OPEN CONTENT

Ashley Mayor

C&I 489.05

Emerging Educational Technology

Definition

Content (text, audio, video, arts and the like)

Available for all Available in multiple formats Free of cost

According to the Horizon Report…“ At its core, the notion of open content is

to take advantage of the Internet as a global dissemination platform for

collective knowledge and wisdom, and to design learning experiences that

maximize the use of it” (Johnson et. al 2010, 15).

According to Brigham Young University…The use of open content can be

summarized by the 4R’s

Wiley, D. (2010). Open content. Brigham Young University. Available at: http://www.opencontent.org.

Reuse

The right to reuse content in the original form “verbatim”

Examples: - Sharepoint: A school-wide means of sharing

documents in a password protected environment (not Sharepoint Designer)

- Illinidata: Sharing student assessment data- Learn360: Video and Audio - Classic Reader: Text

Revise

When content is adapted, adjusted, modified, or altered from the original content.

Example:- Translations:

http://translate.google.com/ - Kid Friendly Illinois State Standards

Remix

When content is customized, modified, or combined with other material.

Examples: - Flat World Knowledge: Customized- Wikipedia: Modified - K12 Open Dictionary Builder: Combined

Redistribute

When content copies of the original content are shared and your revisions or your remixes are made available to others.

Examples: - Creative Commons: nonprofit

organization that increases sharing and improves collaboration

Current Uses

Open Educational Resources: Also known as OERs Available for free Digital Available to all (Fasimpaur, K. 2008)

For educators, students and lifelong learners Open Courseware Consortium (not ISU yet)

open source repository Open Knowledge Foundation: Non-profit open

source directory Open Educational Resources:

Repository/Directory

Current Uses

Higher Education: Many universities, such as MIT and Tufts University, believe that making educational materials available to the public is a SOCIAL RESONSIBILITY.

Elementary Schools: Data sharing Middle Schools: Media exposure High Schools: Classical Literature All Educators: Lesson idea sharing AND MUCH MORE

Example Lessons Using OER

Third grade class: Lesson on addition with regrouping

Reuse: SMART Tech Exchange- http://exchange.smarttech.com

Seventh grade class: Lesson on geometric solids

Remix :K12 Open Dictionary Builder

Issues

Intellectual Property Copyright Law: The Law changed Plagiarism

Positives

Allows for differentiated instruction Allows for the selection of the highest

quality sources Most up-to date content Alternative to Copyrights and

monopolies

What are you going to do?

“We are on the cusp of a global revolution in teaching and learning. Educators worldwide are developing a vast pool of educational resources on the Internet, open and free for all to use” (Cape Town Open Education Declaration 2007).

WILL YOU BE A PART OF THE REVOLUTION CHANGING HOW WE TEACH AND LEARN?

Resources AIM Educational Inc. (2010). Learn360. Available at: www.learn360.com.

Bacall, A. (2010). Intellectual property cartoon. Available at: http://www.cartoonstock.com.

Bloomington District 87 & McLean County Unit 5 School District. (2009). Illinidata. Available at: http://www.achievementmatters.org/illinidata_u5.htm.

Creative commons (2010). Creative commons: Share, remix, reuse legally. Available at: http://creativecommons.org/.

Fasimpaur, K. (2010). Kids open dictionary builder. Available at: http://dictionary.k12opened.com.

Fasimpaur, K. (2010). Free content and open tools and massive collaboration = learning for all. Available at: http://www.slideshare.net.

Flat World Knowledge. (2010). Flat world knowledge. Available at: http://www.flatworldknowledge.com/.

Google. (2010). Google translate. Available at: http://translate.google.com.

Illinois Education Association. (2006). Kid friendly standards. Available at: http://www.unit5.org/pjhs/standards.htm.

Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education. (2010). OER commons: Open educational resources . Available at: http://www.oercommons.org.

Johnson, L., Levine, A., Smith, R., & Stone, S. (2010). The 2010 Horizon Report. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium.

Open Courseware Consoritum. (2010). Open courseware consortium. Available at: http://ocwconsortium.org.

Open Knowledge Foundation. (2010). Open knowledge foundation: Promoting open knowledge in a digital age. Available at: http://okfn.org/.

Open Society Institute & Shuttleworth Foundation. (2007). The cape town open education declaration. Available at: http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/.

SMART Technologies. (2010). Smart Exchange. Available at: http://exchange.smarttech.com.

Theroux, S. & Blackdog Media. (2004). Classic reader. Available at: http://www.classicreader.com/

Wiley, D. (2010). Open content. Brigham Young University. Available at: http://www.opencontent.org.

Wikimedia Foundation. (2010). Wikipedia. Available at: http://www.wikipedia.org/.