MODULE 3
Learners were said by the end of the MOOC they would
-Learn about OERs and be able to search OER repositories for relevant OERs
- Explore Creative Commons licensing
- Consider different types of MOOC
- Gain an insight into open educational practice
- Discuss the benefits and problems of learning with OERs and MOOCs
OERs
Open educational resources’ (OERs, or OER) have taken over as the popular way to share materials. OERs are ; they can refer to any learning resources, from an individual image, to a lesson, to a complete course, and they can be - and are expected to be - modified to suit the learners who will use them.
USEFUL WEBSITES
http://wikieducator.org/Exemplary_Collection_of_Open_eLearning_Content_Repositories
CREATIVE COMMONS - CC
TYPES OF MOOCS
xMOOCs are based on the notion of “teacher as expert” and “learner as knowledge consumer”. Learning is seen as copying knowledge from the course designer to the learner, with the help of the person teaching the course. Teaching is usually by recorded lectures. Assignments are computer-graded. Apart from responding to questions from the learners, the teacher has a limited role in proceedings.
cMOOCs take a ”connectivist” approach to learning, where learning is seen as a process of adding new knowledge to what one already knows through a process of interaction with the information, usually by interacting with other learners. cMOOCs tend to be less structured than xMOOCs, allowing the learner much more freedom to explore the information in the way they choose, using the tools they prefer. cMOOCs typically provide the basic information, in whatever format(s) are considered best, and links to more detailed content - the learner chooses which areas to investigate in depth. There will be tools that support discussion between learners, such as wikis, forums and blogs, and there may be live discussions with a teacher or guest speaker.
OEP - OPEN EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE
WHY OPEN EDUCATION MATTERS
MODULE 6
An interesting module about the main ideas that are related to 21st Learning.
Myths about Learning
DIGITAL NATIVES ?
An interesting video about our students and us: digital natives and digital immigrants-us
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzbFRZjujYk
The term digital natives means people who grew up using digital technologies, as opposed to digital immigrants who grew up in an analogue world. In education we can see that a lot of the students who were born in the area of modern technology still need to be taught digital skills. Digital literacy is thus a must for our students and as a teacher I am engaged in making them learn and see how they should work in the XXI century first as a learner and later as a worker.
LEARNING STYLES
A popular idea about them can be found in the ideas shared by the “VARK” model:
There are different ideas and approaches but I think that teaching and learning can vary depending on how we work and on our learners.
To learn more about your learning styles you can choose among many tools online:
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/index.htm
http://vark-learn.com/the-vark-questionnaire/
http://www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/learning-styles-quiz.shtml
I have learnt that I am used to learning by focussing on images and graphs and that I can learn better when I write and read.
PERSONALISING EDUCATION
LEARNER ANALYTICS can be defined in this way
“the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of ‘big data’ related to learners and their contexts, with the intention of providing actionable intelligence that supports teaching and learning.”
The 21st Century approach to personalised learning gives much more freedom to the learner. Typically, students are shown the areas in which they need to improve and suggestions for work that will help them; it is for the student to follow this advice. The teacher is available to help where a student becomes stuck. For the teacher, it allows them to go straight to the area that will help a student, rather than having to assess the student’s understanding at length.
Some Charitable examples presented in the course:
More information about it can be found online:
http://repository.jisc.ac.uk/5657/1/Learning_analytics_report.pdf
INNOVATING PEDAGOGY
The key ideas can be found in the document online
http://proxima.iet.open.ac.uk/public/innovating_pedagogy_2015.pdf
Key ideas are :
- scale
- connectivity
- reflection
-extension
-embodiment
-personalization
FINAL THOUGHTS ABOUT THE MOOC BY EMMA
What is 21st CENTURY LEARNING?
It is education with modern technologies and virtual worlds. It is BOYD and OERs and a lot of learners who are engaged in learning and can choose.
Teachers have the role of guiding learners and providing help when learning. The REVOLUTION has begun. I am now part of it although at school we still use the old blackboard and sometimes the internet does not work correctly.
USEFUL GLOSSARY ONLINE: