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Addressing the Training Resource Deficit U5lizing Open Corpora and OER
Alannah Fitzgerald
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Overview • Key concepts within data-‐driven language learning
– Meaning, frequency, use, derivaGves, collocaGons • Training with corpora and text analysis tools
– Open vs proprietary content & tools • FLAX – the Flexible Language AcquisiGon project
– Digital infrastructure and enhancement – CopyleU dances with copyright
• OpenSpires – CreaGve commons podcast content (OER) – iTunesU as an OER channel
• Further resources
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Typical concordance interface
Titania Cobuild Collins
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Adapted from Hoffmann et al., 2008
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Where do you start?
19/03/2012 5
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FLAX – Flexible Language Acquisi5on Flexible Language Acquisi5on
library
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Meaning + Usage + Frequency
*goalless* search in the FLAX Web Phrases collecGon
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FLAX -‐ web colloca5ons
Economy
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FLAX - web collocations
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FLAX - sources
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FLAX – Flexible Language Acquisi5on Flexible Language Acquisi5on
library
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BAWE
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FLAX – Learning Colloca5ons (BNC, BWE, Wikipedia)
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FLAX – Learning Colloca5ons (related colloca5ons, defini5ons, topics)
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Cherry picking phrases
Brainstorm keywords from your subject/topic area and fill your cherry basket!
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Colloca5on guessing game in FLAX
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What can you do with this?
Crea5ve commons content
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Combining open tools & open content
Open Educa5onal Resources (OER) 24
http://http://openspires.oucs.ox.ac.uk/crunch/
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CreaGve Commons Licensing Suite
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterleth/
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What is OER?
OER Commons: “Open Educational Resources are
teaching and learning materials that you may freely use and reuse, without charge. OER often have a Creative Commons or GNU license that state specifically how the material may be used, reused, adapted, and shared.”
http://www.slideshare.net/tbirdcymru/itunes-u-corporate-channel-of-
free-educational-resources
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Under the category
“OER Tools and Services”
Services”
Yuan, L., MacNeill, S., Kraan, W. (2008) Open EducaGonal Resources – OpportuniGes and Challenges for Higher EducaGon, Educa&onal Cyberne&cs: Reports 2008, 35. Retrieved from wiki.ceGs.ac.uk
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Elements of a successful OER channel
• A#racGve to contributors • Usable • Useful • Used (and re-‐used) • Sustainable
Photo courtesy of San Mateo County Library on Flickr
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iTunesU OER Success Factors Attractive to contributors
Usable Useful Used Sustainable
Profile ✔ User Experience ✔
Quality material ✔
Download numbers ✔
Over 800 universities ✔
‘Apple gloss’ ✔
Search function ✔
Consistency ✔
Teachers ✔ Apple ✔
International reach ✔
Apple mobile ✔
Copyright ✗ ✔−
Personal ✔ Benefit to contributors/institution ✔
Linux, Android ✗
Feedback ✗ ✔
Not very repurposable ✗ ✔
Discoverability ✗ ✔
Community ✗
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It’s all in the downloads
University Downloads
Open University, UK Over 34 million since June 2008
University of Oxford Over 9 million since June 2008
Coventry University 2.5 million in 2010 alone
University of Warwick 1 million Jan ‘09 – June ‘10
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Lextutor
21/03/2012 32 http://www.lextutor.ca
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VocabProfile + Web Colloca5ons OER h#p://www.lextutor.ca/vp/
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AntConc freeware – build your own corpus
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AntConc video tutorials
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David Lee’s Corpus-‐based LinguisGcs LINKS
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h#ps://openeducaGonalresources.pbworks.com/w/page/24836480/Home
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Thank you!
Blog: Technology for Open English – Toying with Open E-‐resources h#p://www.alannahfitzgerald.org Twi>er: @AlannahFitz Slideshare:h#p://www.slideshare.net/AlannahOpenEd/ Email: [email protected] [email protected]