Oer and stem short term fellows residential course april 2011 steve swithenby

OERs in STEM subjects

Stephen Swithenby

April 12 2011

Agenda

• OER challenges in STEM

• OER opportunities in STEM

• Your challenges and opportunities

• Discussion

What’s the problem?

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E-learning issues in STEM

Mathematical notation

Complex diagrams

Interoperability - Online ‘conversations’

Laboratory practice

Field practice

Studio practice

Professional body prescriptiveness (e.g. curriculum, ftf)

Are these Open Educational Resource issues?

E-learning of maths/diagrams Chalk and pencil – culture/belief

Equation editor

Mathtype

Latex (or in embedded html form)

<a href="http://www.codecogs.com/eqnedit.php?latex=\oint \vec{F} \cdot d\vec{s}=0" target="_blank"><img src="http://latex.codecogs.com/gif.latex?\oint \vec{F} \cdot d\vec{s}=0" title="\oint \vec{F} \cdot d\vec{s}=0" /></a>

http://www.codecogs.com/latex/eqneditor.php

E-learning of maths/diagrams Intrinsic part of the language of STEM

Incorporation of maths and diagrams in e-assessment

Open Mark

Maths/diagrams and OERS

Transmission of prepared resources possible

Mathcentre

However,

Significant cost of production.

Authorial competence

Issues of interoperability – VLEs, assessment platforms

Interactivity

E-learning and STEM practice

Labs, field work, studio are major requirements in STEM qualifications – upward of 20%-40%

Very expensive to develop and maintain.

Authenticity – the mystique of the White Coat

Professional Body requirements

Lab based capacity constraints in LDCs.

What is a STEM practice OER

OERs for STEM practice

Standard kits and experiments (sensor kits/pre-packaged expts.

Simulations

Interactive experiments

Remotely controllable laboratories

Design community

Authenticity

Cost

OERs for STEM practice

Standard kits and experiments (sensor kits/pre-packaged expts.

Simulations

Interactive experiments

Remotely controllable laboratories

Virtual field trips

Design community

Authenticity

Cost

Opportunities in STEM

Demand for difficult-to-prepare resources

Moodle as a shared open source platform

Web services (assessment, labs etc)

Interactive OERS in STEM

Workshop questions

Are there any specific features of L&T in your discipline that are difficult for the individual teacher to handle?

Could OERs help to overcome the difficulties?

What are the related challenges and opportunities for OERs?

Oer and stem short term fellows residential course april 2011 steve swithenby

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