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Blues skies thinking for
design and OER
Gráinne Conole,
The Open University, UK
University of Limerick, 11th May 09

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Redefining “openness”
Open source, open tools &
services, Open Educational
Resources
Free, shared, collabor
ative, cumulatively
better..
“Open Design”

3. + CCK08 ++++Education for free
ltc.umanitoba.ca/blogs/futurecourse/

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Hidden conundrum
New technologies offer new pedagogical opportunities
Array of Not fully
technologies exploited
Potential for reuse with Open Educational Resources
Little evidence
Open Educational
of reuse
Resources

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A mediating layer
Mediating artifacts
Lesson plans
Step by step guides
Mediating
Online tools
artifacts
Pedagogical patterns
“Expert other”
Learning Activity
Creates Design
Teacher Has an
or an OER
inherent
Vygotsky

6. + Converging schools of thought
Open Educational Resources
Learning Design

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Pedagogical patterns
 Means of describing learning activities
 Builds
on notion of design patterns from Architecture
(Alexander, 1977)
format – problem plus solution
 Specific
 Presented in terms of a problem to be solved:
 Context
 Problem
 Analysis
 Solution
 Example

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Collaborative patterns
Examples of different ways of
structuring collaborations
Jigsaw
Think-pair-share
YannisDimitriadis et al., University of Valladolid

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Open Educational Resources (OER)
The open provision of educational
resources, enabled by information and
communication technologies, for consultation, use
and adaptation by a community of users for non-
commercial purposes (Unesco, 2002)
Learning resources, courseware, learner support
& tools, tools & resources for teachers, resources
for quality assurance… (Unesco, 2004)

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Types of OERs
Size and granularity
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Format and media
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Pedagogy – neutral
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vs. embedded

11. Learning Design
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Tools, methods
and
approaches to
facilitate with
the design of
better learning
activities

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OU Learning Design Initiative
Representing pedagogy
Empirical
evidence
base
Guiding design Sharing ideas

13. Representation: CompendiumLD
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Core icon set
Design icon set

14. Building a design
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Activity
Assignment
Outcome
Resource
Role
Stop
Task
Tool

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Key features
Time allocation for tasks
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In-situ help
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Guiding templates
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Conditional branching
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Cloudworks
Clouds:
Learning & teaching ideas
Design or case studies
Tools or resources
Questions or problems
Cloudscapes:
Conferences
Workshops
Course team
Student cohort
Research theme
Project

21. Putting them together

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Illustrative example

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Illustrative example
Deposits
OER
Creates
Teacher A
Deposits
Design
Quiz + beginners route
Uses
Student A
OER Quiz + advanced route
Student B Uses
Chooses
Design
Repurposes
Teacher B & deposits

24. Prior designs
Process design New designs
& resources
Clouds in
Cloudworks
OER repositories
New OER
& designs
Pedagogical
Patterns

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Conclusion
 Mismatch between potential of technologies and
actual use is one of the key challenges of e-learning
research
 Need to combine collective wisdom
 Vision is to develop an evolving suite of
tools, resources, methods, and approaches to
facilitate teachers and learners coupled with a
vibrant community discussing learning and teaching
ideas and designs

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Acknowledgements
Many people involved but want to thank in particular:
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Olnet/Openlearn: Patrick McAndrew, YannisDemitriadis, Tina
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Wilson, Niall Sclater
OULDI: Andrew Brasher, Juliette Culver, Simon Cross, Paul
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Clark, Martin Weller
Funders
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The William and Flora Hewlett foundation, the JISC, the Open
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University for strategic funding

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Images
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