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WikiEducator Visualising open education futures Wayne Mackintosh, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic 2009 A return to tradition? WE MUST BE FREE Share, Remix, Reuse WE MUST BE OPEN Legitimate plagiarism? 2


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Wayne Mackintosh, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic 2009

WikiEducator

Visualising open education futures

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A return to tradition?

WE MUST BE FREE WE MUST BE OPEN

Woodleywonderworks, http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/1291468732/

Share, Remix, Reuse

“Legitimate plagiarism? ”

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OER Foundation

The Open Education Resource (OER) Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that provides leadership, networking and support for educators and educational institutions to achieve their objectives through Open Education. “OER is a

sustainable and renewable resource”

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WikiEducator

We're turning the digital divide into digital dividends using free content and open

  • networks. We

hope you can help us.

Voted best educational wiki, Steven Downes, Dec 2007 Inaugural recipient of the award for Exemplary Open Education Resource (OER) practices Slide 5

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What about K12 in the US?

50% of new teachers leave the profession in 5 years (2006 NEA),

Kids who won't be going to school

USA & W Europe Central & E. Europe Central Asia Arab States

  • E. Asia

& Pacific

  • S. & W.

Asia SS Africa

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

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A sustainable system?

Source: Justin Tilton and Jim Farmer, Learning Environment 2015 Slide 8

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Getting the focus right

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The OER secret is in the REMIX

Licensing that grant permisions (not restrictions)

Enablers

Editable file formats

80% 20%

Technologies which talk to each other

Remix by SunshineConnely, source from helmet13 url: http://flickr.com/photos/22281745@N04/2431072914/

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Can you imagine a world where ...

All digital content is freely available In formats which can be easily edited (online & offline) Customised collections can be exported for:

  • The delivery of your choice (e.g. print/online)
  • You favourite LMS/VLE

That's what we're doing, and WE invite you to help us ....

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Creating a pdf collection

  • Add article
  • Create a collection
  • Save a collection
  • Share a collection

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Examples of the Remix potential

Wiki OER Authoring

LMS Print-based materials Content Cartridge

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Wayne Mackintosh, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic 2009

Established May 2006

  • How is WikiEducator doing?
  • Who are our WikiEducators?
  • Why do they join our family?

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Exceeding strategic targets

J u n e 6 J u n e 7 J u n e 8 J u n e 9 J u n e 1 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 16,000 18,000

Predicted users Actual users

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Age distribution

Our WE surprise?

<15 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 >65 5 10 15 20 25 30 5.4 18 25.5 28.1 19.4 3.6 Years Percentage

50% > 45 years

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Current roles of WikiEducators

Educator (teacher, lecturer, or trainer) Researcher Learner Manager or administrator Professional staff developer 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 72 21 17 14 10

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Why do you join WikiEducator?

to explore new trends and ideas to learn wiki skills to develop free content to grow personaly to build relationships with WEs 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 71 70 70 46 33

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Wayne Mackintosh, International Centre for Open Education, Otago Polytechnic 2009

Professional Development for OER

  • Motivations?
  • Needs?
  • How do we respond?

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Why do you join WikiEducator?

to explore new trends and ideas to learn wiki skills to develop free content to grow personaly to build relationships with WEs 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 71 70 70 46 33

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Digital literacy and social software

In the past, have your created a user account on a wiki (other than WikiEducator)?

No Yes Not sure 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

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Learning4Content workshops

> 4 700 educators > 100 workshops > 130 Countries

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Doing things right versus doing the right thing Founding member or FTE4WikiEducator

Join the OER Foundation

OERNZ

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OER maturity model for NZ schools

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Doing things right versus doing the right thing Founding member or FTE4WikiEducator

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What about the future?

Open Philanthropy

Will effect real social change

80%

Connect the OER silos

With open content – its doesn't matter where it's hosted

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Doing things right versus doing the right thing Founding member or FTE4WikiEducator

Join the OER Foundation

Namste

Mahatma Gandhi We can be the change we want to see in the [[OER]] world!

80%

As educators ....

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