The OER in COERLL: Defining Open Education
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The document outlines a symposium led by Carl Blyth on the impact of open education in foreign language learning, addressing its definitions, goals, and benefits. It discusses the missions of the COERLL center, the significance of Open Educational Resources (OER), and the open education movement’s principles. Lastly, the document highlights challenges in implementing OER and encourages collaborative discussions among educators on ideal OER tools and overcoming obstacles in open education.
![“Envisioning Open Education”
1. React to what you just heard about Open
Education. What are your reactions to this
presentation? [10 min discussion]
2. Imagine your ideal OER. What do you want
future pedagogical materials to look like? [10
min]
3. Brainstorm solutions to one or two of the
challenges to Open Education. What can we
do to overcome the obstacles? [10 min]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/open2012-s1-defining-120907133450-phpapp01/85/The-OER-in-COERLL-Defining-Open-Education-45-320.jpg)
The OER in COERLL: Defining Open Education
- 1. Session 1: Defining Open Education Carl Blyth Director, COERLL August 9, 2012
- 2. Symposium (n.) 1. A meeting for the discussion of a single topic, usually including many speakers and an audience (virtual and F2F). 2. (in Ancient Greece) A convivial gathering that included eating, drinking and intellectual conversation.
- 3. Agenda 1. Introduction to COERLL 2. Presentation: “The Impact of Open Education on Foreign Language Learning” 3. Activity: “Envisioning Open Education” 4. Lunch (in the Atrium)
- 4. Coral Coral by flightsaber http://www.flickr.com/photos/flightsaber/2204190345 CC BY-NC 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/
- 6. Corelle Corelle_Snowflake Garland Cream &; Sugar with Salt & Paper (1974) by catface3 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jfholloway/1456419986/in/photostream CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
- 7. Corral Working on the cattle in the corrals.jpg by Alister.flint http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Working_on_the_cattle_in_the_corrals.jpg CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)
- 9. About COERLL Newest of the 15 National Foreign Language Resource Centers (2010 – 2014), grant from US Department of Education Located at The University of Texas at Austin Formerly the Texas Language Technology Center (TLTC) Focused on Open Educational Resources (OER) for Language Learning
- 10. Mission LRC Mission: to improve the teaching and learning of foreign languages by producing resources (materials and best practices) that can be profitably employed in K-12 and higher education settings. COERLL's Mission: to produce and disseminate Open Educational Resources (OERs) (e.g., online language courses, reference grammars, assessment tools, corpora, etc.).
- 11. Agenda 1. Introduction to COERLL 2. Presentation: “The Impact of Open Education on Foreign Language Learning” 3. Activity: “Envisioning Open Education” 4. Lunch (in the Atrium)
- 12. What we mean by Open Education US Dept. of Education, Creative Commons & The Open Society Foundations sponsored “Why Open Education Matters Video Competition” http://whyopenedmatters.org/videos/ …first place winner from Blinktower Creative Agency, Cape Town, South Africa
- 13. Defining Open Education “A collective term that refers to forms of education in which knowledge, ideas or important aspects of teaching methodology or infrastructure are shared freely over the Internet.” (Wikipedia)
- 14. Open Education Movement “The open education (OE) movement is based on a set of intuitions shared by a remarkably wide range of academics: that knowledge should be free and open to use and re-use; that collaboration should be easier, not harder; that people should receive credit and kudos for contributing to education and research; and that concepts and ideas are linked in unusual and surprising ways and not the simple linear forms that today’s textbook present.” (Baraniuk 2007: 229)
- 15. What we mean by OER The term OER refers to any educational material offered freely for anyone to use, typically involving some permission to re-mix, improve, and redistribute.
- 16. What we mean by OPEN 1. Free Access (online, no passwords, no fees) 2. Enable the “4 R’s” Reuse - copy verbatim Redistribute - share with others Revise - adapt and edit Remix - combine with others
- 17. “Gratis” vs. “Libre” Photo source: free (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonx/2698947622/) / tonx (http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonx/) / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/)
- 18. Degrees of Open: Materials CLOSED OPEN Traditional OERs Material Reuse / Redistribute / All rights reserved Revise / Remix
- 19. Degrees of Open: Classrooms CLOSED OPEN Traditional Online • Physical classroom • Virtual classroom • Enrolled student • Formal (enrolled) student • Informal learner
- 20. Degrees of Open: Research CLOSED OPEN Traditional research Open research • Methods/data known to few • Known to group • Traditional print journals • Online journals • Foreign Language Annals • LL&T • Subscribed readers • Internet public
- 21. Big vs. Little OER Big OER Little OER Typically generated by institutions. Typically generated and shared by individuals. Advantages = high reputation, good Advantages = cheap, web-native, easily teaching quality, little reversioning remixed and reused. required, easily located. Disadvantages = expensive, often not web Disadvantages = lower production quality, native, reuse limited reputation can be more difficult to ascertain, more difficult to locate Examples: MIT Courseware, UK’s Examples: Blog posts, podcasts, etc. OpenLearn Source: Martin Weller http://nogoodreason.typepad.co.uk/no_good_reason/2009/12/the-politics-of-oer.html
- 22. OER Enablers Open Licenses Open Standards Permission to How to design share OERs OERs for sharing Technology Communities of Tools for practice creating & Sharing ideas & sharing OER OERs w/ others
- 23. Open Licenses Creative Commons “some rights reserved” Attribution (Derivatives) (Commercial) (Share Alike) Mosaic Cow in St. Joseph, Michigan : taken from - http://www.flickr.com/photos/vxla/6183285404/in/photostream/Author: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
- 24. Degrees of Open: Licenses CLOSED OPEN Mosaic Cow in St. Joseph, Michigan : taken from - http://www.flickr.com/photos/vxla/6183285404/in/photostream/Author: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
- 25. Standards National Standards LARC Standards-Based Lesson State Standards Plan Generator (California) https://lpg.sdsu.edu
- 26. Technology Social sharing sites Reuse :: Redistribute Revise :: Remix
- 27. COERLL’s Technology Strategies Modular content Embeddable Media (YouTube) Editable formats (Google Docs) Multiple formats (print-on- demand and mobile)
- 28. Communities Collaboration among communities of: Educators Learners Administrators Developers .edu + .org + .com
- 29. Hybrid Spanish (U of Utah) Fernando Rubio
- 30. Open Learning Initiative (CMU) Chris Jones
- 31. Acceso (U of Kansas) Amy Rossomondo & Jonathan Perkins
- 32. Français interactif (UT-Austin) Georges Détiveaux & Amanda Dalola
- 33. Open LCTL Textbooks Yoruba Yemi http://coerll.utexas.edu/ye mi
- 34. Open Spanish Corpus & Materials Spanish in Texas Website http://sites.la.utexas.edu/spanishtx
- 35. Projects: Open Source Tools eComma collaborative annotation tool http://coerll.utexas.edu/ecomma
- 36. Other COERLL projects: OERs for LCTLs Gateway to Chinese http://www.laits.utexas.edu/ppp Suite of tools for students to practice with online interactive exercises. Portal site will launch in July, 2012. Conversa Brasiliera http://www.coerll.utexas.edu/brazilpod/cob Set of 35 high-quality conversation videos with annotations and commentary Aswaat Arabiyya http://www.laits.utexas.edu/aswaat Authentic Arabic videos for listening practice. New exercise sets for 20 videos will be released this summer.
- 37. Benefits to Learners Lowering costs. Materials can be adapted to meet local and personal needs. Community involvement = quality control and a better overall product, “inreach” Learners can be part of the creation process and feel a sense of ownership
- 38. Benefits to Educators Greater impact; reach more learners and gain recognition More control over materials Program fees from print-on-demand help with sustainability for updating materials High quality materials for less commonly taught languages Become a member of a community of practice
- 39. Challenges of OER Work involved in selecting and assembling all the pieces needed for a complete language program. Educators need training and support. Skepticism about quality control Lack of awareness about OER Sustainability
- 42. Slides and Links Check website for details: http://sites.la.utexas.edu/power-of-openness
- 43. Q&A Period What questions do you (still) have about Open Education and Language Learning?
- 44. Agenda 1. Introduction to COERLL 2. Presentation: “The Impact of Open Education on Foreign Language Learning” 3. Activity: “Envisioning Open Education” 4. Lunch (in the Atrium)
- 45. “Envisioning Open Education” 1. React to what you just heard about Open Education. What are your reactions to this presentation? [10 min discussion] 2. Imagine your ideal OER. What do you want future pedagogical materials to look like? [10 min] 3. Brainstorm solutions to one or two of the challenges to Open Education. What can we do to overcome the obstacles? [10 min]
- 46. Lunch Period! School lunches from around the world
Editor's Notes
- #3: Greek originsEmphasis on discussion among a group of speakers (audience participation)Q&A after all talks, informal Panel Discussions, and Break Virtual participation—Adobe Connect, chatroom, we will take questions from the online group too! Thks to Heera!Convivial gathering…eating required
- #4: I want to start by introducing COERLL, giving you a little background on our center.Then, I will discuss the “OER” in COERLL – what open educational resources means to us and how we are opening up our language learning tools and materials.I will give you a peek at some of the projects we have been working on.And finally, I want to wrap up by sharing some lessons learned in our journey to becoming more open.
- #12: I want to start by introducing COERLL, giving you a little background on our center.Then, I will discuss the “OER” in COERLL – what open educational resources means to us and how we are opening up our language learning tools and materials.I will give you a peek at some of the projects we have been working on.And finally, I want to wrap up by sharing some lessons learned in our journey to becoming more open.
- #13: I want to start by introducing COERLL, giving you a little background on our center.Then, I will discuss the “OER” in COERLL – what open educational resources means to us and how we are opening up our language learning tools and materials.I will give you a peek at some of the projects we have been working on.And finally, I want to wrap up by sharing some lessons learned in our journey to becoming more open.
- #14: I want to start by introducing COERLL, giving you a little background on our center.Then, I will discuss the “OER” in COERLL – what open educational resources means to us and how we are opening up our language learning tools and materials.I will give you a peek at some of the projects we have been working on.And finally, I want to wrap up by sharing some lessons learned in our journey to becoming more open.
- #15: I want to start by introducing COERLL, giving you a little background on our center.Then, I will discuss the “OER” in COERLL – what open educational resources means to us and how we are opening up our language learning tools and materials.I will give you a peek at some of the projects we have been working on.And finally, I want to wrap up by sharing some lessons learned in our journey to becoming more open.
- #18: Difference between the meanings of "free", yes it is free as in no cost, but it is also free as in giving you the freedom of sharing ownership of the material.Determine how to move from open access websites to true OERRetrofit existing materials if possibleImplement new tools, processes, and strategies to develop new OERGrow communities around our OER
- #24: We have been producing materials for awhile, and they have always been open access, but with a little copyright symbol at the bottom. The "all rights reserved" model does not allow any copying or redistribution of materials. Luckily, we have the "some rights reserved" model. We say "as long as you give us attribution, we give you explicit permission to copy and adapt materials to meet the local needs of your classroom or create new materials".
- #25: We have been producing materials for awhile, and they have always been open access, but with a little copyright symbol at the bottom. The "all rights reserved" model does not allow any copying or redistribution of materials. Luckily, we have the "some rights reserved" model. We say "as long as you give us attribution, we give you explicit permission to copy and adapt materials to meet the local needs of your classroom or create new materials".
- #26: Porta
- #27: Sharing is everywhere today. All of the social media sites are begging people to share. YouTube and TedEd enabling platforms for remixing.
- #29: Another big part of COERLL's mission is to develop a culture of collaboration among different communities of practice: Teachers, Learners, Instructional Technologists, Software Developers, etc. Shared interest in the materials, self-correcting to ensure quality of materials, and constant improvement
- #30: Highly formatted textbookBuilt with Open Source Drupal Content Management SystemUpdated license, updated video playerFacebook community
- #31: Highly formatted textbookBuilt with Open Source Drupal Content Management SystemUpdated license, updated video playerFacebook community
- #32: Highly formatted textbookBuilt with Open Source Drupal Content Management SystemUpdated license, updated video playerFacebook community
- #33: Highly formatted textbookBuilt with Open Source Drupal Content Management SystemUpdated license, updated video playerFacebook community
- #34: Student-generated contentCreateSpace & QoopCreated in MS Word, All PDFs
- #35: Spanish in TexasDevelopment of materials using video samples from the CorpusEditing pedagogically-useful clips and sharing on YouTubeExperimenting with TedEdLaunching Facebook community, etc.
- #36: Drupal module, will be released as open source