Session 12 for Education E-107, Open Education Practice and Potential, Spring 2011 (Harvard University Extension) taught by M.S. Vijay Kumar and Brandon Muramatsu
E107 Open Education Practice and Potential: Session 12
1. Open Education: Practice and PotentialM.S. Vijay KumarBrandon Muramatsu EDUC E-107Spring 2011 1 Unless otherwise specified, Copyright 2011, Vijay Kumar and Brandon Muramatsu. Unless otherwise specified this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/). Cite as: Kumar, V. & Muramatsu, B. (2011). Open Education: Practice and Potential.
2. Where’s Vijay? 2 Chennai. (2011, April 19). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 02:50, April 22, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chennai&oldid=424880639
3. Goals for this Session News Courses and certification using OERs Philipp Schmidt, co-Founder, P2PU(Peerto Peer University) One more 2 minute project presentation Assignment 11 discussion What’s left for the rest of the course… Final Project 3
4. News Related to Open Education 4 Source: Biasutti, D. (2011, April 21). Funds Allocated to Open.Eau Claire. Retrieved April 21, 2011 from The Spectator website at: http://spectatornews.com/04-21-2011/campus-news/funds-allocated-to-open-eau-claire/
5. News Related to Open Education http://conferences.ocwconsortium.org/ Many of our guest speakers will be in Cambridge: David Wiley, Steve Carson, Joel Thierstein, Gary Lopez, Cathy Casserly, Mike Smith, Tom Caswell (representing Cable Green’s organization), Philipp Schmidt (and many more leaders in the field of Open Education!) $100 Student Registrations 5
9. Comments on Assignment 11 What have you found to be the most powerful idea about Open Education from the readings or guest lecturers? And why? Potential and Value Potential and bridge builder Potential to transform teaching and learning Philosophy and obligations Public good 9
10. Comments on Assignment 11 (cont.) To People and Society Societal value Freedom Course value is interaction "Personalize" education, and teaching is learning Specific concepts Free textbooks Open licensing Rules for OER from Mike Smith Technology is a tool, that clearly meets a need, that is the least expensive, is reliable and simple, has multiple uses, is research based and scalable 10
11. Comments on Assignment 11 (cont.) “Many items are not unique to the open education movement…” “…but related to online learning in general.” Two questions to ask: “Is Open Education a valid idea?” “If we assume that the principles and goals are valid, is it realistic to put it into practice?” 11
12. The rest of the course… April 25 Choose your own class Topic of your choice…or office hours May 5 OCWC Consortium Global Will you be attending? If yes, we’ll schedule a meeting at 5:30pm in the Marriott Boston Cambridge (Kendall Square) May 9 Final Project and 1 Slide due May 12 Final Project Presentations, 4 minutes long(instructions to follow) 12
13. Final Project:Action Plan for Open Education Goal A clear and succinct definition of the goal of the project. Need Why is the project needed? What factors internal to your organization or externally are driving the need for the project? Description Describe the project. What existing open education projects support your project? With which other projects in the class does your project have synergy? Tasks What specific tasks are needed to meet the goal? How will the tasks be accomplished? Timeline When will the tasks be completed and the project goal be met? Resources What resources are needed to complete the tasks and achieve the goal? Obstacles What obstacles might you face? How do you plan to address them? Success How will you know if the project is successful? What measures will you use? 13
14. Details on your Final Project Text Up to 15 pages(You’ve already written much of the plan!) Due Monday, May 9, 11:59pm EDT 1 Slide for your Presentation We will display this slide for you Due Monday, May 9, 11:59pm EDT Presentation No more than 4 minutes To be presented in class on Thursday, May 12 14
15. Next Week Assignment 12, Due April 25, 11:59pm EDT What is the biggest obstacle you anticipate in implementing/executing your project? How might you address it? Choose your own class April 28 Office hours or lecture? 15
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Unless otherwise specified, Copyright 2011, Vijay Kumar and Brandon Muramatsu.Unless otherwise specified this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/).Cite as: Kumar, V. & Muramatsu, B. (2011). Open Education: Practice and Potential.