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Well the activity said it could be broad so I'm going with....

FREE applications

Google Docs, Add ons for Google Docs, other applications like padlet, word cloud makers, video makers. 

Open Education needs Open Applications - If we are open with our learning we need to be open with our responses.

And just one question from me - why is it that after creating a TMA in Google I have to flipping well export it to Word to upload it to OU.

I started by making a mind map to visualize the paper - turns out its hard to type on a train and juggle a coffee!  When I looked at the initiatives I was unsurprised to find there was not a perfect fit to Wiley's model.  The nature of technological and business innovation would always give rise to new models - in fact crowdfunding is giving further ideas for bringing together authors and finance for courseware, personally I'm thinking along the lines of a co-operative model with crowdfunding and advertising revenues funding individuals to develop courses within their area of expertise.

Coursera - I initially thought MIT model as they seem to have a LOT of staff and a LOT of vacancies, currently 170 staff and growing.  Then I looked at the volunteer page and saw that they have over 350 mentors as well as translators and testers, which would fit more with the USU model.  So a blended model is operating here.

BCcampus - I was firstly struck by how often I saw the word sharing, then I spotted the CC was merely attributable so I was thinking Rice model.  I see they are government funded and only have around 25 staff so I was staring to think USU model.  I can't see where they get their authors from so I was unable to make a firm decision - maybe they don't fit ANY of the models, which meets my initial expectation of this task.

FutureLearn -  I have taken a course here so I did have a little insight.  On investigation I see they have 85 partners worldwide although are wholly owned by OU.  The jobs page included learning developer (my initial thought was RUN AWAY before I end up with another job! Then I read it and found I'm not yet qualified for this, need to finish MAODE). I'm seeing this one very much as the MIT model.

OpenLearn - I see this as a different model entirely, its main function is to serve as a try before you buy course for the OU and it does this very effectively.  As these are taster courses I don't see a fit to any of the models but that it is their own model.

In summary - Wiley's models are a useful guideline or framework for building new models and each organisation will build their models individually according to their own needs.

I read the second text, on a train, in a Costa and with a 13 year old stammering child chatting away in my ear and my 72 year old mother fussing loudly over him (guess which is annoying me most....).  So please excuse the lack of depth in my post.  In fact I'm going to paste the screenshots I took and use them as the basis for my discussion.

My original first area was pedagogy - I thought this interesting that the use of OER was allowing them to use a broader range of teaching and learning methods.

I guess this one also covers the pedagogy

I love this final one as this is exactly what I do with Open Resources, I will often find a Prezi or an upload on slideshare and then make an adaptation.  In fact, because I use an online delivery method I will even take PDF's and add them to slideshare for ease of reading.

Again - apologies for the lack of depth, the room I am waiting in has now filled with people so I am about to be told to put away my computer.

As predicted I am now playing catch up so probably writing this to an audience who has long since moved on.  I started reading about badges with a heavy heart - they seem to have been around such a long time and I have heard so many people say they are the next big thing but then failed to see much enthusiasm with them.  Although I do have a couple, which are important to me as they were paid for and exams passed to achieve them.  They are however only a stepping stone to the wider goal of becoming a Google Certified Teacher Google Certified Innovator (damned annoying changing the name!).  To "win" a coveted place at teacher academy I have completed the certification to become a Google Certified Educator (Level 2), mind you I haven't got around to using it on my website yet!  Here it is on display for the first time.

My Experiences with Open Education

Well this is my second module for MAODE so I'm fairly familiar with the OU format of readings, forums, blog posts etc as well as the use  of online chat.  Previously I have completed courses with FutureLearn and my frustration has been with the short chunking of the tasks and the format of forum posts being huge threads.  I have also completed my google training online but this was not a timed course and involved no participation with other learners, this did suit me as I was able to complete modules as and when I wanted to rather than feeling I was constantly behind.