Session 6 for Education E-107, Open Education Practice and Potential, Spring 2011 (Harvard University Extension) taught by M.S. Vijay Kumar and Brandon Muramatsu

1. Open Education: Practice and PotentialM.S. Vijay KumarBrandon Muramatsu EDUC E-107Spring 2011 1 Unless otherwise specified, Copyright 2011, Vijay Kumar and Brandon Muramatsu. Unless otherwise specified this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/). Cite as: Kumar, V. & Muramatsu, B. (2011). Open Education: Practice and Potential.

2. Goals for this Session Administrivia Discussion forums and participation, News Assignments 3+4 and 5 Next Week: Sustainability and Open Education Gary Lopez, Monterey Institute for Technology and Education Eric Frank, Flat World Knowledge 2

3. News Related to Open Education 3 Source: Open Attribute. (2011). Open Atribute. Retrieved on March 2, 2011 from http://openattribute.org/

4. Assignments 3+4 and 5 4

5. Areas for Discussion In the context of each perspective…Learners, Educators, Administrators Online versus open What are the unique characteristics of Open Opposition to Open Education Barriers Technology, preparation, culture, shifting paradigms Shift in Roles What is constant, what changes? Open Content Reducing time and effort in selecting content Customizability of content How do you pay for Open Education? 5

6. Unique Characteristics of Open Sharing/shareable Digital Free Ability to reuse Accessibility Free flow of information Reuse versus replication Collaboration 6

7. Guest Speakers 7

9. What are issues of policy and sustainability that impact open and institutions?

10. How does what our guest speaker(s) say, address those issues that you care about?8

11. Gary Lopez Executive Director,Monterey Institute for Technology and Education 9

12. Eric Frank Founder and President,Flat World Knowledge 10

13. Next Week Assignment 6 Due See the Assignments page for more details Guest Speaker:Cathy Casserly, Creative Commons 11