using online resources to increase access and connect across cultures in a blended environment

Using Online Resources Internationally

Using Online resources to increase access and connect across Cultures in an Online Environment

Empire State College Innovations in Learning

http://commons.esc.edu/hudsonstreetgrandopeningcdl/innovation-in-learning/mobile-learning/

New concepts in teaching and learning: E-texts, open educational resources and more

– November 4, 2011

#epub2011

International Programs (http://www.esc.edu/learning-centers/international-programs

Empire State College OERu Anchor partnerhttp://wikieducator.org/OER_university

• Tirana, Albania• Prague, Czech Republic• Santo Domingo, Dominic

an Republic• Athens, Greece• Thessaloniki, Greece• Beirut, Lebanon• Panama City, Panama

PROGRAMS

Quality Leadership UniversityPartnerships with ESC, University of Louisville,

Towson University, College of Notre Dame and FIU

PANAMA PARTNER

• First cohort - March 2009 - 19 students

• Second cohort – February, 2010 - 25 new students + 7 continuing

• 21 graduates

• Third cohort – February, 2011 – 27 new + 16 continuing

• 23 graduates Dec 2011

• 8 weeks sessons

• First and last week F2F

PANAMA PROGRAM

• Concentrations: Marketing or International Business

• Median age: 22.5

• Average credits upon entering: approx. 58

• Av. Credits ESC: 50

• % work – 85%

• % other simultaneous studies – 10%

PANAMA STUDENTS

Demographics

• High cost of Textbooks• Shipping Cost and Time• Lack of Credit Card• Accessibility• Student input

Why online Resources?

Let’s See Some Examples

• LiveBinder (http://livebinders.com/)

• FlatWorld (http://www.flatworldknowledge.com/

• Students (Blackboard Collaborate)• Student video (

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wbqw2_i1t4)• Epub book (created by David Wolf Empire State College)

• You will need a program that reads epub for your laptop. 

There are several options.  If you have a Mac, you can download stanza (free) http://www.lexcycle.com/desktop.   • Firebox has a free add-on that reads epub as well (works with PC)  

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/epubreader/ 

What Materials Do Students Prefer Online

• How often do you use online resources?

• Difficulties

Instructor Use

Important Features

• Instructors

"Groups and Other stuff“

(Social Bookmarking)

http://diigo.com

• Bookmark and tag web pages• Attach sticky notes (http://www.diigo.com/tools/diigolet)

• Add comments and highlight• Epubfact2taskforce (

http://groups.diigo.com/group/epubfact2taskforce)

• Connect, engage students, social and fun

Similar tools: Furl.net, del.icio.us, ScuttlEDU

(Photo sharing & editing)

www.flickr.com

• Literacy skills• Intellectual property rights• Writing prompt• Multiple images to create a story• Geo tags• Virtual field trip• Flicktion

Similar tools: Picasa, Aviary, Photopeach, Photostory

Online textbooks / materials

• Need to understand how students experience learning

• Searchable

• Co-create with students

• Brainstorm, Ask them what will work for them

Online Textbooks & Materials

• Your College Online Library• Coursesmart: http://www.coursesmart.com/• Harvard Publishing: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/list/course-module• College Open Textbooks:

http://www.collegeopentextbooks.org/home.html• Flatworld Knowledge: http://www.flatworldknowledge.com/catalog• Issuu: http://issuu.com/• Connexions: http://cnx.org/• Open Educational Resources Commons: http://www.oercommons.org/ • Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/• Other Online (for example): Free Management Library:

http://www.managementhelp.org/, http://www.globalization101.org/

Other tools

• Social Networking tools (Facebook, LinkedIn)• Pixton Comic Make• Tag galaxy• Shape Collage• Evernote• Wordle• Mindmeister• Survey Monkey• Doodle

Resources

• 101 ways to use Twitter

• ePals Global Community K-12

• Collaborate with other educators across the Globe

• Google for Educators

Empire State College MOOC (http://www.cdlprojects.com/cmc11blog/contents/week-4-untitled/)

• Creative Commons 

• Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies

• Tech & Learning

Call To Action

• Follow my Blog, Twitter and Linkedin• Tweet your “take away” #epub2011• Share your ideas and results on my Blog• Expand your classroom

Contact Info

PATRICE:• E-mail:

• Twitter: Profpatrice• Blog:

http://cloudcomputingesc.blogspot.com/

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