Welcome to Week 11!
Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting Dr. David Porter for our final webinar. In order to have a better understanding of Open Educational Resources (OER), Open Educational practices (OEP) and Open learning, I encourage you all to listen to this webinar which you can fiDr. David Porter’s nd here:
Weekly Readings:
Reading #1
Hegarty, B. (2015). Attributes of Open Pedagogy: A Model for Using Open Educational Resources. Educational Technology, 55(4), 3-13. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.library.uvic.ca/stable/44430383
This reading describes 8 attributes of open pedagogy which details examples based on open practices and theory.
The article focuses on a Higher Education context and I would suggest that you consider also listening to the podcast and watching the videos from a K-12 learning context from the following Multiplying K-12 OER Project with Athabasca University: http://bolt.athabascau.ca/index.php/oer/multiply-k-12-alberta-oer-project/oer-videos/
Reading #2:
Wiley, D. & Hilton, J. (2018). Defining OER-enabled Pedagogy. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 19(4). Retrieved from: http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/3601
This reading provides a context for thinking about open educational practices. The article provides a wide variety of examples to help you better distinguish open learning form online/ distributed learning.
Questions for Your Weekly Blog Post:
Identify, Define and Describe the 8 Attributes of Open Pedagogy. USe your own personal examples, OR example provided in the second reading, to give examples for each attribute. What are your experiences with open educational practices (OEP)? To what extent your instructors integrated open learning into your courses ? What are the key differences between open learning and online/ distributed learning?
Final Assignment Update:
Please start reading the assignment expectations for your final assignment. NEXT WEEK – I will ask each of you to please send me a 50 word proposal of your topic. I will be sending out an updated rubric for the final assignment by this Thursday, November 19, 2020.
Have a great week! Please do not hesiatte to conact me with any questions and/or concenrs,
Dr Roberts 🙂