning and Global Change and, as an associate faculty member, co-developed and taught an online International and Global Distance Education course for the Master of Arts in Learning and Technology program at Royal Roads University.

Paul writes about the emerging frontier of higher education technology at http://edtechfrontier.com

The Opportunity Side of Open

Facilitator: Paul Stacey, BCcampus

Date:  February 3, 2011
Time:  9:30 – 11:30am
Room: 10-4072

This presentation will explore the opportunities associated with converging forces of open source software, open access research publishing, open government/data, open educational resources, and open pedagogies. The combined impact of these “open” initiatives is of growing strategic importance in higher education as institutions look for alternative and creative ways of enhancing their education offerings through digital technologies. Within this larger strategic context of open particular emphasis will be placed on the potential of open educational resources as a creative alternative to traditional Access Copyright sourced course materials. Intellectual property, copyright and licensing aspects of open educational resources will be described and demystified. Open educational resource examples from within BC and from around the world will be used to illustrate the rich and diverse range of resources already available for free and immediate use. Tips on sourcing open educational resources and using them in whole or in part will be provided including urls, web sites and search engines. This presentation will conclude with opportunities for Q&A and dialog with the presenter about the opportunity side of open. An applied/hands on session will follow providing more in depth opportunities for participants to explore, discover, and dissect open educational resources pertinent to their academic domain of interest.

Finding and Using Open Educational Resources

Facilitator: Paul Stacey, BCcampus

Date:  February 3, 2011
Time:  1:00 – 3:00pm
Room:  5-154

This session takes concepts and ideas from the first presentation and moves them into a practical and applied context. It is structured as a guided exploration of how to find and use open educational resources. Using web-based open educational resource aggregators and repositories participants will be invited to find and select resources pertinent to their academic field of study and instruction. Searching, previewing and downloading resources will all be demonstrated. The potential to use open education resources for everything from a course supplement, to a course component, to a complete course, to curricula for an entire credential will be explored. Benefits associated with open education resource use from student, instructor and institution perspectives will be discussed. Open education resource license obligations such as attribution, and share-alike will be described. Open educational resource technical format, instructional design, and quality aspects will be considered. This session will conclude with an overview of current trends and directions associated with open education resource development and use around the world.