Curating OER with Social Media Jed Duggan Miley Grandjean New Mexico State University

Today’s Session Part 1-What are Open Educational Resources? Part 2-What are the benefits of using Social Media? Part 3-What does it mean to curate? For interaction: Twitter-#OERet4online Facebook-Curating OER with Social Media-SLOAN C

Open Educational Resources “Open educational resources provide a learner-centered platform that authentically marries technology with education and provides access and equity to education resources for all.” -Lisa Petrides from Web ComputingWeb Computing How do we integrate resources into higher education? Moocs? Open Textbooks? Open repositories?

MOOCs Massive Open Online Courses 2 types: cMOOCs vs. xMOOCs Connectivist models of MOOCs Traditional models of learning (xMOOCs) Should the effectiveness of MOOCs be evaluated by outcomes (passing rates)? Twitter #OERSLOANC

Connectivism “Learning can reside outside of ourselves, is focused on connected specialized information sets, and the connections that enable us to learn more are more important than our current state of knowing.” George Siemens, A Learning Theory for the Digital AgeA Learning Theory for the Digital Age Connectivist MOOCs Focus on challenging the traditional learning structure Function on the premise that learning can be crowd-sourced and networked

xMOOCs Coursera Udemy Traditional course set up and outcomes Offer flexible pacing and subjects for the learners Is it important for universities to offer MOOCs? Why or Why not? Facebook-Curating OER with Social Media-SLOAN C

Open Textbooks “Taming the textbook monster” Free online textbooks and resources Open Stax Open Consortium Open SUNY

Open Stax College Initiative of Rice University Offers fully sourced textbooks Variety of subjects Peer reviewed Established partnerships with several universities What are some ideas for taming the textbook monster? (Twitter #OERSLOANC)

More Open Textbooks options Open Consortium Peer Reviewed Creative Commons Licensed User Friendly Good selection specific/ specific/ Open SUNY Peer reviewed SUNY faculty Creative Commons Licensed Undergraduate and Graduate focus Aim to reduce costs of education NYOpenTextbooks/index NYOpenTextbooks/index

Open Repositories MERLOT Open Courseware OER Commons Khan OCW Search Open Learning Initiative

MERLOT II

MERLOT Details Online learning materials in different disciplines Peer review opportunities – can review, create, and add to the content collection Awards – submitted content is review and can be recognized by consortium Translation variety languages Guest Speakers – content specialists are available for guest speaking to your students

Open Culture

OC Details Use resources to enhance your courses Materials are vetted and added to regularly You can and suggest content to Easy to search and integrated content Mobile friendly No registration! Subscribe or Follow Ads a ‘Con’ but funds resource

OER Commons

OER Commons Details Across all subject areas Lots of different resource types Flexible search features Quality rating system Clearly labeled ‘Conditions of Use’ Short abstract Review resource Variety of actions Easy to curate resources in account

Creative Commons Creative Commons licensing provides a framework to provide guidelines for the “4 Rs” of sharing resources: Reuse: copying verbatim with attribution Redistribution: sharing with others Revision: adapting and reusing Remixing: combining with other resources What are the benefits and disadvantages of integrating open resources into education? (Facebook-Curating OER with Social Media-SLOAN C)

Creative Commons

Why Social Media? Advantages Networking Information Engagement Access/Time Context Ideas Disadvantages Misleading Unregulated Overwhelming My LinkedIn conundrum

Curation To pull together, sift through, and select for presentation- Dictionary.com Sifting Organizing

Tools for Sifting Twitter Use of hashtags Links to blogs Size of the community Convenience of the user Facebook Pages and Groups Control the security settings Intimacy of the community Authenticity of interactions

Tools for Organizing Diigo Pinterest Learnist Symbaloo Flipboard

Diigo Social Bookmarking Links Tags Basics Share with others

Pinterest Digital scrapbooking Visual links (pins) Can take from others Can share with others Edit together (with another)

Learnist Crowd-sourcing Visual presentation Allows texts and descriptions