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Blues skies thinking for design and OERGráinne Conole,

The Open University, UK

University of Limerick, 11th May 09

+Redefining “openness”

Open source, open tools & services, Open Educational Resources

Free, shared, collaborative, cumulatively better..

“Open Design”

+CCK08 ++++Education for free

ltc.umanitoba.ca/blogs/futurecourse/

+Hidden conundrum

Array of technologies

Not fully exploited

Open Educational Resources

Little evidence of reuse

New technologies offer new pedagogical opportunities

Potential for reuse with Open Educational Resources

+A mediating layer

Teacher DesignHas an inherent

Learning Activity or an OER

Creates

Vygotsky

Mediating artifacts

Mediating artifactsLesson plansStep by step guidesOnline toolsPedagogical patterns“Expert other”

+Converging schools of thought

Open Educational Resources

Learning Design

+Pedagogical patterns

Means of describing learning activities

Builds on notion of design patterns from Architecture (Alexander, 1977)

Specific format – problem plus solution

Presented in terms of a problem to be solved: Context Problem Analysis Solution Example

+Collaborative patterns

Jigsaw

Think-pair-share

Yannis Dimitriadis et al., University of Valladolid

Examples of different ways of structuring collaborations

+Open Educational Resources (OER)

The open provision of educational resources, enabled by information and communication technologies, for consultation, use and adaptation by a community of users for non-commercial purposes (Unesco, 2002)

Learning resources, courseware, learner support & tools, tools & resources for teachers, resources for quality assurance… (Unesco, 2004)

+Types of OERs

Size and granularity

Format and media

Pedagogy – neutral vs. embedded

+Learning Design

Tools, methods and approaches to facilitate with the design of better learning activities

+OU Learning Design Initiative

Representing pedagogy

Guiding design Sharing ideas

Empirical evidence base

+Representation: CompendiumLD

Core icon set

Design icon set

+ Building a design

Assignment

Outcome

Stop

Task

Resource

Tool

Role

Activity

+Key features

Time allocation for tasks

In-situ help

Guiding templates

Conditional branching

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Clouds: Learning & teaching ideasDesign or case studiesTools or resourcesQuestions or problems

Cloudscapes:ConferencesWorkshopsCourse teamStudent cohortResearch themeProject

Cloudworks

Putting them together

+Illustrative example

+Illustrative example

Teacher A

OER

Design

Creates

Deposits

Deposits

Student A

OER

DesignStudent B

Teacher B

Chooses

UsesQuiz + beginners route

UsesQuiz + advanced route

Repurposes & deposits

Process designPrior designs & resources New designs

Clouds in Cloudworks

Pedagogical Patterns

OER repositories

New OER & designs

+Conclusion

Mismatch between potential of technologies and actual use is one of the key challenges of e-learning research

Need to combine collective wisdom

Vision is to develop an evolving suite of tools, resources, methods, and approaches to facilitate teachers and learners coupled with a vibrant community discussing learning and teaching ideas and designs

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Many people involved but want to thank in particular: Olnet/Openlearn: Patrick McAndrew, Yannis Demitriadis,

Tina Wilson, Niall Sclater OULDI: Andrew Brasher, Juliette Culver, Simon Cross, Paul

Clark, Martin Weller

Funders The William and Flora Hewlett foundation, the JISC, the

Open University for strategic funding

Acknowledgements

+Images

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3601/3327933534_aa015c39ff.jpg

http://www-jime.open.ac.uk/2008/22/jime-2008-22_files/image006.gif

http://www.elearning.ac.uk/features/learningmodel

http://connectirmeli.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/cck08-week-4-organizational-development.gif