An Introduction to Openness in Learning

in a Digital Age Greig Krull

24 July 2014

The Open Education Movement

Open Learning

Open Educational Resources

MOOCs

Open Source Software in Education

Open Access

Discussion

Outline

• Open learning• Open access• Open education

practice• Open educational

resources• Open licensing• Open source• Open data

Open Sourxe.com CC-BY-SA http://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/5535034664/ Adapted from Czerniewicz (2012) CC-BY-SA

Openness???

What does Openness mean?

• Reuse the content in its unaltered formReuse

• Adapt, adjust, modify, or alter the content Revise

• Combine original or revised content with other content to create something newRemix

• Make and share copies of the original content, revisions, or remixes with othersRedistribute

Why the need for openness?

Equal Right to Participate

Sharing

The rise of Openness…

“The real revolution is that universities, with scarcity at the heart of their business models, are embracing openness”

Sir John Daniel (2012)

What is Open Learning?

JISC CC-BY-NC-ND http://www.jisc.ac.uk/events

• Remove barriers to learning• Provide students reasonable

chance for success• Centred on learner needs• Flexibility and choice over

what, when, where and how they learn

Principles for Open Learning

Saide (2012) [CC-BY]

Opportunities and capacity for lifelong learning Learner-centred

Active engagement leading to independent and critical

thinking

Flexible provision: Learners increasingly determine where, when, what and

how they learn

Recognise prior learning and experience

Conditions for fair chance of learner success through

learner support, contextually appropriate

resources and sound pedagogical practices

Open Educational Resources (OER)

“Educational materials and resources offered freely and openly for anyone to use and − under some licenses − to

remix, improve and redistribute”

OER examples include textbooks, videos, podcasts, simulations,

websites, course materials and more

Open Licenses

Open licenses allow you to copy and distribute material, without requiring payment or permission

A Spectrum of Licenses

Mathieu Plourde CC-BY https://www.flickr.com/photos/mathplourde/10425003764/

What are MOOCs?

Introduce fields and support for undergraduates

Develop skills and introduce topics for postgraduates

Special interest topics for postgraduates

Continuing education and qualifications

Introduce topics with high-profile presenters

Deacon, A, Small, J and Walji, S (2014) [CC-BY-SA]

Course Landscape in Higher Education

Deacon, A, Small, J and Walji, S (2014) [CC-BY-SA]

MOOC Platforms

Free and Open Source Software

• Software distributed along with its source code

• Able to use and/or modify the design

• Low-cost technology option

• Opportunities for education

opensource.com [CC-BY-SA] https://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/4624425596/

Platforms

RSS

Content Curation

Discussion Groups

Blog and Microblog

Social Networks

Multi-media Sharing

Virtual Meeting Rooms

Free and Open Source Tools

Adapted from: Cavazza, Social Media Landscape [CC-BY-NC-SA] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fredcavazza/2564571564/

Open Access

• Rising prices of academic journals have meant some too expensive to access

• Open Access: articles that are freely and openly available for reading, reviewing and distributing derivative works

http://aoasg.org.au/

Questions for Reflection…

1. Do you have a plan or strategy for open education?

JISC CC-BY-NC-ND http://www.jisc.ac.uk/content/resources

2. Do you have a plan or strategy for learning technologies or new methods of delivery?

Fryer CC-BY http://www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/7842702898/

3. What kind of teachers should we be when learning is mostly open and online?

Vanguard Visions [CC-BY] https://www.flickr.com/photos/77018488@N03/9315194075/

Thank You!

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Greig Krull

References

• Bates, T and Sangra, A (2011) Managing Technology in Higher Education: Strategies for Transforming Teaching and Learning. John Wiley & Sons.

• Butcher, N and Hoosen, S (2014). A Guide to Quality in Post-Traditional Online Higher Education. Academic Partnerships [CC-BY-SA]

• Czerniewicz, L. 2012. Open Education: Why it matters to South Africa• Daniel, J (2012). Making Sense of MOOCs: Musings in a Maze of Myth, Paradox and

Possibility. Journal of Interactive Media in Education. [CC-BY]• Deacon, A, Small, J and Walji, S (2014). Developing World MOOCs: A workshop on

MOOCs in Africa. e/merge Africa. [CC-BY-SA] • Saide (2012). Empowering Learners through Open Learning. [CC-BY]

http://www.saide.org.za/11-open-learning