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Visual Representation of Open Education (H817 Assignment)

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Edited by John Taiwo Okewole, Saturday, 9 May 2020, 01:22

Open education has been depicted in many ways  and it will be defined going into the future. In my reading of Cormier (2013) and Bates (2015), I came across some fascinating notes and definition about Open Education worthy of pondering on. It has also set me into further thinking about the unbundling that openness has brought into education largely. So, presented below is the visual representation I developed.

Openness from OU to Cormier to Bates...

References

Bates, T. (2015) ‘What do we mean by “open” in education?’ Online Learning and Distance Education Resources [Online]. Available at http://www.tonybates.ca/ 2015/ 02/ 16/ what-do-we-mean-by-open-in-education/ (Accessed 21 April 2020).

Cormier, D. (2013) ‘What do you mean… open?’, Dave’s Educational Blog, 12 April [Blog]. Available at http://davecormier.com/ edblog/ 2013/ 04/ 12/ what-do-you-mean-open/ (Accessed 21 April 2020).


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H817 - Student co-creation

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I guess the practical background laid out by DeRosa (2016) here http://robinderosa.net/uncategorized/my-open-textbook-pedagogy-and-practice/ serves me well to discuss about student co-creation in the open and increasing active learning and participation for a course. Interestingly, I have come to understand that any course can bring together the student to team up and learn while they contribute and develop in a project-based format. The caveat like DeRosa said is it should be modeled and facilitated.

This should start from deep reflection from the course teacher, what is it that he/she wants to achieve in the process. For instance, immersion of the learners in the concept or reduction of inequality in terms of access to materials etc. Something must be the overarching goal from the outset and that helps to inspire the tutor through the arduous process. At this stage, we have to be frank with ourselves, it is not going to be smooth sailing for anyone at the start not of course the tutor. However, with the goal in place and mind preparation, student co-creation can be achieved.

For instance, the OU courses that I have experienced have inculcated some form of co-creation into it. Though I have not seen an ultimate aim to change the learning material based on the learners contribution. In fact, that decision to let learners into the end goal of the project can become a huge motivation for them to input their energies, time and focus into getting it done.

So, I believe any course can adopt student co-creation. While it varies at levels of implementation, it is also dependent on the readiness and how far the tutor is willing to go. Which invariably determines how much the learners will be willing to input.


Reference

DeRosa R. (2016) ‘My open textbook: pedagogy and practice’ [Online]. Available at: http://robinderosa.net/ uncategorized/ my-open-textbook-pedagogy-and-practice/ (Accessed 25 April 2020).

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Open Education technologies - Video (Streamed and OnDemand)

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Edited by John Taiwo Okewole, Saturday, 25 Apr 2020, 06:02

Open education simply took a leap because of the opportunity that videos brought to us. Video can be streamed live or available on demand. and with several services like youtube, vimeo etc making it freely available, it is a function of adapting it appropriately for learning use. In fact, projects like Khan Academy has increased the prospects for open education and pushed opportunity for acceptance and accessibility of learning to wider community.  

Now, video has seen a lot of improvement across the aisle because of video conferencing tools and services which are used for classes, live discussions etc.

Video is a killer app for open education I guess.

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