This document discusses open educational practices and resources. It notes that higher education is not equally accessible due to rising costs, and that open educational resources (OER) can help address this by lowering costs for students. OER allow for revision and reuse of materials. Studies show that using OER can lead to equal or better learning outcomes for students compared to traditional resources, while saving students and institutions significant costs. The document advocates increasing adoption of OER to promote greater access, affordability, and student success in post-secondary education.
ACSDE 2021 - Getting Us Started with K-12 Distance and Online Learning Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K. (2021, February). Getting us started with K-12 distance and online learning [Webinar]. American Center For The Study Of Distance Education.
ACSDE 2019 - The Landscape of K-12 Online Learning: Exploring What is KnownMichael Barbour
Barbour, M. K. (2019, May). The landscape of K-12 online learning: Exploring what is known. An invited webinar by American Center For The Study Of Distance Education.
ACSDE 2021 - Getting Us Started with K-12 Distance and Online Learning Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K. (2021, February). Getting us started with K-12 distance and online learning [Webinar]. American Center For The Study Of Distance Education.
ACSDE 2019 - The Landscape of K-12 Online Learning: Exploring What is KnownMichael Barbour
Barbour, M. K. (2019, May). The landscape of K-12 online learning: Exploring what is known. An invited webinar by American Center For The Study Of Distance Education.
Intro to and overview of Open Educaiton with an empnasis on the Why, from philosophical to economic arguments. Practicing what we preach - this is a mash-up using openly licensed presentations from other open education advocates along with original ones (and lots of pics). All licenses (except screenshots) are attached to the relvant slides. Any questions, just contact us at feedback@oeconsortium.org.
The Future is Open: Enhancing Pedagogy via Open Educational PracticesRajiv Jhangiani
Video recording available here: https://youtu.be/HZCxGtAPR9U
"Open educational practices" is a broad term that encompasses the creation and adoption of open textbooks and other open educational resources, open course development, and the use of “non-disposable assignments." This presentation makes a case for why the move away from traditional (closed) practices is not only desirable but inevitable, and how students, faculty, institutions, and our communities all stand to benefit greatly from this transformation.
ExplOERing the Possibilities of Open Educational ResourcesErin Owens
Slides from a presentation at the 2019 SHSU Teaching & Learning Conference. Presentation description: Educators hear a lot these days about Open Educational Resources (OER), especially since the Texas legislature passed SB 810 in 2017, but instructors may not yet be familiar with OER or confident about using them. This session provides the opportunity to “explOER” these resources from different angles. Attendees will investigate OER quality through hands-on activities; see practical examples of project-based learning projects that engage students in OER creation; understand the intersection of OER and social justice; and learn about research studies showing the correlation between OER use and student success. Participants will leave with a better sense of how OER might fit into their personal instruction toolboxes.
Anya Kamenetz DIYU at the 2011 WASC ARCWASC Senior
Colleges and universities today can no longer afford to conduct business as usual. The pressures of rising costs and ever-stronger mandates for accountability, access and success are too strong. Students, meanwhile, have urgent questions about the return on their investment and the relevance of the education they're receiving in a 21st century context. The way we connect, communicate, and access information is changing every day. When will these changes substantially affect education? Kamenetz addresses all these concerns and sets forth her vision of a future that includes personal learning networks, personalized learning paths, expanded peer learning and assessment, and learning that blends experiential and digital approaches. Faculty and administrators need to lead the way from the second to the "third horizon" of change by incorporating the seeds of future transformation while improving their institutions' working today.
Open Education, Open Access, and Open Science: Shared Foundations and Global Implications." Topical thought talk at the ELearn 2017 symposium on October 17, 2017
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2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
Exploiting Artificial Intelligence for Empowering Researchers and Faculty, In...Dr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
Exploiting Artificial Intelligence for Empowering Researchers and Faculty,
International FDP on Fundamentals of Research in Social Sciences
at Integral University, Lucknow, 06.06.2024
By Dr. Vinod Kumar Kanvaria
Embracing GenAI - A Strategic ImperativePeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
A Survey of Techniques for Maximizing LLM Performance.pptx
Roger Williams University
1. OPEN EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES
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4. 2.4 million
low & moderate-income college-qualified
high school graduates could not complete
college
(2001-10)
The Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED529499.pdf
19. What can YOU do?
• Survey your student body
• #textbookbroke campaign
• Presentations
• Utilize visuals, create displays
• Speak directly to faculty & admin
• Suggest that faculty review a textbook
• Showcase examples
• Form a student-led OER group
• Connect. Collaborate.
20. Buy used (if possible)
Resell (if possible)
Buy online
Rent
Shared purchase
(Inter)library loans
Photocopy
International edition
Old edition
21. – University of Minnesota student
“I figured French hadn't
changed that much”
22.
23.
24.
25. 66.5% Do not purchase a req'd textbook
47.6% Take fewer courses
45.5% Do not register for a specific course
37.6% Earn a poor grade
26.1% Drop a course
19.8% Fail a course
Florida Virtual Campus. (2016). 2016 student textbook and course materials survey. Tallahassee, FL: Author.
51. "Opening the Curriculum: Open Education Resources in U.S. Higher Education, 2014" by I. Elaine Allen & Jeff Seaman,
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80% 75%
52. Below average
3%
Average
20%
Above average
34%
Excellent
43%
HOW WOULD YOU RATE THE QUALITY OF YOUR
OPEN TEXTBOOK?
Strongly agree
6%
Slightly agree
12%
Neither
17%
Slightly disagree
15%
Strongly
disagree
50%
WOULD YOU HAVE PREFERRED A TRADITIONAL
TEXTBOOK?
Jhangiani & Jhangiani (2017)
53.
54. I would not have bought the text book for
this course because it's an elective. I
would have possibly walked away with a
C, now I might actually get an A-
It is easily accessible and convenient.
Material is easy to understand and follow
I personally really like the convenience of having the
complete set of chapters on my computer and even
accessible from my phone if I need it. I like that I don't
have to lug around another text book
It's free and it's a great money saver
61. Fischer et al. (2015)
• Quasi-experimental design
• Propensity-score matched groups
• 16,727 students taking 15 courses at 10 institutions
• OER students:
• Lower withdrawal rates
• More likely to pass with a C- or better
• Higher course grades
• Enrolled in more courses (current & subsequent semesters)
Fischer, L., Hilton, J., Robinson T. J., & Wiley, D. (2015). A multi-institutional study of the
impact of open textbook adoption on the learning outcomes of post-secondary students.
Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 27(3), 159-172. doi:10.1007/s12528-015-9101-x
69. Open Pedagogy:
HOW
Deeper learning (Farzan & Kraut, 2013)
Evaluate and defend credibility of
sources (Marentette, 2014)
Write more concisely and think
more critically (Farzan & Kraut, 2013)
Collaborate with students from
around the world (Karney, 2012)
Provide and receive constructive
feedback (Ibrahim, 2012)
Enhance digital literacy (Silton, 2012)
Communicate ideas to a general
audience (APS, 2013)
73. 22,000
37,000+
97%
Students who have taken on
Wikipedia assignments since 2010
New articles that students have
created
Instructors who say they will, or
plan to, teach with Wikipedia again
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RWU $40,612
68% with debt
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Allen, G., Guzman-Alvarez, A., Molinaro, M., Larsen, D. (2015). Assessing the Impact and Efficacy of the Open-Access ChemWiki Textbook Project. Educause Learning Initiative Brief, January 2015. See also this newsletter. Bowen, W. G., Chingos, M. M., Lack, K. A., & Nygren, T. I. (2012). Interactive Learning Online at Public Universities: Evidence from Randomized Trials. Ithaka S+R. Bowen, W. G., Chingos, M. M., Lack, K. A., & Nygren, T. I. (2014). Interactive Learning Online at Public Universities: Evidence from a Six‐Campus Randomized Trial. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 33(1), 94-111. Feldstein, A., Martin, M., Hudson, A., Warren, K., Hilton, J., & Wiley, D. (2012). Open textbooks and increased student access and outcomes. European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning. Retrieved from http://www.eurodl.org/index.php?p=archives&year=2012&halfyear=2&article=533. Gil, P., Candelas, F., Jara, C., Garcia, G., Torres, F (2013). Web-based OERs in Computer Networks. International Journal of Engineering Education, 29(6), 1537-1550. (OA preprint) Hilton, J., Gaudet, D., Clark, P., Robinson, J., & Wiley, D. (2013). The adoption of open educational resources by one community college math department. The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 14(4), 37–50. Hilton, J., & Laman, C. (2012). One college’s use of an open psychology textbook. Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning, 27(3), 201–217. Retrieved from http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02680513.2012.716657. (Open Repository Preprint). Lovett, M., Meyer, O., & Thille, C. (2008). The open learning initiative: Measuring the effectiveness of the OLI statistics course in accelerating student learning. Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2008 (1). Pawlyshyn, Braddlee, Casper and Miller (2013). Adopting OER: A Case Study of Cross-Institutional Collaboration and Innovation. Educause Review. Robinson, T.J. (2015). Open Textbooks: The Effects of Open Educational Resource Adoption on Measures of Post-secondary Student Success (Doctoral dissertation). Robinson T. J., Fischer, L., Wiley, D. A., & Hilton, J. (2014). The impact of open textbooks on secondary science learning outcomes. Educational Researcher, 43(7): 341-351. Wiley, D., Hilton, J. Ellington, S., and Hall, T. (2012). “A preliminary examination of the cost savings and learning impacts of using open textbooks in middle and high school science classes.” International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning. 13 (3), pp. 261-276.
This also includes Fischer et al (2015), Wiley et al. (EPAA) (2016), and Hilton et al. (IRRODL) (in press)
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