1. Open Education: Practice and PotentialM.S. Vijay KumarBrandon Muramatsu
EDUC E-107Spring 2011
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Unless otherwise specified this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/).
Cite as: Kumar, V. & Muramatsu, B. (2011). Open Education: Practice and Potential.

2. Goals for this Session
Administrivia
Discussion forums and participation, News
Assignments 3+4 and 5
Next Week: Sustainability and Open Education
Gary Lopez, Monterey Institute for Technology and Education
Eric Frank, Flat World Knowledge
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3. News Related to Open Education
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Source: Open Attribute. (2011). Open Atribute. Retrieved on March 2, 2011 from http://openattribute.org/
4. Assignments 3+4 and 5
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5. Areas for Discussion
In the context of each perspectiveLearners, Educators, Administrators
Online versus open
What are the unique characteristics of Open
Opposition to Open Education
Barriers
Technology, preparation, culture, shifting paradigms
Shift in Roles
What is constant, what changes?
Open Content
Reducing time and effort in selecting content
Customizability of content
How do you pay for Open Education?
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6. Unique Characteristics of Open
Sharing/shareable
Digital
Free
Ability to reuse
Accessibility
Free flow of information
Reuse versus replication
Collaboration
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7. Guest Speakers
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8. Things to listen for

What are the value propositions, advantages and challenges with open and institutions?

9. What are issues of policy and sustainability that impact open and institutions? 10. How does what our guest speaker(s) say, address those issues that you care about?8
11. Gary Lopez
Executive Director,Monterey Institute for Technology and Education
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12. Eric Frank
Founder and President,Flat World Knowledge
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13. Next Week
Assignment 6 Due
See the Assignments page for more details
Guest Speaker:Cathy Casserly, Creative Commons
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