Open Education Network http :// www. open - ed. net National Capacity Building of ODL Professionals on OER Quality open educational resources C E M C AB R A O U workshop organised by the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia in collaboration with Dr B R Ambedkar Open University

Open Education Network http :// www. open - ed. net How Your Teaching Philosophy Influences your OER Quality Paul Kawachi FRSA open - ed. net http : // www. open - ed. net / oer-quality / philosophy. ppt philosophy

Open Education Network http :// www. open - ed. net as a starting point … let’s think about our own philosophy for education philosophy

Open Education Network http :// www. open - ed. net my own philosophy / ways for teaching : i … ii … iii … philosophy

Open Education Network http :// www. open - ed. net my own philosophy / ways for teaching : i ‘ start from where the student is ’ ii … iii … philosophy

Open Education Network http :// www. open - ed. net my own philosophy / ways for teaching : i ‘ start from where the student is ’ ii … iii … this means take a Needs Analysis at the outset and continuously throughout the course since learning is supposed to change their minds philosophy

Open Education Network http :// www. open - ed. net my own philosophy / ways for teaching : i ‘ start from where the student is ’ your lesson starts in the student’s mind so we must bring in the end-user’s own context and local culture, and the student’s prior knowledge … philosophy

Open Education Network http :// www. open - ed. net my own philosophy / ways for teaching : i ‘ start from where the student is ’ your lesson starts in the student’s mind so we must bring in the end-user’s own context and local culture, and the student’s prior knowledge … how can we do this in OER and in MOOC ?? philosophy

Open Education Network http :// www. open - ed. net my own philosophy / ways for teaching : i ‘ start from where the student is ’ ii ‘ must be intrinsically motivating for the student ’ iii … philosophy

Open Education Network http :// www. open - ed. net my own philosophy / ways for teaching : i ‘ start from where the student is ’ ii ‘ must be intrinsically motivating for the student ’ learning for the love of learning how can we do this in OER and in MOOC ?? especially since in MOOC we worry about the extrinsic motivations : low cost and for credit philosophy

Open Education Network http :// www. open - ed. net i ‘ start from where the student is ’ (a) outside the OER we need good metadata tagging for discoverability (b) inside the OER we could use mathemagenic questions and perhaps ask the student to input own content for the learning task suggestions

Open Education Network http :// www. open - ed. net mathemagenic questions are used to bring in prior knowledge and as comprehension self-assessment ( to elicit misunderstanding and initiate cognitive curiosity ) certainly better than True / False and closed multiple-choice pop quizes summary

Open Education Network http :// www. open - ed. net i ‘ start from where the student is ’ also means the author’s voice or text takes the student’s perspective not “ Further increase in cold weather …” but “ The temperature today will increase …” suggestions

Open Education Network http :// www. open - ed. net my own philosophy / ways for teaching : i ‘ start from where the student is ’ ii ‘ must be intrinsically motivating for the student ’ iii … philosophy

Open Education Network http :// www. open - ed. net concerning philosophy / ways for teaching : Georgia Institute of Technology in consortium with three other institutions are trying to tackle the critical question : - “ How can we turn our pedagogical preferences into practice ? ” Head philosophy

Open Education Network http :// www. open - ed. net OER quality : each OER must be stand-alone & self-contained but students want and need learning pathways connecting this OER to prior knowledge, to other OER for depth and enriching content, and to future OER, and to skills for employability quality

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