Addressing the Training Resource Deficit Utilizing Open Corpora and OER

Addressing the Training Resource Deﬁcit U5lizing Open Corpora and OER Alannah Fitzgerald h#p://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/opensourceway/5538036344

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

Typical concordance interface Titania Cobuild Collins

Adapted from Hoﬀmann et al., 2008

Where do you start? 19/03/2012 5

FLAX – Flexible Language Acquisi5on Flexible Language Acquisi5on library

Meaning + Usage + Frequency *goalless* search in the FLAX Web Phrases collecGon

FLAX -‐ web colloca5ons Economy

FLAX - web collocations

FLAX - sources

FLAX – Flexible Language Acquisi5on Flexible Language Acquisi5on library

FLAX – Learning Colloca5ons (BNC, BWE, Wikipedia)

FLAX – Learning Colloca5ons (related colloca5ons, deﬁni5ons, topics)

Cherry picking phrases Brainstorm keywords from your subject/topic area and ﬁll your cherry basket!

Colloca5on guessing game in FLAX

h#p://openspires.oucs.ox.ac.uk/resources/index.html#posters Crea5ve commons content What can you do with this? 23

http://http://openspires.oucs.ox.ac.uk/crunch/Open Educa5onal Resources (OER) Combining open tools & open content 24

CreaGve Commons Licensing Suite http://www.flickr.com/photos/peterleth/ 25

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

h#p://www.slideshare.net/tbirdcymru/itunes-‐u-‐corporate-‐channel-‐of-‐free-‐educaGonal-‐resources

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 h#p://www.slideshare.net/tbirdcymru/itunes-‐u-‐corporate-‐channel-‐of-‐free-‐educaGonal-‐resources

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 h#p://www.slideshare.net/tbirdcymru/itunes-‐u-‐corporate-‐channel-‐of-‐free-‐educaGonal-‐resources

iTunesU OER Success Factors Attractive to Usable Useful Used SustainablecontributorsProfile ✔ User Quality Download Over 800 Experience ✔ material ✔ numbers ✔ universities ✔‘Apple gloss’ Search Consistency Teachers ✔ Apple ✔✔ function ✔ ✔International Apple mobile Copyright Personal ✔ Benefit toreach ✔ ✔ ✗ ✔− contributors/ institution ✔ Linux, Android Feedback Not very ✗ ✗✔ repurposable ✗✔ Discoverability Community ✗ ✗✔ h#p://www.slideshare.net/tbirdcymru/itunes-‐u-‐corporate-‐channel-‐of-‐free-‐educaGonal-‐resources

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 h#p://www.slideshare.net/tbirdcymru/itunes-‐u-‐corporate-‐channel-‐of-‐free-‐educaGonal-‐resources

Lextutor http://www.lextutor.ca21/03/2012 32

VocabProﬁle + Web Colloca5ons OER h#p://www.lextutor.ca/vp/ h#p://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyZgZhHMovI 33

AntConc freeware – build your own corpus h#p://www.antlab.sci.waseda.ac.jp/soUware.html

AntConc video tutorials h#p://www.antlab.sci.waseda.ac.jp/antconc_index.html

David Lee’s Corpus-‐based LinguisGcs LINKS h#p://www.uow.edu.au/~dlee/CBLLinks.htm

h#ps://openeducaGonalresources.pbworks.com/w/page/24836480/Home

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: alannah.fitzgerald@educaGon.concordia.ca a.t.d.fitzgerald@durham.ac.uk

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