The Snowflake Effect: open learning without barriers

The Snowflake Effect: open learning without barriers erik duval K.U.Leuven & ARIADNE http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~erikd 1 1

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slogan warning! http://www.kinkyangel.co.uk/ 3

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✓ open source 4

✓ open source ✓ open content 4

✓ open source ✓ open content ✓ open standards 4

✓ open source ✓ open content ✓ open standards ✕Holland 4

Open infrastructure for access to all learning resources 5

Searchability http://globe-info.org/ 6 6

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networking, not taking over repositories 8 8

Open Educational Resources 9

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Open abundance • standards based • as A4, sewage, lightbulb, ... • no lock-in • plug-and-play • platform for innovation 11

platform for innovation http://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.be/hmdb/jt/infovis/images/globemash1.jpg hmdb/jt/infovis/images/globemash1.jpg 12

http://www.mace-project.eu/ 13

http://info.melt-project.eu/ OAI - SQI Creative Commons folksonomies €3.6M 37,593 resources and 97,200 assets EUN, ARIADNE Ministries: Austria, Catalonia, Hungary, Iceland, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden Commercial: UK, Germany, Iceland Danube University Krems (evaluation) Europese Hogeschool Brussel (school pilots) 14

Do numbers matter? 15 15

Do numbers matter? http://www.thelongtail.com/ 15 15

from scarcity to abundance 16 16

from scarcity to abundance a “better problem” paradox of choice 16 16

Better search? 17 17

Better search? electronic forms must die! 17 17

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teachers you used last year 19

teachers new since last year you used last year 19

teachers other teachers like you... new since last year you used last year 19

teachers used in this context other teachers like you... new since last year you used last year 19

teachers also used by... used in this context other teachers like you... new since last year you used last year 19

teachers learners also used by... used in this context other teachers like you... new since last year your peers you used have done last year this 19

teachers learners also used by... used in this context other teachers like you... new since they last year asked ... your peers you used have done last year this 19

teachers learners also used by... used in this context other who is teachers doing this like you... now? new since they last year asked ... your peers you used have done last year this 19

teachers learners also used by... used in learn this together? context other who is teachers doing this like you... now? new since they last year asked ... your peers you used have done last year this 19

teachers learners thumbs also used up/down? by... used in learn this together? context other who is teachers doing this like you... now? new since they last year asked ... your peers you used have done last year this 19

Open feedback 20 20

Open feedback Attention metadata http://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.be/empirical/ 20 20

1.Property 2.Mobility 3.Economy ransparency 4.T 21 21

Open about what went wrong too! 22 22

How about you? • “share and reuse” • “long tail” • “paradox of choice” • “snowﬂake effect” 23

Questions? http://ariadne.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/wordpress/eduval/ http://www.cs.kuleuven.be/~erikd Thanks! 24 24

The Snowflake Effect: open learning without barriers

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