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“Small” languages –big achievements: communities engaged in Open Educational Practice

Katerina Zourou, Web2Learn, GreeceLangOER conference, September 26-27, Brussels.

Small languages- achievements in the Open

=> Teacher engagement; re-use; localisation

Small languages- achievements in the Open (2)

=> Emphasis on practices; hands-on approach for educators

Small languages- achievements in the Open

=> Community building; bottom-up, socially-sustained OER

A user profile at KlasCement- social network based and gamified

In OEP, how far have we been with…-content remix? -user engagement?

Food for thought:

http://www.ted.com/talks/kirby_ferguson_embrace_the_remix?language=en

What is an original? What is a remix?

Alek Tarkowski at webinar "Moving towards Open Educational Practices“, April 21, 2015https://eu42.spreed.com/c/740774990/spreed/100/recorder?recording=1#ok

Remix

Remix (2)

How « open » are we with content remix? What kind of « mix » of resources (incl.non-OER) are we open to embrace?

Greek OER aggregatorSearches among OER and user-generated content (UGC)

Remix (3)

https://www.ted.com/participate/translate

Community

“Engagement of individuals who voluntarily offer their knowledge to a knowledge seeker (an organisation, a company, etc. Howe (2006).

Howe, J. (2006). "The Rise of Crowdsourcing". Wired, 14 (6.)

Community (2)

http://amara.org/

Community location

Physical?

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Online?

Community location

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A user profile on Stack Exchange

Community location

Blended?

Community location

Community location

• Loosing sight of the big picture? =>How to valorize edu practice using OER and non-OER without downplaying the value of licensed materials? – Does the legal framework of OER inhibit users from taking bottom-

up action? When is best time to introduce it?

• Should we approach OER as work in progress and not polished content off the shelf?

• Should we reconsider the role of communities in OER uptake?

• Shouldn’t we we embrace new spaces and modes of connectivity?

Few ideas to discuss?

Thank you!

#langOER@web2learn_eu