OER-Enabled Pedagogy

Valerie Irvine @_valeriei

Problems with Semantics of Open

• Confusion Between:
• Open Access Licensing
• Public Access
• Pedagogy
• Being “Open-Minded”

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*see last section of Landscape of Merging Modalities�

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Problems with Semantics of Open

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• Open Education
• Open Pedagogy
• OER-Enabled <insert type> Pedagogy

Open Access Research

“The means of communication should be held by the public, the very basis of how we connect should be a public utility. That principle we are trying to bring to research and scholarship” … and teaching?

John Willinsky (Stanford)

“Perhaps most importantly, I believe knowledge – or at least academic knowledge – should be free and open to all. Why not the knowledge that I’ve acquired, for what it’s worth?”� - Tony Bates

Mott, J., & Wiley, D. (2013). Open for Learning: The CMS and the Open Learning Network. In Education, 15(2). Retrieved from http://ineducation.ca/ineducation/article/view/53

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Mott, J., & Wiley, D. (2013). Open for Learning: The CMS and the Open Learning Network. In Education, 15(2). Retrieved from http://ineducation.ca/ineducation/article/view/53

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“Every time you join a system, you add value to that system and not necessarily to yourself.”

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• George Siemens

Learning Environments & Tools

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Learning Management System (Brightspace/Coursespaces)

Teacher-centric

Content-centric

Institutionally-owned

Temporary

Closed

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Blogging network � (opened.ca, UVic OAC)

Learner-centric

Network-centric

Learner-owned

Permanent

Closed or open

Portable

Blog Hub: Federation of Learning Journeys

Uses Feedzy

Feed imports blog posts from all URLs selected. Could be every post or selected ones based on a category

Connect to UVic Open on Mattermost

Sign Up:

You can join by clicking the link below, and then creating an account name and password. �NOTE: this link should only be clicked on a laptop or desktop machine. Using a phone or tablet may throw errors.

https://chat.opened.ca/signup_user_complete/?id=djisr1t44tyjiybq3pnc8c73sh *updated*

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UVic Open Community Mattermost Team: https://chat.opened.ca/uvic-open/

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Once the account is created, Mattermost works well on mobile devices, including apps if you want them.

The “official” documentation is as good as any in explaining how to join or start channels, notifications, etc… and only takes a few minutes to look over the essentials.

https://docs.mattermost.com/help/getting-started/welcome-to-mattermost.html#the-basics

One bug we have been seeing… Some new users do not receive a confirmation email. However, if they hit the “I forgot my password” link on the login screen, they should get that email. https://matter.tru.ca/login

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UVic Open Community Site

https://oac.uvic.ca/open or uvicopen@uvic.ca

Supports

• Some support would be required for course feeds to be set up (input learner blog URLs)
• UVic DSC offers Wordpress workshops
• UVic TIL is the official owner of OAC.uvic.ca
• EDCI 136: Learning in an Open & Connected World

Prompts for Reflection

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1. Do you agree with the notion of student data ownership in principle? If so, how do you promote student data ownership in your context?
2. How are beliefs around open access research different from sharing our educational resources for public access?
3. How might you consider open practices in your teaching?
4. How could the university support teaching in the open?