open tapestry: leveraging open content for global education

Leveraging Open Content for Global Education

What is open content?

•  4 R's o  Reuse o  Revise o  Remix o  Redistribute

•  Creative Commons licenses

What is unique about global education?

•  Mobile is a big deal •  Connectivity is uncertain and uneven •  Multiple languages •  Cultural di!erences

Goals for online instruction

E!ectiveness E"ciency

Engagement

Needs

Discover  

Adapt  

Deliver  Track  

Share  

Discover

•  Standards Alignment •  Media Type •  License

Problem: How do you find relevant online learning resources?

Discover

•  Search & filtering •  Audience-focused portals •  Recommendations •  Search providers integration

Solution: Search, browse, & provide recommendations

Adapt

•  Grain size •  Language •  Context •  Assessment •  Sequencing

Problem: How do you adapt content for instruction in your context?

Adapt

Solutions: •  Use content where it is •  Simple, powerful

authoring tools •  Integrate with everyone (best breed

tools)

Deliver

Problem: How do you deliver distributed learning content to your learners?

•  Coherence •  Interactivity •  Feedback •  User control

Deliver

Solutions: •  Educational mashups •  Integrate with existing

tools •  Mobile delivery

Track

Problem: How do you track usage and e!ectiveness of distributed content? •  Resource needs improvement or

replacement? •  Context for interacting with learners?

Track

Solution: Integrated learning analytics •  Proxy-based analytics •  LMS integrations

Share

•  Authoring •  Learner support •  Evaluation •  Problem solving

Problem: How do you support nurturing online teaching and learning communities?

Share

Solution: Integrate with existing communities and best of breed tools •  Social bookmarking •  Discussion boards

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References

Images by: •  Creativecommons.org •  Horia Varlan via Flickr •  Ambro via freedigitalphotos.net •  Graur Razvan Ionut via freedigitalphotos.net •  Dan via freedigitalphotos.net •  Stockimages via freedigitalphotos.net •  Jscreationzs via freedigitalphotos.net •  David Castillo Dominici via freedigitalphotos.net •  Sujin Jetkasettakorn via freedigitalphotos.net •  Master isolated images via freedigitalphotos.net