open tapestry: leveraging open content for global education
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Open educational resources (OER) have the potential to improve global education substantially. Open Tapestry helps users find, adapt, and share these resources with people across the world.TRANSCRIPT
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
Q&A
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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