How Open Education Can Benefit Higher Education Learners
1. How can we shape Open
Education programs to benefit
our Higher Education learners?
Sarah Lambert – July 2017
slambe@deakin.edu.au
Twitter @SarahLambertOz
7. But before all this
Brought up by my hard-working mum
Her mother was from the country
her grandmother a Swedish immigrant
Her father’s family were Russian exiles from Scotland
Maybe originally from Slovenia (not 100% sure)
My mum was smart and worked in business (property manager, accounts)
But had no qualifications
I am First In My Family to go to University
8. OER Pioneers in Kyrgyzstan
You are not alone
OER is a global movement
In Western and European education systems, advanced Technology Enabled
Learning, blend digital resources with class work
In Australia, advanced Distance Education, support regional development, all
online
OER developed very rapidly into OEP “open educational practices”
Sharing, digital resources, smaller chunks than whole textbook
Not only Wikipedia and textbooks, but YouTube, social media,
9. MOOCs 1.0 to MOOCs 2.0
Big changes globally for OER
10. MOOCs: specific benefits to staff, students
and Universities
increased digital literacies relevant to modern professions
free quality resources on complex topics in your existing curriculum
building capacity for staff to move from traditional to elearning or distance
learning
reduced reliance on expensive text-book costs, and
enhanced University reputation when quality learning materials are openly
published
15. PhD Research Question
How can Australian Higher education providers make use of
Open Education programs
for Student Equity and Social Inclusion?
Access, progress
and success in HE
Lifelong learning, health
info, empowerment,
personal goals,
community development
19. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Coursera
Custom tools, platform, plugins
edX
LMS/VLE and other tools
OpenLearn (OU UK) inc Digital badges
Various digital resources inc OER
cMOOCs and social media
Multiple different MOOCs
Khan Academy plus Moodle
Rwaq MOOC (Arab world platform)
Community based MOOCs
NovoEd MOOCs (groupwork focus)
E-readers and online support site
Open Education to reduce Inequality 2014-16: types of technologies
used
20. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Coursera
Custom tools, platform, plugins
edX
LMS/VLE and other tools
OpenLearn (OU UK) inc Digital badges
Various digital resources inc OER
cMOOCs and social media
Multiple different MOOCs
Khan Academy plus Moodle
Rwaq MOOC (Arab world platform)
Community based MOOCs
NovoEd MOOCs (groupwork focus)
E-readers and online support site
Open Education to reduce Inequality 2014-16: types of technologies
used
Big international trend “personalised learning” – Gates
Foundation funding focus, $15billion in Ed Grants since 1998
21. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Coursera
Custom tools, platform, plugins
edX
LMS/VLE and other tools
OpenLearn (OU UK) inc Digital badges
Various digital resources inc OER
cMOOCs and social media
Multiple different MOOCs
Khan Academy plus Moodle
Rwaq MOOC (Arab world platform)
Community based MOOCs
NovoEd MOOCs (groupwork focus)
E-readers and online support site
Open Education to reduce Inequality 2014-16: types of technologies
used
Many combined with extra face to face supports, on campus
study groups, as “flipped classroom” resources, involve families
and local schools
22. Open Education = Ecosystem
Free tools
and
resources
OER (Wiley 5 Cs)
and OER enabled
pedagogy
Our classroom
technologies and
other resources
(not free)
Freemium
business
models
NFPs and NGOs
orgs
For profit
tech
business
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25. How can we shape Open Education programs
to benefit our Higher Education learners?
Understand all our learner needs
Consider who is under-privileged in our national (macro), institutional (meso)
and discipline (micro) contexts
Make sure they are not excluded
Always track and monitor their progress as compared to privileged groups
Target them when you can and offer a variety of support
Bring all staff along for the digital learning journey
Don’t leave it to technical staff only
Partner with experts inside your uni (language, disability, women’s studies, equity
and development, library, digital literacy) and also partner with those outside your
uni (schools, libraries, NGOs, development and welfare groups, students’ families)
26. Remember learning is social
Proposed 6 Critical Dimensions of Open Education (PhD)
Technology
Learning Materials
Skills
Social Support
Learner’s purpose (own goals in life and uni)
Autonomy (the way we enable or constrain them in meeting their goals)
Adapting and verifying these with Open Education
Based on solid work: Technology for Social Inclusion (Warschauer)
27. Comments and questions
Email slambe@deakin.edu.au
Twitter @SarahLambertOz
With thanks to supervisors Prof. David Boud,
Assoc. Prof Phillip Dawson, and Dr Nadine Zacharias