Access to Success through published Open Educational Resources

Access to SuccessUsing published OER

@ HELTASA 2014Bloemfontein, South Africa

Veronica Mitchell & Greg DoyleEducation Development Unit, Health Sciences Faculty, University of Cape Town, South Africa

where you will taste an array of flavours and texturesCC: BY https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3531/3247698206_2df3d10f02.jpg

Virtual facilitators(expert bakers in the OER kitchen)

UCT LawDr Tobias Schonwetter

UCT CILTProf Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams

Glenda Cox

Thomas King

UCT HSF EDU

Craig Matika

UCT HSF EDU

Nicole Withers

Today’s recipe1. Welcome & video clip

2. Google form with 2 questions

3. Small groups – scribe, spokespersonintroductions

2 tasting rooms – observing, discussing, sharing on Google doc

4. Discussion and tasting

Why Open Education Matters

http://vimeo.com/43401199

Google form => Wordle

http://tinyurl.com/HeltasaOER

Google Drive docs

Anytime / Anywhere

Google networks

Synchronous / Asynchronous

Accessible on mobile App

Affordable because Google is FREE

Agency and choice re sharing

Self managed rather than institutional LMS

6 Small groups

Introductions

Scribe – on Google Drive

Spokesperson

Exploring together

the “complex relationships between technology and education”….

“the need to foster collaborative communities rather than focus on content”.

Knox, J. (2013b). The limitations of access alone: Moving towards open processes in education technology, Open Praxis, 5(1), 21–29.

http://openpraxis.org/index.php/OpenPraxis/article/view/36

Small groups

Groups 1-3

Tasting room 1

Practise & Research

Groups 4-6

Tasting room 2

Sharing & Licensing

Switch after 30 mins

Taste room 1

Practise & Research

Champions at UCT HSF

ROER4D

http://tinyurl.com/HELTASA4researchhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupcake

Prof Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams’ Presentation

in Washington at OpenEd2014 on Wed 19th Nov 2014

Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/ROER4D

Presentation @ UCT Teaching & Learning Conference, October 2014

Slideshare:

http://www.slideshare.net/CILT_UCT/oer-panel-session-teaching-and-learning-conference-uct-20-oct-2014

Taste room 2

Sharing & Intellectual property

Finding (ingredients)

Creating OER

What about Intellectual Property?

http://tinyurl.com/HELTASA4sharinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupcake

Creative Commons

http://dawsonedci325.blogspot.com/2014/08/professional-development-artifact.html

Summary

OER ingredients for success:

Openness & collaboration

Connectivism

Understanding of license permissions/

restrictions

Sourcing relevant resources

Educators

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2009/343/1/a/bridal_shower___cupcake_by_anafuji.jpg

Summary

OER ingredients for success:

Knowledge and skills to access

Understanding of license permissions/

restrictions

Encouragement and confidence

Classrooms as global resources

Engagement with process of networking

Students

CC: BY, ND https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2628/3993735910_da34944a00.jpg

Knox, J. (2013b). The limitations of access alone: Moving towards open processes in education technology, Open Praxis, 5(1), 21–29.

http://openpraxis.org/index.php/OpenPraxis/article/view/36

We need

open access & open processes

for successhttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cupcake

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knowledge as a public good

A culture of freely sharing

Thank you

My favourite cupcake recipe

Simple Sweet Cupcakes

1 cup (250ml) flour

½ cup sugar

60 g butter

2 teasp baking powder

½ cup milk

1 teasp vanilla / lemon juice

1 egg

Mix dry ingredients, add egg and milk and melted butter

Bake in paper cups in a hot oven (200⁰C) for 10 – 15mins