Utilizing Open Education Resources in Blended Learning for Higher Education Blended learning forum Mais Fatayer, PhD candidate SCEM, University of Western Sydney July 16 th, 2013

Outline Get involved What is going on in UWS? Summary

What are Open Educational Resources? 1. : What? creative commons

Who is involved? 1. : Who?

MIT Physics I: Classical Mechanics at MIT: Video lecture Lewin, Walter. Physics I: Classical Mechanics, Fall (Massachusetts Institute of Technology: mit on iTunes U), (Accessed 1 Oct, 2011). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA : Who? Examples

The Future of the Internet, (Stanford University: Stanford on iTunes U), / (Accessed 18 Oct, 2011). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA / Stanford on iTune: The Future of the Internet at Stanford on iTune: Audio lecture 1. : Who?1. : Who? Examples

Richards, Ian. CSC2402,Object oriented programming in C++, 2008 : (University of Southern Queensland: USQ OpenCourseWare), (Accessed 17 Oct, 2011). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SAhttp://ocw.usq.edu.au USQ Object oriented programming in C++ at USQ: Presentation 1. : Who?1. : Who? Examples

Image collections in different topics from JHSPH-OCW: Images Image collection 2011 : (The Johns Hopkins University (Accessed 9 July,2013). License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SAhttp://ocw.jhsph.edu/ 1. : Who?1. : Who? Examples

NobelPrize.org, Blood Typing, (MERLOT - Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching) (Accessed 17 Oct, 2011). License: Creative Commons MERLOT Blood Typing at MERLOT: Interactive Games 1. : Who?1. : Who? Examples

Why Why would HEI around the world share their courses in via OER and OCW? Why would MIT spend USD 5-10K on creating a learning resource and then open it up online for free? 1. : Why?

Get involved This always starts with a desire to teach 2. Get involved

Developing an open educational resource Collect OER, OCW, Public domain Collect OER, OCW, Public domain Reuse As –is, modify, improve, translate, different context Reuse As –is, modify, improve, translate, different context Design learning objectives, learning outcomes Design learning objectives, learning outcomes Publish OERCommon, UWS? Publish OERCommon, UWS? License Creative Commons License Creative Commons 2. Get involved: (1) Design

2. Get involved: (2) Collect Collect

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2. Get involved: (3) Reuse Exercise (mix) Literature (modify) Illustration (crop) Article (as-is) Reuse

Tools (open and free) CategoryTool Screen capturing Camstudio, Wink PresentationsPrezi Photo and infographics Paint.NET, infogr.am AudioAudacity VideoMoviemaker Complete course CourseLab, Adobe Captivate (UWS license available for educational purposes) Social media learning Blogger, WordPress, Edublogs, Pintrest, MediaWiki.org, dunked, tumblr, Scoop.it BooksiBook author (for Mac users) 2. Get involved: (3) Reuse

Exercise Literature Illustration Article = + 2. Get involved: (4 ) License License or or

! 2. Get involved: (5) Publish Publish

Why would you care? 1.Maximize the impact and reach of your scholarly work through open sharing. 2.Opportunity for your work to be improved. 3.Cost saving of learning resources development. 4.Efficient utilization of technology in blended learning environments. 2. Get involved

Who else can do this? 3. What is going on in UWS?

How to engage students? 3. What is going on in UWS?

Research aims Develop and evaluate a sustainable OER development model Tapping into student-generated content Advance learning through engagement and technology Provide a practical evidence for other universities 3. What is going on in UWS?

4. Summary 1.For over a decade OER movement has opened up quality education opportunities for different types of learners around the world. 2.OER has many benefits for blended learning environments including building content, provide learners with diversity of learning resource, and expand their knowledge base. 3.Majority of OER users are from HEI. 4.Students and teachers can play a significant role in OER movement. Summary