Transcript KASA 2011 Open Educational Resources PowerPoint

WELCOME
Grace Yeh/Kathy Mansfield
Open Educational Resources
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Support for Classroom Instruction
Introduction
What is Open Educational Resources
(OER)?
Why use OER?
Demo of OER websites
Open Textbooks
OER Guiding Questions
Q&A
I have taught the unit for a
week now, but Johnny is not
getting it! Are there resources
that I can use to help him?
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Watch this demo!
 Click on Area of Triangles and
Quadrilaterals
 This is an example of OER
What is Open Educational
Resources (OER)?
 teaching, learning, and research resources
 reside in public domain or have been
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released to permit free use or re-purposing
include
 full courses
tests
 course materials software, and
 modules
any other tools,
materials, or
 textbooks
 streaming videos techniques
Atkins, Daniel E.; John Seely Brown, Allen L. Hammond (2007-02). "A Review of the Open Educational Resources (OER) Movement: Achievements, Challenges, and New
Opportunities". Menlo Park, CA: The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. p. 4. http://www.hewlett.org/uploads/files/Hewlett_OER_report.pdf. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
Building on the Past
Building on the Past by Justin Cone is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution (CC BY) license.
Creative Commons
 Provides free, easy-to-use, simple, standardized
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way to pre-clear copyrights to creative work.
CC licenses “some rights reserved.”
Attribution
Non-Commercial
Share Alike
No Derivative Works.
Information from http://creativecommons.org/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons_licenses#cite_note-5
Six Regularly Used Creative Commons Licenses
Information from http://creativecommons.org/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons_licenses#cite_note-5
Why use OER?
 Allow teachers’ access to instructional materials that are:
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– high quality
– diverse and worldwide knowledge
– usually beyond the means of their schools
– at little or no cost
Use OER for remedial and/or enrichment instruction.
Allow teachers’ possible reuse and remix of content,
depending on the source to customize learning for the
students
To expand knowledge and stay current
To connect with teachers or learners who have similar
interests
Demo of OER websites
OER Commons
 Allow to search, browse, evaluate, and
discuss over 30,000 high-quality OER that are
already posted somewhere on the Internet
 Supported by the William and Flora Hewlett
Foundation
Search Resources
OER Materials
Conditions of use
Source of information: http://www.oercommons.org/
Other Search Tools
 Curriki
 Jorum
 Temoa
 iBerry
 OER Recommender
 FREE
NROC(National Repository of Online Courses)
 Offer high-quality content in a course format
 Correlated with popular textbooks
 HippoCampus provides free access to NROC
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multimedia content.
KVHS purchases membership and offers HippoCampus
content tailored to Kentucky standards
Access HippoCampus through KVHS, KVHS tab, and
then click on the logo
 New content, new feature will be released this summer.
SAS® Curriculum Pathways®
 Provide content that are standardsbased
 Incorporate interactive multimedia
technology into the lessons
 Launch a new version this summer
 Technology personnel subscribes to the
site
OpenCourseware (OCW)
 Why OCW?
 In October 2002, MIT launched MIT
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OpenCourseWare
Universities make educational materials, such
as lecture videos, lecture notes, exams etc.
organized as courses free, open and available
to the world online
Many higher educational institutes have joined
the movement, including, John Hopkins, Yale,
Tufts University, University of Michigan
MIT OpenCourseware
Highlights for High School
 Highlights for High School Guided Tour
2009
 Introductory MIT Courses, Exam
Preparation or High School Courses
Developed by MIT
 Hands-on Learning and Knowledge
in Action
Khan Academy
 Provides over 2100 free videos covering K-12
topics such as math, biology, chemistry,
physics, finance and history
 100 self-paced exercises
 Allows access to statistics, map of knowledge,
and classroom data
 Santa Rita Elementary-CA: pilot program
Sample Content Repositories
 PhET simulations for physics, chemistry, biology, earth
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science and math
PhysClips multimedia introduction to physics.
HEAL Free, high-quality digital materials for health sciences
education
Mission U.S. http://www.mission-us.org/ a multimedia project
featuring free online role-playing game about American history
iCivics http://www.icivics.org/ uses game play to teach middle
school students about civic engagement.
Project Gutenberg largest single collection of free electronic
books.
Digital Library for Earth Science Ed.
Math Archives
The National Science Digital Library(NSF)
Thinkfinity
 Verizon Foundation: 11 Content Partners
 Thousands of free educational resources
– K-12 lesson plans
– Student interactive tools and games
– Podcasts
– Videos
– Reference materials
– Searchable by state standards
Content Partner: Smithsonian
Building a Sod House
Open Textbooks
What makes a textbook “open?”
 Copyright-holder grants usage rights to
the public through an “open license,”
which typically includes the right to
access, reformat, and customize it at no
additional cost
 Accessible online
How to choose an open textbook
 Find the right textbook
– Search repositories
 Review and evaluate
– Meets content standards?
– Platform compatible?
 Decide if you want to use it as is, or edit
– Check for licensing allowances
 Distribute it to your students
– Online? Downloadable PDF? Print shop?
To consider . . .
 Teacher training
 Student training
 Parent training
All of the above need ready and reliable
access at the point of need
Open Access Textbook Examples
 Free HS Textbooks
– Free
– Customizable
– Science and Mathematics
 CK12 Flexbooks
– Free
– Customizable
– Science, Technology, Engineering,
Mathematics
Other Online Resources
 Exploratorium
– (Cow’s Eye Dissection):
 Digital Vaults
 Kentucky Virtual Library
OER Guiding Questions
Ask yourself:
 Does the activity help the students meet the learning
targets?
 Is the activity grade-appropriate?
 Does the activity engage the students?
 Will students have enough information to complete the
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tasks?
Do you and/or the students have the necessary
technology requirements to access the activity?
Is there sufficient time for the work?
How can you assess your student’s learning outcome
for the activity?
Questions?
Contact Information
 Grace Yeh
– [email protected]
 Kathy Mansfield
– [email protected]
502-564-2106 (KY Dept. of Education)