Webinar given to an audience of students and practitioners for an OCWC presentation series. Talks about the role of students in creating OER / OCW.

1. dScribe: the makers of OPEN
/ September 2009
/ OCWC
Garin Fons
http://open.umich.edu
Except where otherwise noted, this work is available
under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Copyright 2009 The Regents of the University of Michigan

2. students know stuff.

3. * ** ***
students know stuff.
* students are becoming ever harder to define in traditional ways like, say, someone who shows up to “class”.
** know in ways that are explicit, measurable, quantifiable; but also in ways that are tacit, immeasurable, and, frankly, taken for granted.
*** stuff about not only technology and the web, but also about people, practices, potential.

4. a lot of
^
students know stuff.

5. cliched stuff
games
gadgets
communication
consumption
social networking

6. maybe it isn’t so cliched
layering connecting sharing remixing

7. a lot of
^
students know stuff.
meaningful
interesting
valuable
useful

8. know-how driven by:

9. a passion for learning
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10. a desire to
increase access
to knowledge
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11. an
eagerness
to solve
real world
problems
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12. an ability to collaborate and participate
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13. * ** ***
we knew stuff.
* we were a group of grad students and a faculty member at U-M
** knew less than we know now, but that might have been ok
*** stuff about Creative Commons, some programming, web 2.0, sharing, etc.

14. a passion
a desire
we had an eagerness
and the ability

15. so we began to build

16. one two
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a new model for a new paradigm in
creating OER/OCW. teaching and learning.

17. one
opportunity for a new model
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Traditional OCW/OER Challenges
publication model
• cost
• staff centered • access to faculty
• retroactive • scale
• refresh rate

18. two
change the existing pedagogy
CC: BY-SA jfabra (flickr)
students
teacher
learning
happens in
there
somewhere?
knowledge
CC:BY-NC-ND kioko (flickr)

19. how else can we do this?

20. producing OER
c
curriculum
people convert into OER
materials
who are these people?

21. what about students?

23. Motivated
students...

24. Motivated
students...
collaborate with faculty...

25. Motivated
students...
collaborate with faculty...
and a team of U-M OER specialists...

26. Motivated
students...
collaborate with faculty...
and a team of U-M OER specialists...
to gather, review, edit, and publish
course materials...

27. Motivated
students...
collaborate with faculty...
and a team of U-M OER specialists...
to gather, review, edit, and publish
course materials...
for use by students, educators and self-learners...

28. Motivated
students...
collaborate with faculty...
and a team of U-M OER specialists...
to gather, review, edit, and publish
course materials...
for use by students, educators and self-learners...
worldwide.

29. Source: Regents of the University of Michigan

30. faculty & dScribe2 dScribe attends
faculty & dScribe2
connect: license training course led
recruit dScribe
material as OER by dScribe2
publish
dScribe to OER
site
Publishing faculty transfers course
material to dScribe
Process
Class #1 Agenda:
Class #1 Agenda:
roles faculty reviews
material: publish
dScribe identifies
& documents
to U-M OER site potential IP issues
dScribe
clear IP
Class #1 Agenda:
dScribe2
dScribe makes
necessary edits to OER team reviews &
course material clears IP issues
instructor BY: Garin Fons, Pieter Kleymeer
characters by Ryan Junell

31. dScribe cast of characters
dScribe Faculty dScribe2

32. license material

33. license material
That’s
easy!

34. select a dScribe
Class #1 Agenda:
find dScribe for
this course

35. select a dScribe
I’ll do it!
Class #1 Agenda:
find dScribe for
this course

36. dScribe training course

37. dScribe training course
decision
trees
open
resources
fun!
copyright

38. transfer material
Class #1 Agenda:

39. transfer material
Class #1 Agenda:

40. vet material
Class #1 Agenda:
find dScribe for open.michigan
Class #1 Agenda:

41. vet material OERca:
Content & Decision
Management Software
Class #1 Agenda:
find dScribe for open.michigan
Class #1 Agenda:

43. Modeling workflow

44. review material
Content Processing
Class #1 Agenda:

45. review material OERca:
Content & Decision
Management Software
Where does this Content Processing
image come from? Class #1 Agenda:

46. edit material
Class #1 Agenda:
find dScribe for open.michigan

47. edit material
Class #1 Agenda:
find dScribe for open.michigan

48. final review
Class #1 Agenda:
find dScribe for open.michigan

49. final review
Looks
Class #1 Agenda:
find dScribe for open.michigan
good!

50. publication
open.michigan
Class #1 Agenda:

51. one
address main challenges of OCW creation
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create a method that is...
: scalable
: sustainable
: cost effective
: enables refresh

52. “dScribes”
do-it-yourself, digital, distributed
motivated students or individuals who:
• organize, clear, tag course materials
• are familiar with technology and software
• learn about intellectual property & copyright
• engage with content in new ways

53. dScribe publication model
benefits to students:
• master course content
• learn about copyright and copyleft
• establish unique connection w/ faculty
• potential to get course credit
• collaborate w/ other dedicated classmates
• make resources available to everyone

54. dScribe publication model
benefits to faculty:
• students in course know best!
• establishing unique connection w/ students
• quality assurance of materials
• obtain user feedback on content >>
improve content

55. dScribe publication model
issues we have noted:
• difference between student quality and
faculty quality of work
• limited expertise in subject area
• limited time to devote to OER production
• difficult to obtain the right balance of
incentives for participation and production

56. two social view of learning & learning 2.0
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the classroom is changing

57. a Cartesian view of knowledge and learning
:: John Seely Brown and Richard P. Adler
: “I think therefore I am”
: knowledge as substance & pedagogy as knowledge transfer
CC: BY-NC-SA smallestbones (flickr) http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenkim/5535084
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
See: Brown, John Seely and Richard P. Adler, “Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail,
and Learning 2.0” Educause Review, January/February 2008, pages 17 - 32

58. the social view of learning - learning 2.0
:: John Seely Brown and Richard P. Adler
: “we participate therefore we are”
: understanding is socially constructed
CC: BY-NC berbercarpet (flickr) http://www.flickr.com/photos/flickerbulb/1477994596
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
See: Brown, John Seely and Richard P. Adler, “Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long
Tail, and Learning 2.0” Educause Review, January/February 2008, pages 17 - 32

59. learning 2.0 - characteristics
:: connected
: students, staff, & faculty
:: global audience
: facebook, slideshare, YouTube
:: participatory
: commenting as part of assignments
:: project based learning
: authentic assessments and real clients
:: technology as a mindset, not a skill
: blogs, wikis, multimedia, social networking
: collaborative virtual spaces
: permanent records of work and conversations
more here in Kim Cofino’s presentation - “The 21st Century Classroom”
http://www.slideshare.net/mscofino/the-21st-century-classroom

60. a summary
:: sharing as the norm
:: learning is more about how than what
:: participation and collaboration are key
a proposition
:: learning how to be open is essential to
engaging in social learning and learning 2.0

61. is a step in that direction.

62. students as makers.
students as collaborators.
students as teachers.
sharing the stuff they know.
making learning relevant,
interesting, meaningful.
making open the norm.

63. dScribe.info@umich.edu
https://open.umich.edu/wiki/Main_Page

64. https://open.umich.edu/wiki/ -> Presentation, poster, and diagram downloads

65. We were made
CC:BY Ryan
Junell
https://open.umich.edu/wiki/ -> Presentation, poster, and diagram downloads