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Socially Mediated

A Practical Guide: Going Online in Teaching and Learning

Gino Fransman

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

2015

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1. Introduction to Opening Up

2. TwitterGet the lingo - GlossaryPractical

3. YouTubeAcademic PlagiarismAn educator’s experience of using YouTube in T&L

4. Open Educational Resources (OER)

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NMMU Values

• Well rounded, capable of success anywhere in the world

• Committed to: • Social Justice• Equality• Civic Consciousness• Adaptable

• Technology savvy• Supportive of Green Initiatives

NMMU student graduates will

be

Vision 2020

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5Introduction

• Opening upThoughtsDeedsPractice

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Open

Share

Re-use

Revise

RemixRedistribute

No Permission

Retain

What is OPEN?

7Twitter

Know what those social media types are talking about?

Twitter has an online glossary of terms for those wanting to know more about hashtags, tweets, retweets etc.

https://support.twitter.com/articles/166337-the-twitter-glossary#

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hashtag (n.)A hashtag is any word or phrase immediately preceded by the # symbol. When you click on a hashtag, you'll see other Tweets containing the same keyword or topic.

Phishing (v.)

Do you know what this is?

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phishing

Tricking a user to give up their username and password. This can happen by sending the user to fake sign-in page, a page promising to get you more followers, or just simply asking for the username and password via a DM or email.

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Tweet (n.), Tweetable (adj.)

A Tweet may contain photos, videos, links and up to 140 characters of text.

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Search for a few keywords in your discipline

Explore using twitter in more detail on your own with this handy guide, containing several education related links to add and follow

http://www.edudemic.com/twitter-101-a-7-step-guide-for-teachers-newbies-and-everyone/

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See answers to your questions, some good, some bad…

www.youtube.com

Try seeing what’s out there for your class or students?

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Have you encountered academic plagiarism yet? How do (or will) you address plagiarism with students?

Click here:

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-punishable-perils-of-plagiarism-melissa-huseman-d-annunzio#watch

You can create a new lesson for students using this material!

14An educator’s experience with

According to Rob Weir (2012)https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2012/03/21/essay-how-use-youtube-teaching-tool

“Suggested Sources: (This is a very, very small sample.)

1. YouTube: Just type what you’re looking to find. If that doesn’t work, try permutations

2. TED: Some of the most incredible talks and demonstrations imaginable in the fields of technology, entertainment, design, global concerns, and science are available here.

If the answer is 8, there are many, many ways to get there!

Fully customisable content in some cases

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3. Academic Earth: It offers amazing online videos in many disciplines. The downside is that many of them are long. You should preview them and use segments.

4. Make Use Of has a list of six sites with links to sample classes.

5. So too does Online College Courses…”

An educator’s experience with

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Open Educational Resources (OER)

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What are Open Educational Resources

(OER)?“... an OER is simply an educational resource that incorporates

a license that facilitates reuse, and potentially adaptation,

without first requesting permission from the copyright holder."

A Basic Guide to Open Educational Resources (OER). (2011) Prepared by Neil Butcher for the Commonwealth of Learning & UNESCO. Edited by Asha Kanwar (COL) and Stamenka Uvalic´-Trumbic´ (UNESCO).

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What are some types of OER?

Stand-alone T&L objects

including but not limited to:Lecture handoutsClass NotesRevision/ Exam Prep Facilitation MaterialsTest ScopesTutorial Guides – full term/semester, or simply per class/

session

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HAVE ALREADY MADE AS POTENTIAL OER ?

Your own support materials

Pictures of your white-board? Do you just write and erase?

Recordings (audio and/or visual – consider available TECH) of your lectures or other teaching engagements, Cellphones?

Test or exam rubrics?

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Environmental Science in the 21st Century

http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/resources/environment-book/contents.html

Using the Web – Some help

http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/resources/environment-book/usingthewebE.html

‘growth point at NMMU’ according to Prof Zinn (02 July 2015)

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Full Course OER Materials aka OpenCourseWare

Global Development Resource Center's Virtual Library Collection of online resources for Environmental Studies.

MIT Open Courseware - Urban Studies and Planning MIT's extensive list of open Urban Studies courses includes Environmental Justice, Policy and Planning materials. Lectures, quizzes, exams, problem sets and in some cases entire e-textbooks are available for use in the classroom or as supporting materials.

MIT Open Courseware - Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences MIT also offers a wide variety of open courses on earth and environmental sciences. Course component are available for reuse in the classroom or by students to review concepts.

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Finding OER:

Your click takes you forward.

• www.oeconsortium.org• http://oerconsortium.org/discipline-specific/• http://www.oerafrica.org/teachered

• www.oercommons.org

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P2PU

The Peer 2 Peer University is a grassroots open education project that organizes

learning outside of institutional walls and gives learners recognition for their

achievements. P2PU creates a model for lifelong learning alongside traditional

formal higher education. Leveraging the internet and educational materials openly

available online, P2PU enables high-quality low-cost education opportunities.

OER Africa: proudly African (look at)

http://www.oerafrica.org/resource/guidelines-teaching-numeracy-foundation-phase

Foundation phase education resources, Grades 1,2 & 3.

Share with local schools, teachers in primary school education.

Exploring OER in education:

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Some dates to diarise:

• 23 July 2015 – Senate Hall North Campus• Introduction to Open Educational Resources• Back to Basics: Writing for Postgrads

• Academic Development Days• 4 August 2015 – Missionvale Conference Centre• 11 August 2015 – Senate Hall North Campus

• Open Education Week• 7 – 11 March 2015

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Thank You.

I hope we may follow up and collaborate via direct consultation ahead

Questions?

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Email

gino.fransman@nmmu.ac.za

ginofransman@gmail.com

Twitter: @ginofransman

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