OER Roulette

A non-linear exploration of the influence of granularity on OER reuse Martin Weller

OER Roulette!

My OER experience OpenLearn Blog Sidecap

Granularity Big and Little OER

low production quality expensive reputation ‘buyer beware’ often not web native easily remixed and reused little reversioning required distributed reuse limited web (2) native good teaching quality, cheap high reputation Individual Institutional Little Big

My hypothesis
Granularity is a lens through which we can explore many of the issues around open content

Sustainability Aggregation Messages Portals Context Working Time Projects Content Status Questions

Models of OER sustainability Centralised Team (MIT) Teaching Duty (USU) Distributed dev (Rice) (decentralisation) (cost) (Wiley)

Research papers Lectures/Teaching content Conferences Data Code Ideas Debate Higher Education as long tail production engine

Should we just stop worrying about sustainability and embrace little OER?

Aggregation and Adaptation
(McAndrew et al 2009):
“ In relation to repurposing, initially it was thought:
1. that it was not anyone’s current role to remix and reuse;
2. the content provided on the site was of high quality and so discouraged alteration;
3. there were few examples showing the method and value of remixing;
4. the use of unfamiliar formats (such as XML) meant that users were uncertain how to proceed.”

Little OER tends to
not be explicit learning content – not generated with the aim of being used for learning;
not specify the learning that will occur
be easily aggregated into a pathway or framework which is created by the educator.

The Lamb formula

Do you get different types of learning from aggregation and adaptation?

Implicit Message

[ http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v =n6jt5bqMqY0 ]

When are these different messages appropriate in learning?

Portals and Sites [http://ocw.mit.edu]

[http://slideshare.net]

Other non-educational content also present More expensive Loss of ownership of data Lower traffic No control eg over downtimes Requires updating Can lose service Requires specialist team Disadvantages Expertise in social software development Ability to conduct research Greater serendipity Control Cheaper Link through to courses Greater traffic Greater brand link Advantages Third party site Specific Project Site

Should we stop building our own OER sites?

Context
“ No amount of creativity in the making of an artefact will compensate for the absence of a framework within which to disseminate it. My Facebook postings (of links to my 2 videos) received brief comments from 3 of my 67 ‘friends’. Nothing on Twitter or Youtube. This demotivated me to continue investing the time. If I’d had, say, a teaching forum with students working on intercultural semiotics, I’d have had more of an impact”

[ http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v =AdAkKKxOvu4 ]

Can educational content survive outside of an educational context?

New ways of working [ http://www.slideshare.net/mweller/future-of-education-3475415 ]

[ http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/11/24/how-do-you-connect-to-people-online-the-video/

Distributed
Free
Remix/Adapt
Multi-media
= New academic skills?

We’ve only just begun – what other ways of working does open content allow?

Time [ http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v = AyoNHIl -QLQ ]

Big OER takes time to produce and ‘scrub’
But can be used as is
= Potential big payoff
Little OER is quick to produce
Takes time to aggregate
= Small payoff per item

Can we quantify these pay-offs?

Project
Organisations understand projects, they have responsibility, budget, objectives.

Pic: Patrick McAndrew Projects isolate practice

Bottom up/frictionless approach doesn’t fit this model

Can an unproject approach work (particularly in an era of cutbacks)?

Content Content isn’t everything But that doesn’t mean it’s nothing

Quick poll
Blogs/wikis
Quizzes
Screencasting
Podcasting

When is the personal element appropriate?

Status

[ http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v =tYy7pO_RFVM ]

What is the cultural/social/professional context for reuse?

Questions
Should we just stop worrying about sustainability and embrace little OER?
What is the cultural/social/professional context for reuse?
When is the personal element appropriate?
Can an unproject approach work (particularly in an era of cutbacks)?
Do you get different types of learning from aggregation and adaptation?
Can we quantify these pay-offs?
Can educational content survive outside of an educational context?
We’ve only just begun – what other ways of working does open content allow?
When are these different messages appropriate in learning?
Should we stop building our own OER sites?

OER Roulette

by Martin Weller on Nov 06, 2010

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