In my context as a surgeon/educator, there is a well recognised need to train the trainers. Academic organizations including universities as well as several NGOs run courses to this end. What has been frustrating though, is that none of these (as to my knowledge in my specific field) have even sections dedicated to teaching in a digital age.
So, I decided that I wanted to build such a course based on OER; as follows:
An online course on Teaching in a Digital World
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Week |
Topic |
Resources |
Relevance |
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1 |
The need to adapt digital technologies in education |
· Gray, S (2011) Using digital media to improve teaching and learning. Blog. Available at: https://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/using-digital-media-to-improve-teaching-and-learning-04-apr-2011. Retrieved from Jisc through Solvonauts · Baker, D (2011) Why we can’t afford not to invest in technology. Blog. Available at: https://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/why-we-cant-afford-not-to-invest-in-technology-20-apr-2011. Retrieved from Jisc through Solvonauts · |
Good |
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2 |
Pedagogy in Technology |
· Thomas, A and Morris, N (2013) Is digital technology changing learning and teaching? Available at: https://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/is-digital-technology-changing-learning-and-teaching-15-mar-2017. Retrieved from Jisc through Solvonauts · Connectivism. Available at: http://www.open.edu/openlearn/education/open-education/content-section-7.4. Retrieved from OpenLearn |
Good |
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3 |
Blended Learning |
· Blended learning: What’s in it for the learner. Available at: https://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/blended-learning-whats-in-it-for-the-learner-03-mar-2017. A Digifest debate. Retrieved from Jisc · Embedding blende learning in further education and skills. Guide. Available at: https://www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/embedding-blended-learning-in-further-education-and-skills. Retrieved from Jisc |
Good |
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4 |
Open Educational Resources (OER) |
· Paskevicius, M et al (2014) Open teaching in a digital age. Powerpoint presentation. Available at: http://open.uct.ac.za/handle/11427/7551. Retrieved through Solvonauts. · An introduction to OER. Available at: http://www.open.edu/openlearn/education/introduction-open-educational-resources-oer/content-section-2. Retrieved from Open Learn ·
Kernohan, D (2011) OER in the field: Institutions
solving problems openly. Blog. Available at: ct-2011">https://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/oer-in-the-field-institutions-solving-problems-openly-2 |
Good |
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5 |
Future prospects |
· Comrie, C (2013) Technology in education: New battle lines Blog. Available at: https://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/technology-in-education-new-battle-lines-19-feb-2013. Retrieved from Jisc through Solvonauts · Hamilton, M and Richards, P (2017) Deep dreaming of AI in education and using data to improve teaching. Blog. Available at: https://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/deep-dreaming-of-ai-in-education-and-using-data-to-improve-teaching-06-feb-2017. Retrieved from Jisc through Solvonauts |
Good |
There is a very large repository of content (objects) available for this specific course so I was able to find content with fairly good relevance levels and did not have to structure my course on what is available rather than how I want it to be. The resources, as can be seen, come from a very limited number of sources (Jisc and OpenLearn) though. I tend not to think of this as a major shortcoming for this specific course but would have preferred a wider array of sources to choose from for the sake of being able to cover a wider spectrum of ideas and arguments.
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Tailored learning using OER
What a great idea to tailor the learning to your own context. Is there enough content from the selected OER to meet your requirements, or would you need to include some of your own content?
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Hi Emre, interesting and comprehensive 'course' construction. I also look for the reusability of the object. So if you use a blog from JISC, can you grab that and put it up on your own Wordpress site for example? Also the OpenLearn - which I clicked, is in the middle of another course and I wonder if it would be confusing or distracting to expect people to jump into that section. I believe OpenLearn is CC licensed but I've never actually extracted or downloaded content to try this out.