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Open Educational Resources Workshop Practicalities of Contributing to UCT OpenContent Developing Open Educational Practice Shihaam Donnelly & Michael Paskevicius 16 April 2010

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Difference between &quot;online content&quot; and &quot;open content&quot; (OER) <ul><li>Much of the content we interact on a daily basis is online, but that does not necessarily make it open. </li></ul><ul><li>Truly OpenContent can be: </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Reused </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Revised </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Remixed </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Redistributed </li></ul></ul><ul><li>(Wiley, 2009) </li></ul>

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Identifying something to share <ul><ul><li>The UCT OpenContent directory hosts openly licensed teaching and learning resources created by academics and students at UCT </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Instructional websites </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Handbooks & guides </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Image Collections </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Open textbooks </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Presentations </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Vula sites </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Podcasts </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>What resources do you have that you could share? </li></ul></ul></ul>A Creative Commons image by (ta)

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Evaluating the media resources within your resource <ul><ul><li>Is it protected under copyright law? </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>If resource falls under copyright protection, either: </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Recreate the resources using office or online tools </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Replace the resource with a similar resource by finding an open source alternative or by creating your own resource </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Obtain permission from the author, publisher, editor, organization who holds the copyright </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Reconsider if the resource is really necessary? </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><li> </li></ul><ul><li> </li></ul>

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Example: Copyrighted Resource

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Recreated resource Adapted from Kielhofner (2002) A Model of Human Occupation: Theory and Application . Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. (124)

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Copyrighted Resource

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Recreated resource Adapted from: Cole and Tufano (2008) Applied Theories in Occupational Therapy: A Practical Approach , SLACK Incorporated. (109)

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Recreation of images http://google.com/docs http://www.gliffy.com/

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Sourcing Alternatives <ul><ul><li>Finding an alternative image </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Search Creative Commons Flickr images </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Images on Wikipedia are either Creative Commons or PD </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Medical Images - Grays Anatomy </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Re-creation of the image for your own purposes </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>GoogleDocs drawing /diagram tool </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>http://www.gliffy.com/ </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Powerpoint, Word, Excel, scanned hand-drawn graphics </li></ul></ul></ul>

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Compfight search for &quot;computer laptop&quot;

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Wikimedia search for &quot;leg&quot;

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Referencing open content <ul><li>http://www.learnerstogether.net/how-to-use-and-cite-creative-commons-resources/312 </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Mention License </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Creators Name </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Link to source if possible </li></ul></ul>

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Presentation Example <ul><ul><li>Original PowerPoint presentation </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Converted PowerPoint presentation </li></ul></ul>

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Psychological Tools and Mediated Learning By: Alex Kozulin Article Review Michael Paskevicius

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Vygotsky Theory and Issues in Modern Education http://billkerr2.blogspot.com/2006_07_01_archive.html

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Mediated Learning <ul><li>What kind of involvement by the adult is effective in enhancing the child’s performance? </li></ul>http://education.more4kids.info/page/5/

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Zone of Proximal Development <ul><li>Transfer of function of awareness to actual development </li></ul><ul><ul><li>1. In an interactive situation children can become involved in activities that are more complex than those they could master themselves </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>2. Joint activity results in the specific function becoming appropriated (internalized) by the child </li></ul></ul><ul><li>(Kozulin, 2003) </li></ul>

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Psychological Tools and Mediated Learning By: Alex Kozulin Article Review Michael Paskevicius

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Vygotsky Theory and Issues in Modern Education Adapted from Kozulin, A. (2003) Psychological tools and Mediated Learning. Cambridge University Press

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Mediated Learning <ul><li>What kind of involvement by the adult is effective in enhancing the child’s performance? </li></ul>Creative commons image by robertjosiah http://www.flickr.com/photos/robertjosiah/542734888/

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Zone of Proximal Development <ul><li>Transfer of function of awareness to actual development </li></ul><ul><ul><li>1. In an interactive situation children can become involved in activities that are more complex than those they could master themselves </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>2. Joint activity results in the specific function becoming appropriated (internalized) by the child </li></ul></ul>Kozulin, A. (2003). Psychological tools and mediated learning. In Vygotsky's Educational Theory in Cultural Context. Kozulin, A., Gindis, B., Ageyev, V.V., Miller, S.M. Eds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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Discuss issues with resources <ul><ul><li>What issues do you foresee with your potential OER resources? </li></ul></ul>

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Choosing a license

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<ul><ul><li>Would you allow commercial uses of your work? </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Yes </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>No </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Would you allow modifications or derivatives of your work? </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Yes </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>No </li></ul></ul>Questions to ask

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OpenContent Suggests

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Get a license <ul><ul><li>http://opencontent.uct.ac.za/Get-a-Creative-Commons-license </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Copy and paste license into resource </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Or http://creativecommons.org/choose/ </li></ul></ul>

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Hosting <ul><ul><li>Hopefully the resource is already online (Vula, Departmental server, etc.) </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Choose host most suitable to file type </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Slideshare ( Example ) </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>HTML sites ( Example ) </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Document on Vula ( Example ) </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Flickr </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><ul><li>Youtube </li></ul></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>No matter where it is hosted, you will be able to describe it and make it more discoverable using the OpenContent Directory! </li></ul></ul>

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Creating the link on OpenContent <ul><ul><li>Log in using your UCT staff number </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Click contribute </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Enter the necessary metadata </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Submit! </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Your resource is moderated and becomes part of UCT OpenContent </li></ul></ul><ul><li> </li></ul><ul><li>Demo </li></ul><ul><li> </li></ul>

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Profiling <ul><ul><li>Showcase profile of Jonny Myers and Jean-Paul Van Belle </li></ul></ul>

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References <ul><li>Wiley, D. (2009) Defining “Open”. Blog post on iterating toward openness. Posted November 16, 2009. Retrieved online April 13, 2010. http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/1123 </li></ul>

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UCT OER team contacts <ul><li>General Help : http://opencontent.uct.ac.za/Help </li></ul><ul><li>Michael Paskevicius [email_address] </li></ul><ul><li>Glenda Cox [email_address] </li></ul><ul><li>Shihaam Donnelly [email_address] </li></ul><ul><li>Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams [email_address] </li></ul><ul><li>Centre for Educational Technology </li></ul><ul><li>Hlanganani Building,Upper Campus, UCT </li></ul><ul><li>Tel: 021 650 3841 </li></ul><ul><li>Fax: 021 650 5045 </li></ul>

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