remixing open educational resources for your classroom
DESCRIPTION
Slides for an online workshop as a part of the 4T Virtual ConferenceTRANSCRIPT
Poll
Are you a:
A - Preservice teacher
B - Elementary teacher
C - Secondary teacher
D - Administrator/coach/tech facilitator
E - Other
Poll
What’s your general technology comfort level?
A – Newbie – I use email and the web, not much else.
B – Beginner – I’m good with Office tools.
C – Intermediate – I’ve used some apps like wikis or Google Docs.
D – Advanced – I’m moderately comfortable with things like wikis, Google Docs, and other Web 2.0.
E – Expert - I do all things Web 2.0 and write HTML.
Agenda
Overview of open educational resources and remixing (15 minutes)
You choose a lesson or topic to remix Remix, play, ask questions, have fun
What I believe and why I got involved in OER
Differentiating instruction is essential to improving education.
Textbooks are not a good tool for this. Technology coupled with high quality content is. Teachers and students need high quality
resources that they can use legally to build and share interactive lessons, podcasts, multimedia presentations, etc.
Sharing is good and is a part of new literacies.
What is OER?
Digital, free, and OPEN for anyone to use, adapt, and redistribute
Tools, content, and implementation resources
For teachers, students, and lifelong learners
How is OER relevant to education?
Suitable for “remixing” for differentiation Examples
Increases equity FREE Modelling 21st century skills as a source of
content for teachers and students to build from legally
Wise use of public funds
What is remixing?
Piecing together others’ works into something useful to you
Final product can be any format you want Web page Wiki Presentation Ebook Movie Something else
Click the link in chat and watch the first part of this video
www.vimeo.com/42225818
Traditional copyright -
all rights reserved
Public domain - unrestricted
use
Traditional copyright -
all rights reserved
Public domain - unrestricted
use
Copyright with open licenses -
some rights reserved
Attribution (BY) ▪ Non-commercial (NC) ▪
No derivatives (ND) ▪ Copyleft - Share-Alike (SA)
Recommended for education:
CC BY
Creative Commons: CC BY – You can use however you want; just cite
the source.
CC BY SA – You can use however you want, but you must cite the source AND license your work under a sharing license.
CC BY NC – You can use only if it is noncommercial (you can’t charge $); cite the source.
CC BY ND – You can use the work but you can’t change it or put it into a bigger work; also cite the source.
Others:
GFDL – Share-alike license used by Wikipedia and others.
Public domain – not copyrighted; you can use however you like.
Custom licenses (e.g. morguefile and Teacher’s Domain)
Citing Sources
ALWAYS cite sources; attribution required by CC
Can be under the image or at the end in credits Screen names are ok (optional) Include source URL
More Formal Citation Formats
MLA
Author’s name, the name of the work, publication/site, the date of creation, and the medium of publication
Bronayur. “Hershey, PA sign.” Wikipedia, Jan. 9, 2007. JPG file.
APA
Name of the organization, followed by the date. In brackets, provide a brief explanation of what type of data is there and in what form it appears. Finally, provide the project name and retrieval information.
Hershey, PA sign. (Jan. 9, 2007). [Photo of Hershey, PA sign, JPG]. Wikipedia. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hershey_Pennsylvania_1.JPG
Where to find the best OER
http://content.k12opened.com
Multimedia tab will be particularly relevant for today.
Topics for Your Remix Project
Can work individually or in small groups Anything you want to work on
If you know what you want to do, type the topic and final format into the chat
If you don’t know, look at others’ ideas and/or my suggestions
Go to Google Doc and your name and what you plan to work on
Get to work!
Optional workspace - If you’d like a place to work on this, you can use this wiki:http://oerremix.wikispaces.com
Come back to Elluminate page if you have any questions – chat or audio
Break out rooms (optional) I’ll also check in periodically on audio Group check-in at 2:00
Have fun!
Conclusion
Questions, comments, and sharing of experiences and resources
Thank you for coming!
Thank you.
Karen Fasimpaur
First screen image credits:
Linux computer lab – Michael SurranLinux penguin - Larry Ewing <[email protected]> with the GIMPBooks - TizzieGlobe – NASACloud background - Anca Mosoiu