OER Issues

OER Issues Rory McGreal TEKRI Athabasca University DEHub Conference Sydney, NSW February, 2011

Important Preview Mobile learning

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1.6 million Internet connexions World population: 6.8 billion ¼ of the world’s population http://www.soil-net.com/album/Places_Objects/slides/Globe%20Planet%20Earth%20NASA.jpg

Important Preview Mobile Learning The world is going mobile

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3.4 billion mobile devices 1.3 billion mobile internet users 1/3 only access internet via mobile

Mobile Learning Wireless Access

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bandwidth features performance functionality usability accessibility A Balancing Act Ken Anderson, Scholarlykitchen.org http://farm1.static.flickr.com/32/50088733_58935531ce.jpg

WWW is flexible for display on different-sized screens, enabling user preferences (font size, etc.) Fluid design ( elastic or liquid )

Finding OER http://mediaspin.com/blog/?paged=18 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3171/3080636881_91692258ae_z.jpg?zz=1

OERs for Development Goal of developing together a universal educational resource available for the whole of humanity… hope that this open resource for the future mobilizes the whole of the worldwide community of educators ” UNESCO 2002

Games Evony Hidden expedition: Titanic http://www.freegameaccess.com/play-hidden-expedition-titanic.htm

OER Mix & Match & Licenced content http://my.aegean.gr/gallery/8310-1/stress-student.gif

Adapt. Reuse. Repurpose. Not invented here! OER ASSEMBLE

OER 9 Be flexible *It happens! Nassim Taleb

Generalisability is Important. It can reduce costs OER

Alternate learning routes Everyone’s different OER

OER Assessment & accreditation

Twitch = 2 jiffies or 200 milliseconds

12 Standards Interoperability OER

General Eric Shinseki , retired Chief of Staff, U. S. Army

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