making digital open educational resources for eap
DESCRIPTION
Workshop presentation given at the BALEAP biennial conference (The Janus Moment in EAP: Revisiting the Past and Building the Future) in Nottingham on April 20, 2013 by Martin Barge, Alannah Fitzgerald and William Tweddle. http://baleap.org.uk/events/event-6/TRANSCRIPT
Making digital open educational resources for EAP: Issues and options
Martin Barge, Alannah Fitzgerald, and William TweddleQueen Mary, University of London; Higher Education Academy and Oxford University Computing Services;
Queen Mary, University of London
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Overview
Linking BALEAP web resourcesDiscussing free versus open EAP resourcesInvestigating sharing & use of open resourcesEnvisioning OER for EAP
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19. LICENSE TO USE
19. License to use
Open licenses (e.g. Creative Commons) allow resources to be used without the need for rights clearance. Is the content you need openly licensed?
Purpose
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3. SHARING IS GOOD
3. Sharing is good
The ethos of education is to share learning. Can open content be a sound investment as well as the right thing to do?
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• For the practitioner– Web presence; resources development expertise;
professional recognition.
• For the student– Preview of, access to and contribution to course
content.
• For the institution– Brand promotion; best practice showcasing.
• For the EAP community– Materials development collaboration; sharing best
practice.
28. MY COMMUNITY
28. My community
If I belong to a community already, then is this the best place to look for great reusable resources? Or would I miss something?
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The ‘raw’ and the ‘cooked’Raw: Flickr, JISC Media Hub, DOAJ (Directory of
Open Access Journals), iTunesU, The Internet Archive, YouTube, TED, OpenYale, Wikimedia...
Cooked: uefap, Academic English Online, Prepare for Success, BAWE collections in FLAX, TTV...
EAP communities:
Forging ESAP materials creation linksAcLits and SFL communitiesBALEAP, EULEAP, College Composition etc...
7. LEARN NEW STUFF
7. Learn new stuff
Does working with other people’s stuff offer effective development?Or would you miss the creative thrill of making your own?
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• For the practitioner– Development of practical skills in digital materials
creation: reuse, repurpose, remix and redistribute.
• For the student– Access to up-to-date resources: inside and beyond the
classroom.
• For the institution– Sustainable resources and continued recognition.
• For the EAP community– Exposure to new and relevant tools and resources for
EAP (e.g. Xerte and FLAX)
27. APPEARANCE
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27. Appearance
Presentation can be part of the appeal. The resource looks better than ones we made. Overall, how important is appearance?
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6. POLICY
6. Policy
There has been support for reuse and ‘sustainable e-learning’ in various policy documents so far. Does this go far enough?
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Open access and research-driven teachingThe Finch Report
Institutional e-learning strategiesMoving online: marketing, distance learning & teaching
Changing nature of Higher EducationMOOCsGovernment-funded OER initiatives
Envisioning BALEAP web resourcesLinking to external resourcesProviding training in OER
Thank you
Martin Barge: [email protected] William Tweddle: [email protected]
Alannah Fitzgerald: [email protected]; @AlannahFitzSlideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/AlannahOpenEd/
Chris Peglar’s Reusable card game: http://orioleproject.blogspot.co.uk/p/shop.html