OER: Disruptive Innovation Solution to the Challenges of Education

MMPant, Madhulika Kaushik, Sanjay Jasola, Ramesh Sharma

Challenges in Education…

• of numbers• of relevance• of Quality• of access• of costs and • of speed

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The OER MOOC

The OER MOOC

• 4 week online program designed to enhance knowledge about OERs

• To equip for effective use and adopt OERs in ones programs as well as to be able to create their own OERs and contribute to the pool of OER resources.

Selecting the topic “The OER MOOC”

• Need based topic• Can attract right kind of learners in large

numbers• OERs are being adopted by many in

government, non-government, private, business and educational sectors

Learning Outcomes• LO1: Become informed of the various OERs, their different

sources and the skills of searching and inclusion of OERs in educational programs.

• LO2: Able to search for open licensed materials and create OERs.

• LO3: Appreciate the significance of OERs Open Licenses in the evolution of copyright law and how new licensing regimes such as 'creative commons' become a game changer in education.

• LO4: Will be able to develop a sample OER related to his/her field of expertise.

Expectations from learners…

• dedicate focused time towards learning• participate in discussions• be active learners• share their ideas and experiences via blogging and microblogging, in addition to live chats during synchronous sessions

Course Structure…

• Module 1 - The OER movement• Module 2 - Learning from OERs• Module 3 - Effective Teaching with OERs• Module 4 - OERs and Education Providers

Learners' Activities Area Informationbase

Experts / Instructors

Ramesh Sharma and Prof Sanjay Jasola

Choice of Platform

• Variety • WizIQ for live sessions and recording• WikiEductor for collaborative content creation• Flipped Classroom• Mobile Learning

Social Media

http://oer-mooc.blogspot.in/2013_08_01_archive.html

Storify

ONLINE SESSION + TWITTER MEET-UP

Online interactive course module permanent URL : http://oermlearning.classroom-aid.com/ with Twitter meet-up hashtag #oermooc

Row Labels Count of Gender

Female 581

Male 850

Null 74

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Grand Total 1505

OER

Tem

plat

e• Name• Objective / Learning Outcomes• Target Group• Resources• Video/Audio/Animation/ Text/Image • Interaction • Test / Quiz• Additional Resources• Created by• CC [Creatice Commons] License

LESSON LEARNED AND SUGGESTIONS

• Adequate publicity in advance for awareness about programme• Social media for publicity and for feedback later on• Live sessions useful for interactions with experts• An introductory session on how to use platform or how the

course will progress• Assignment at the end of module or session• Response on blog or microblogging: community feedback and

reflection• Examining chat communication during live sessions• Recording for later viewing• Internet bandwidth

Thank you!