Session Resources

www.k12opened.com/necc2009

All resources are linked here, as well as step-by-step instructions and other options for hands on activities.

This is a wiki. Feel free to add your own links, comments, thoughts, etc.

What I believe and why I got involved in Open Education

Differentiating instruction is essential to improving education.

Textbooks are not the best tool for this.

Technology coupled with high quality, open content is a solution.

Sharing is good.

Everyone deserves a free, high quality education.

The current educational bureaucracy is not likely to embrace OER projects.

Open Educational Resources (OER) are:

Digital

Free and open

Tools, content, and implementation resources

For teachers, students, and lifelong learners

Traditional copyright - all rights reserved

Public domain - unrestricteduse

Traditional copyright - all rights reserved

Public domain - unrestricteduse

Copyright with open licenses - some rights reserved

Attribution (BY) Non-commercial (NC)

No derivatives (ND) Copyleft - Share-Alike (SA)

Recommended for education:

CC BY or CC SA

Creative Commons:

CC BY You can use however you want; just cite the source.

CC BY SA You can use however you want, but you must cite the source AND license your work under a sharing license.

CC BY NC You can use only if it is noncommercial (you cant charge $); cite the source.

CC BY ND You can use the work but you cant change it or put it into a bigger work; also cite the source.

Others:

GFDL Share-alike license used by Wikipedia and others.

Public domain not copyrighted; you can use however you like.

Custom licenses (e.g. morguefile and Stock.XCHNG)

1 Create a glossary presentation from the open dictionary.

Go to http://dictionary.k12opened.com

Go to the Glossary Builder and choose one first three samples.

Output as PPT.

Save to your desktop.

2 Add an open-licensed photo or clip art and write a credit.

Find an open-licensed piece of art that illustrates a word in your glossary.

Save to your desktop and make sure to note the source for your credit line.

Import into your
presentation (Open
Office Impress or
PowerPoint) and
add a credit line.

3 Add open-licensed music or sound effects and write a credit.

Find open-licensed music or sound effects for your presentation.

Save to your desktop and make sure to note the source for your credit line.

A word about file formats and conversion....

4 Find an OER and think about customizing it.

Explore other OERs. Find one and think about how you might remix it to be more appropriate for a specific group of learners.

Examples

Spreading the word

If you like what you learned today,
tell three people you know about OER.

Q&A

I'll be in the Open Source playground today from 2-4. Hope you see you there!

How You Can Contribute

If you publish something you are willing to share, open license it.

Publish on an open platform like Wikispaces.

Post photos (to Flickr or elsewhere) with an open license.

If you see a mistake in Wikipedia, FIX IT!

Add something to a topic in Wikipedia or Wikibooks.

Write a definition in the Kids Open Dictionary.

Tell three people you know about OER.

Thank you.

Licensed under CC BY

Karen Fasimpaur

www.k12opened.com

karen@k12opened.com

First screen image credits:

Linux computer lab Michael SurranLinux penguin - Larry Ewing with the GIMPBooks - TizzieGlobe NASACloud background - Anca Mosoiu

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