4. So far…
• Planning My Future Health • Introduction to Spanish 11
• Planning My Future Career • BC First Nations Studies 12
• Planning My Financial Future • Interpersonal and Family
• Law 12 Relationships
• French 10 • Foundations of Math and Pre-
• English 10 Calculus 10
• Visual Media Arts 11
• Principles of Math 11
7. Future?
Apprenticeship and Workplace Entrepreneurship 12
Mathematics 10
Biology: Your Body’s Systems
Principles of Math 12 (Literacy Foundations)
English 11 Biology: All about Cells
(Literacy Foundations)
Writing on the Run!
(Interactive Grammar Tutorial) Writing 12 Series: 3-4 online
mini-courses
Housing and Living
Environments
Open School BC has been developing and designing courses since 1919 when we were called the Correspondence Branch with the BC Department of Education. We were responsible for creating the content, getting it to the students, receiving it, grading it and tracking the student’s progress. With the development of the DE Schools we assumed the responsibility of managing the correspondence courses and resources.In 1995 we began offering our courses online and now offer over 30 online courses. In 2002 we began developing public sector online courses starting with the Local Assistance to the Fire Commissioner now including various industry resources from FOIPPA to FoodSafe.
Overview of project - Back ground-History - Goals for this project - Follow MIT model - Must be offered for free ∆ Cost must be kept down. – Moodle is a very straight forward setup to allow easy registration and access - open resources on a open platformFAQs – copyright (creative commons) – What OER meansBecoming popular as more courses are added, growth since launch in Dec. almost doubled.
Courses available so far;Planning My Future Health -Planning My Future Career - Planning My Financial Future - Law 12 - French 10 - English 10 - Visual Media Arts 11 - Principles of Math 11-Introduction to Spanish 11 - BC First Nations Studies 12 - Interpersonal and Family Relationships-Foundations of Math and Pre-Calculus 10Resource of the Week. Includes multimedia pieces, podcast, digital learning packages and interactive websites.
Self paced - No teacher presence/reference - No auto-marked “assessments” (there are self-marked quizzes) - Some removal of content/assignments Structure Intro/Module/Section/Lesson/Practice-SummaryThe full course is available from LNBC
FAQ page: Creative Commons license, ownership, copyright laws, Registration Page, information we collectLearn about online learning: Example; English 10: its structure; Introduction/Module/Section/Lesson/Practice-Summary (test/quiz/assignment) Broken down into bite size bits of informationFor expanding your own knowledge.Example: Law 12; Learn about Canadian law, not what you learned from American TV shows. 4 Modules cover everything from The Nature of Law to Wills and Estates.As a classroom resource.Example: Planning My Financial Future; Module 1, Activity 3, Building a Financial Pie Graph, Expenses Pie ChartUseful if you want to try a flipped classroom approach.Example: BC First Nations Studies 12; Mod 1, Perspective and Place; Watch the video of Dr. Nancy Turner discus First Nations “Teachings of Respect.”Prepare for a graded class discussion.What is the common philosophy?How is it different from our own modern philosophy? Get a student to give a classroom presentation based on a lesson.For home schooling. E.g. Foundations. of Math 10 – Activity 1 are you ready? Student can take as many times as they need to.For you own personal growth e.g.. Spanish 11, To augment lessons, assignments, homework, repeat exercises.Take advantage of mobile learning with the Moodle app.
