Slide Presentation for MSL4206

1. Open Education
Building resources for the open community
MSL4206
Vanessa Camilleri

2. Outline
• Open Education – a recap of happenings
• Privacy & Protection – what needs privacy
• Social Media – what is it?
• Ethics & Safety Online – what is the best practice
• Time on Task – Contributing to an open document

3. Open Education

4. Open Education
• Learning material which is free and
accessible using the online medium;
• Accessibility to communicate with experts
in the chosen field of study;
• More often people choose to follow whole
or part online programs/modules
depending on their current needs;

5. Privacy & Protection

6. Privacy & Protection
• Movement created for licence of open
content and resources;
• Creative Commons assure protection of the
individuals’ online content, and allow for
privacy, sharing and re-use of material;

7. Social Media
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24752578@N02/5589897831/

8. Social Media
• Not one tool but a constantly changing use
of different media, applications and
technologies;
• Not a fad – but an established means of
communication by many;
• Use of the online medium may lead to the
blur between the ‘private’ and ‘public’
domain;

9. Ethics & Safety
Source: http://www.thenonprofittimes.com/news-articles/live-from-sxsw-accurate-
fair-safe-the-ethics-of-social-news/

10. Ethics – what is best?
• Critical information – what can go online?
• Who is your digital self ? how do you
protect your digital self?
• Privacy – how do you protect your
students?

11. Time on Task
• Use the existent open document:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1owy
1cQ9XA74628R6iPZCLsr2-
vdieWuqPh10h_xoe2E/edit?usp=sharing to
contribute your views to it;
• Choose one heading to work on with your
colleagues and write down your names on
the google doc;

12. Thank you Email: vanessa.camilleri@um.edu.mt
Openness:
the real act of working together
BritneyRankin