How can the Open Source community better support educators to create, use and share OER? Since march 2017, our project edulabs.de organized meetups with teachers and volunteers from civic tech initiatives. In the workshop I want to discuss experiences and the further potential of community-based event formats to foster a culture of sharing. key points Common obstacles for OER creation and what to do instead Open Educational Resources and / or Open Education ? Education and Open Culture How to organize edusprint events Co-creative approaches to OER quality Collaboration formats to discover/create/share OER Why we had to build a candy machine

1. #ccsummit | 13.04.2018
Dr. Markus Neuschäfer
Edusprints:
Community Events to Create OER

2. edulabs.de
• Project started 03/2017 by
Open Knowledge Foundation Deutschland e.V.
& mediale pfade e.V. (pedagogical support)
• Funded via OERInfo by BMBF
(German ministry of education)
• Network of 25 OERInfo projects
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3. Our team
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Dr. Markus
Neuschäfer
Project
Lead
Dr. Christine
Kolbe
Didactic
Coordination
Maximilian
Voigt
Project
Manager
Edgar
Zanella
Alvarenga
Developer

4. What we do
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Support & develop
the Open Education
Community
Organize
networking events,
outreach
Workshops with
Teachers
Support OER
creation
and discovery
• regional edulabs
• Public calls
• Blog
• Social media
• Workshops at
edu-events
• Presenting
community
projects
• Focus on media
literacy and
digital tools
• 15 partner
schools
• Editorial support
• Developing OER
Tools
• Edusprints

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…but why?

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licenses are not the most important factor.
OER continues to grow, but…
Source: KCNA (edited)

7. For most teachers in
Germany, open
licenses in education
are less exciting than
the mechanics of a
copy machine.
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edulabs-learning #1
via giphy, https://gph.is/1FLyaQr

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Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-10873 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, Bundesarchiv Bild 102-10873, Reichsbahnzentralschule, Unterricht, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE
Questions that teachers do care about
How can digital
tools contribute
to education
* #zeitgemäßeBildung

9. !98
Familie ??
School
Family

10. School
Family
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Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-10873 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, Bundesarchiv Bild 102-10873, Reichsbahnzentralschule, Unterricht, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE
New tools,
old methods.

12. Bild: Edutopia 2013: How Building Robots Captivates Kids' Imaginations (Is School Enough? Series),
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL-SrNJ0ZPg
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For self-directed
learning,
good materials
are a neccessity
edulabs-learning #2

13. Empowerment through
education?
Ongoing discussion about digital skills:
• 4Cs of 21st century learning
• Collaboration
• Creativity
• Communication
• Critical Thinking
• Media and Information literacy (UNESCO) as a cross-sectoral
theme
• KMK-Strategie „Bildung in der digitalen Welt“ (Germany)
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14. Different Focus:
Open Education
vs
Open Resources
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15. How can OER contribute to
a culture of participation?
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edusprints

17. inspiration: hackathons
• Limited time (1/2 - 3 days)
• Online Collaboration
• Development in small teams
• Supported by facilitator(s)
• Welcoming, playful and
productive atmosphere
• Differences:
• Many resources already
exist
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18. edulabs-learning #3
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Co-creation is dependent on a
culture of sharing

19. #3b
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…which is not common
practice in the teachers’
lounge.

20. Structure
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• Theory input and discussion
pedagogical standards / contemporary education
relevance of digital concepts in education
• Collecting ideas
Favorite teaching materials / which ideas are missing?
Brainstorming / Clustering
• Collaborative writing
• Discover: Find and recommend exceptional OER
• Transform: Adapt existing materials
• Create: Develop new materials
• Evaluation (community editors)

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Source: KCNA (edited)

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Source: KCNA (edited)

23. Optional: Feedback with candy machine
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Image: Candy Machine, by Maximilian Voigt (CC-BY). Source:
https://www.instructables.com/id/S%C3%BC%C3%9Figkeitenautomat-Candy-Vending-Machine/
(A candy machine is optional)

25. Support for OER Creation
• Warm-up: Personal relevance
• Track progress on Kanban board
• Clear criteria for quality
• Structured form for OER recommendations
• Regular breaks to facilitate changes in teams
• „Recipes“ for peer interviews and other guided
formats of OER creation
• Examples for good OER
• Templates for teaching materials
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26. Criteria for Quality
• Is the recommended / created resource open (according to
opendefinition.org ) = CC0 / CC-BY / CC-BY-SA ?
• Does the recommended material foster participation and
selfdirected learning?
• Is the material compatible to the curriculum for digital
education?
• Is it well enough designed to be ready to use for teachers?
• Are contents and pedagogy on the level of current
standards?
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https://hackmd.io/s/B1xoPtjQG https://hackmd.okfn.de/
methodensammlung-
metadaten-privacy

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Rating OER recommendations
(after the edusprint)

29. Presentation
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edulabs.de/oer

30. Continuous Feedback
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https://twitter.com/FrauGroddeck/status/
984433919205478402 (edited)

31. Thank you!
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Source: Giphy https://media.giphy.com/media/xT4uQBNEr2CFjaV84M/giphy.gif