Localizing & Learning

Educating Educators
within Open Learning
Environments
 Overview
• Breaking down open education
• Creating open learning environments
– Open educational practices and
resources
– Traditional instructional principles
• Courses as examples
• Lessons Learned
• Questions that Linger
Open Education?
 Education ≠ Content

“Content is a necessary, but

not sufficient, condition for
education.”

- David Wiley
 After Content, People
Need…
• Help understanding what it means
• Help engaging in meaningful practice
• Feedback about their practice (more
help)
• More practice
• More feedback
• A sense that someone cares how
theyDavid
Source: doWiley, 2006
presentation
 Openness …

Encourage
Remove and foster
barriers to participatio
participati n to
on community
 Connection …

Learner to Learner to
learner facilitator

Learner to
world
Support …

Someone to offer
help and support
learner
How can open education work
in a traditional learning
environment?
“Information that does not
include presentation,
practice and learner
guidance is information but
not instruction.”
- David Merrill
Open Learning Environment

Open
Educational
Resources
How to
use and
re-use
OERs
 Education Courses for a
Purpose
• All the following courses prepare
educators
• Goals to design learning
opportunities
• Service learning benefits learners
and designers
• Service Learning
– How do we make sure quality
products are delivered?
– Quality = Pink Hair
 Course Overview
• Technology for Preservice Teachers
– W301
– W210/W310
• Foundations of Instructional
Technology (r511)
• WebCast Academy.net
• Wikiversity.org
 Teacher Technology
Integration Courses (w210,
w301, w310)
R511: Introduction to IST
WebcastAcademy.net
Wikiverisity.org Project
 Lessons Learned
Open learning environments …
• Encourage, recognize, and maintain
learner contributions
• Offer authentic learning contexts
• Advance prior knowledge
– from previous courses
– from community of learners
• Bring new challenges …
 Questions that Linger
• Evaluation
– How do we make sure that instructional
materials we produce are quality open
educational resources?
• Archive Management
– How do we make sure users interested can
gain access appropriate open educational
resources?
• Feedback
– How do we provide feedback to users in
open educational resources we design?
• Community Contributions
– How do we encourage quality contributions
from outside community members?
Open Learning Environment