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What I believe and why I got involved in Open Education :What I believe and why I got involved in Open Education Differentiating instruction is critical to fostering learning.
Neither textbooks, nor proprietary software, are the best tools for this.
Teachers and students need high quality content and the ability to remix it.
Sharing is good and in the public interest.
Open Educational Resources (OER) are: :Digital
Not all digital materials are open
Can also be print Open Educational Resources (OER) are: Open
Able to be remixed, reformatted, and redistributed Free
Not all free resources are open
Others are proprietary, may not always be free, and may have data privacy issues OER (sources) are not necessarily:
the result of mass collaboration
open for anyone to edit; can be “frozen”
Examples of OER in Use :Examples of OER in Use Open building blocksText, music, photos, art, etc. used to create multimedia presentations, podcasts, etc.
Customized curriculum resources“Cause and Effect” ebook remixwww.wikibooks.org and www.k12handhelds.com
Format remix“Animal Alphabet” moviewww.wikibooks.org
Open glossary builderhttp://dictionary.k12opened.com
Slide 5:Thank you.
Karen Fasimpaur
www.k12opened.com
karen@k12opened.com First screen image credits:
Linux computer lab – Michael Surran
Linux penguin - Larry Ewing with the GIMP
Books - Tizzie
Globe – NASA
Cloud background - Anca Mosoiu