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Addressing the Training Resource Deficit Utilizing Open Corpora and OER
1. Addressing
the
Training
Resource
Deficit
U5lizing
Open
Corpora
and
OER
Alannah
Fitzgerald
h#p://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/5538036344
2. Overview
• Key
concepts
within
data-‐driven
language
learning
– Meaning,
frequency,
use,
derivaGves,
collocaGons
• Training
with
corpora
and
text
analysis
tools
– Open
vs
proprietary
content
&
tools
• FLAX
–
the
Flexible
Language
AcquisiGon
project
– Digital
infrastructure
and
enhancement
– CopyleU
dances
with
copyright
• OpenSpires
– CreaGve
commons
podcast
content
(OER)
– iTunesU
as
an
OER
channel
• Further
resources
26. What is OER?
OER Commons:
“Open Educational Resources are
teaching and learning materials that
you may freely use and reuse, without
charge. OER often have a Creative
Commons or GNU license that state
specifically how the material may be
used, reused, adapted, and shared.”
http://www.slideshare.net/tbirdcymru/itunes-u-corporate-channel-of-
free-educational-resources
28. Under
the
category
“OER
Tools
and
Services”
Services”
Yuan,
L.,
MacNeill,
S.,
Kraan,
W.
(2008)
Open
EducaGonal
Resources
–
OpportuniGes
and
Challenges
for
Higher
EducaGon,
Educa&onal
Cyberne&cs:
Reports
2008,
35.
Retrieved
from
wiki.ceGs.ac.uk
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29. Elements
of
a
successful
OER
channel
• A#racGve
to
contributors
• Usable
• Useful
• Used
(and
re-‐used)
• Sustainable
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30. iTunesU
OER
Success
Factors
Attractive to Usable Useful Used Sustainable
contributors
Profile ✔ User Quality Download Over 800
Experience ✔ material ✔ numbers ✔ universities ✔
‘Apple gloss’ Search Consistency Teachers ✔ Apple ✔
✔ function ✔ ✔
International Apple mobile Copyright Personal ✔ Benefit to
reach ✔ ✔ ✗ ✔− contributors/
institution ✔
Linux, Android Feedback Not very
✗ ✗✔ repurposable
✗✔
Discoverability Community ✗
✗✔
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31. It’s
all
in
the
downloads
University
Downloads
Open
University,
UK
Over
34
million
since
June
2008
University
of
Oxford
Over
9
million
since
June
2008
Coventry
University
2.5
million
in
2010
alone
University
of
Warwick
1
million
Jan
‘09
–
June
‘10
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38. Thank
you!
Blog:
Technology
for
Open
English
–
Toying
with
Open
E-‐resources
h#p://www.alannahfitzgerald.org
Twi>er:
@AlannahFitz
Slideshare:
h#p://www.slideshare.net/AlannahOpenEd/
Email:
alannah.fitzgerald@educaGon.concordia.ca
a.t.d.fitzgerald@durham.ac.uk