Open Ed Cesena 08

Open Education and virtual communities: an experience A. Fini A. Formiconi A. Giorni N.S. Pirruccello E. Spadavecchia E. Zibordi

The “OpenED 2007” course
”Introduction to Open Education”
Utah State University
David A. Wiley
2007: open participation
Paper reading
Blog: working and assessment tool

Participation
Credit
Non-credit
Informal

Objectives
current state of the field of open education
copyright, licensing, and sustainability;
locate open education in the context of mainstream instructional technologies
learning objects;
current practices & possible alternatives in open education;
OER projects locally

Contents
Open Educational Resources
human rights in education
free access to educational resources
OER: strong and weak points
OER: good practices
intellectual property rights
learning objects & the future of OE
?

The collective interaction
Starting process
wiki
tools, resources, time, assignments
Interactions
cross-blogging
feed RSS
Restructuring of the process
final version, modified & broadened
spiral renewal

The Italian Group
LTE, University of Florence
LTEver – January 2007
students, alumni , professionals, teachers
Educational Technology…
informal learning
professional training
Elgg
community of practice
blog/files/communities/RSS resources/…

The role of the community
conventional e-learning course
reaction and discussion, course re-modulation
Learning Community
cross-reading & cross-blogging
LTEver:
virtual place, cooperative e-learning
“ wrap up”

To conclude …
A case study for three reasons:
Course nature (open)
A new role for institutions?
Course contents (OER)
Dissemination
Course development (ICT & lifelong learning)
Role of the community

LTEver http://www.lte-unifi.net/elgg
Antonio Fini: [email_address]
LTEver, University of Florence - Italy

Open Ed Cesena 08

by Antonio Fini on Oct 02, 2008

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