First Pass Draft for OER to bring Global Perspectives into the Classroom for IAFOR
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Dr. Kristin Olson Palmer discusses the integration of open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs) at the University of Virginia to enhance global perspectives in education. The talk includes examples such as Darden MBA students' interactions with learners in Africa and various innovative approaches like virtual guest speakers. The presentation aims to inspire educators to incorporate global viewpoints into their learning environments.
First Pass Draft for OER to bring Global Perspectives into the Classroom for IAFOR
- 1. Bringing Global Stories into the Classroom through OER and MOOCs Dr. Kristin Olson Palmer Director of Online Learning Programs , University of Virginia IAFOR International Conference of Technology in the Classroom (IICTC) January 2017, Submission 33082
- 2. Have you heard of UVA?
- 5. MOOCs at UVA Research Instructional Design “Convenient” Materials 3.5 Million Learners Highlight Faculty International Students Global Awareness
- 7. This talk is about how OER and MOOCs have opened up our classrooms to global perspectives.
- 9. 94 Learners in Africa 800+ support emails 9 months
- 13. Example 2: JFK with Larry Sabato
- 18. Example 3: UVA students abroad
- 24. Example 5: Virtual Guest Speakers
- 25. Example 6: Role Play Online
- 26. How can you use OER and/or bring global perspectives into your classroom?
- 33. Thank You! @kpatwork Dr. Kristin Olson Palmer on LinkedIn
Editor's Notes
- #3: POLL – How many people have heard of UVA? 25k ish students, R1, doctoral, ranked top 5 publics
- #4: In 2012, we fired our President for her lack of an online learning strategy and it was everywhere. Poll – anyone want to change their answers?
- #5: We dove first into OER as MOOCs. ? We started in online in 2012 with courses on Udemy, Udacity, Coursera and iTunes U. We’ve also run courses on NovoEd and talk routinely with edX.
- #6: Educational outreach as a public institution, we make money – enough to pay for what we are doing maybe a bit more, increase staff for instructional design, improve experience creating convenient materials for residential students, global spotlight on super star faculty and global perspectives into the classroom, recruit international students
- #7: Are MOOCs dead? Here’s the latest data from the Class Central 2016 Year in Review for MOOCs
- #14: Larry Sabato famous teacher because of Crystal Ball election predictions, frequent Fox News commentator
- #15: Students as Community Mentors
- #19: Ed Hess Mongolia
- #20: #clementine
- #23: Whoops – turns out alumni like the sense of place too! So good for current students but also good for alumni to engage with UVA
- #24: History stories form the discussion forums and learner experiences providing another lens
- #25: Historical Fiction Yangsze Choo comes into class for Ghost Bride
- #27: Zhdan now at Darden
- #28: Why should you bring OER into your classroom?
- #33: Skype for language courses where students are connecting internationally