Session 5 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 Summary from DeLainaTonks and Joel Thierstein Beginning the discussion of Open and institutions, policy and sustainability Guest Speaker: Steve Carson, MIT OpenCourseWare Assignment 3+4 Presentations Learners, Educators, Administrators Next Week: Sustainability and Open Education Eric Frank, Flat World Knowledge Gary Lopez, Monterey Institute for Technology Education 2

3. News Related to Open Education Check out the Forums! Towards an OER University Video Lectures and Student Performance Open Content—The good, the bad and the ugly Open High School of Utah—Redefining the Role of Traditional Textbooks 3

4. DeLaina and Thierstein Summary Use many dimensions of openness Engage learners, create curriculum, remix/reuse Quality Multiple meanings, transparency-based or reputation-based 4

5. Open Education and Institutions “Institutions” mean many things Universities, countries, agencies, etc. Motivations Sustainability Policy Considerations 5

6. Guest Speaker 6

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

9. How does what our guest speaker(s) say, address those issues that you care about?7

10. Steve Carson External Relations Director,MIT OpenCourseWare 8

11. Assignment 3+4 Presentations 9

12. Next Week Assignment 5 Due Identify up to 3 areas of strong agreement and up to 3 areas of strong disagreement in the value propositions, advantages and challenges between your group and the other two groups as bullet points for slides. See the Assignments page for more details Assignment 3+4 Scoring Due Eric Frank, Flat World Knowledge and Gary Lopez, Monterey Institute for Technology Education are our guest speakers 10