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Follow the sun 2011
The document discusses the concept of 'open scholarship,' emphasizing the importance of transparency, accessibility, and collaboration in education. It highlights how open educational resources (OER) and open access practices can lead to innovation, improved learning experiences, and student empowerment. Additionally, it addresses the necessity for cultural and institutional shifts towards openness to enhance educational opportunities and outcomes.
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- 1. http://openreflections.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/800px-neon_open_green.jpghttp://openreflections.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/800px-neon_open_green.jpghttp://openreflections.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/800px-neon_open_green.jpghttp://openreflections.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/800px-neon_open_green.jpgFollowing the Sunto Open ScholarshipLearning Futures Festival Online 2011Terry Anderson, Ph.D.Canada Research Chair in Distance Education
- 2. The world ismoving so fast that there are days when the person who says it can’t be done, keeps getting interrupted by the person doing it.anonymous Personally, I’m always ready to learn,Although I do not always like to be taughtWinston Churchill
- 4. From Anderson &Anderson,( 2009) Online professional development conferencesCanadian Journal of Learning Technologies 35(2)
- 5. My One (andonly) Claim to Internet FameOrganized 1st ever online ConferenceBangkok Conference for ICDE 1992Ported between BitNet, UseNet FidoNet and NetNorth and email lists6 Keynote speakersTotal cost 6 * $30See Anderson, T., & Mason, R. (1993). The Bangkok Project: New tool for professional development. American Journal of Distance Education, 7(2), 5-18 at http://tinyurl.com/5vq2fa9
- 6. Buy!!! At AmazonOrPreview at Google Books at tinyurl.com/3lo2fgh
- 7. Open Scholar“the OpenScholar is someone who makes their intellectual projects and processes digitally visible and who invites and encourages ongoing criticism of their work and secondary uses of any or all parts of it--at any stage of its development”. Gideon Burton Academic Evolution Blog
- 8. Definitions of Openon the Web (From Google)affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed;affording free passage or access; open to or in view of all;accessible to all; assailable: not defended or capable of being defendedloose: (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; start to operate or functionnot brought to a conclusion; not sealed or having been unsealed
- 9. “Something there isthat doesn’t love a a wall, that wants it down” American Poet, Robert FrostPhoto by Cudiaco
- 10. Harmonizing Disruptive Technologies“Managingand aligning pedagogical, technical and administrative issues is a necessary condition of success when using emerging technologies for (formal) learning”But it takes leadership and disruption!!Educating the Net Generation: A Handbook of Findings for Practice and Policy , 2009
- 11. Promising Signs ofChangeUbiquity and multi-functionality of web 2.0Growth of openness and online resources, OERsIncreasingly effective pedagogical models and learning activitiesReal educational alternatives – including private sectorDeath and retirement
- 12. ValuesWe can (andmust) continuously improve the quality, effectiveness, appeal, cost and time efficiency of the learning experience.Student control and freedom is integral to 21st Century life-long education and learning.Education for elites is not sufficient for planetary survival
- 13. Open Scholars UseOpen Access Software
- 14. Open Scholars areTransparentThe ability to view and share thoughts, actions, resources, ideas and interests of others.“radically increase learner awareness of others’ learning activities in the PLE” Marc van Harmelen Manchester PLEDalsgaard, C., & Paulsen, M. (2009) Transparency in Cooperative Online Education
- 15. Open Scholars Create:Anew type of education work maximizing:Social learningMedia richnessParticipatory and connectivist pedagogiesUbiquity and persistenceOpen data collection and research processCreating connections
- 16. Open Scholars Useand Contribute Open Educational ResourcesBecause it saves time!!!
- 18. Key enablersInfrastructure: moveto collaborative and cloud based development and distributionDesign: Return to a focus on outcomes- not on particular tools, content or pathSupport: Institutional policy, funder incentives, appropriate licensingExperience: Need to gain awareness by piloting and including OERs in regular programmingCulture: Do we define ourselves by the content we produce or the quality of the courses we deliver??. Is everything on the Internet OERs?
- 19. Why Should anInstitution Share its Educational Resources?Experiences from OU UK (McAndrew et al, 2009) OpenLearn repacked and distributes thousands are course and modulesBenefits:accelerating innovation, establishing collaborations, and Attracting new students to the UniversityIncreasing transparencyBranding and image growthCosts (very little)
- 20. But we arehaven‘t gotten $$$$ from the Hewlett FoundationFunding results:General adoption of more open approaches. from initial work on the concept of open content, to supporting the open provision of existing content to work on advocacy and models of use.
- 21. Open Scholars SelfArchiveQuality scholarship is peer and public reviewed, accessible, persistent syndicated, commented and transparent.
- 22. Open Scholars Applytheir research
- 23. Open Scholars doOpen ResearchOpen Notebook: a laboratory notebook that is freely available and indexed on common search engines. …it is essential that all of the information available to the researchers to make their conclusions is equally available to the rest of the world.—Jean-Claude Bradley
- 24. Open Scholars License,Use (and re-use ) Open Data
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- 26. Open Scholars Filterand Share With Others
- 27. Open Scholars supportemerging Open Learning alternativesIn-Class Support in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania! The University of Dar es Salaam Computing Centre is going to offer you in-class facilitation of all of the openEd 2.0 course modules against a moderate fee.
- 28. Open Scholars KnowHow to License Their Work for Maximum Impact
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- 30. Open Scholars Publishin Open Access JournalsOpen Access Journals have increased citation ratings:Zawacki-Richter, O., Anderson, T., & Tuncay, N. (2010). The growing impact of open access distance education journals – a bibliometric analysis. Journal of Distance Education, 24(3)Analysis of Google citations for 12 Distance Education Journals (using Harzing’s Publish or Perish tool)6 open access, 6 commercially publishedEarly results show roughly equal citations/paper, but recent gains in citations by open access journals
- 31. Open Scholars Writeand Read Open Access Booksaupress.cawww.irrodl.org
- 32. Are you Readyto Take the Pledge??I pledge that:“ I will no longer submit my work to closed publications, nor participate in review or editorial functions for closed publications.”
- 33. Open Scholars commentopenly on the works of othersBookmarking and Annotation add valueCite-u-like, Mendely, Diigo, Scholar.comVLE additions like Margenalia.
- 34. Open Scholars BuildNetworks
- 35. Open Scholars Lobbyfor Copyright ReformSource: swiss-copyright.ch
- 36. Open Scholars AssignOpen Textbooks
- 37. Open Scholars AssignOpen Reading
- 38. Open Scholars InduceOpen StudentsStudents as co-creatorsStudents gaining experience as writers, authors and teachersGetting over the use, but don’t contribute barrierStudents engaged in meaningful workExtensive literature on value of peer instruction - especially for gifted studentsEmpowering learners as future teachers
- 39. Open Scholars supportOpen Students OpenStudents.Org
- 40. Open Scholars TeachOpen CoursesGeorge Siemens & Stephen DownesIntroduction au technologieémergentesDave CormierHans Poldoga – http://www.hanspoldoja.net/Alec CuorosOpen Access Course: Social Media & Open Education (Fall 2009)
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- 42. Open Scholars areChange Agents Open scholars develop tools and techniques to help cross-pollination, sustain and grow effective learning networks.From (Looi 2001).
- 43. Issues, Economics &Open Philosophy
- 44. Who Pays forFree content?‘Freemium: free & “pro” versions1% of users support all the restAdvertising: provide a special audienceCross-Subsidies: free lunch if you buy beerZero-Marginal Cost: online musicLabor Exchange: Digg or Google 411Gift Economy: $$$ aren’t everythingChris Anderson’s Taxonomy of FreeWired: http://www.wired.com/techbiz/it/magazine/16-03/ff_free?currentPage=all
- 45. Openness and theSurvival of Public InstitutionsWhat if a private, for profit company offered to deliver a higher quality education (and was willing to prove it) for considerably less cost to the government than the public system?Openness is a way for public institutions to very visibly give back to the people.
- 46. The Political Economyof Peer Production Michael Bauwensproduce use-value through the free cooperation of producers a 'third mode of production' neither for-profit or public NOT exchange value for a market, but use-value for a community www.ctheory.net/articles.aspx?id=499
- 47. Prod-Users:From production toprodusage Axel Bruns 2008Users as active participants in production of artifacts:Examples:Open source movementWikipediaCitizen journalism (blogs)Immersive worldsDistributed creativity - music, video, Flickr
- 48. Placing Boundaries onthe Openess“Good fences make good neighbors” American poet Robert Frost
- 49. Placing Boundaries onthe OpennessA good fence helpeth to keepe peace between neighbours; but let vs take heed that we make not a high stone wall, to keepevs from meeting.[1640 E. Rogers Letter in Winthrop Papers (1944) IV. 282]
- 50. Creating Boundaries byRecommendations/input of others
- 51. You Don’t Haveto work for an Open University to be an Open ScholarSome Open Universities are very closed!Openness is as much a personal as an institutional decisionWe need to move all of our institutions to Openness
- 52. Openness is aSpiral of Growth… but you have to start somewhere
- 53. Boundless Opportunities forUnanticipatedconsequencesChallenges of net privacy/presenceEmergent adaptation by students and teachersMisuse and exploitation
- 55. Social Networking helpsus create our own boundariesTextText55Stepanyan, Mather & Payne, 2007
- 56. Boundary Controlsin Elgg
- 57. Open NetResearch/Community NetworksOERs,YouTUBEMY AULoginDiscoveryRead & Comment rightsPasswordsPasswordsAlFrescoCMSCourse DevelopmentAthabasca Landing E-Portfolios Profiles Groups/Networks Bookmark Collections BlogsAthabasca UniversitySample CC Course units and Branded OERsELGGSingle Sign onAUspaceMoodleMedia labRegistryLibraryCIDERSecondlife campus
- 58. Conclusion“Open Access ismore than a new model for scholarly publishing, it is the only ethical move available to scholars who take their own work seriously enough to believe its value lies in how well it engages many publics and not just a few peers.” Gideon Burton, Academic Evolution Blog
- 59. Your comments andquestions most welcomed!Terry Anderson [email protected]: http://cde.athabascau.ca/faculty/terrya.phpBlog: terrya.edublogs.org
Editor's Notes
- #28 Comprised of students from around the world, the student body will learn through the peer-to-peer teaching method with a defined curriculum and support of various educators. Within the online study communities, students will share resources, exchange ideas, discuss weekly topics, submit assignments and take exams. UoPeople is inspired by the ‘learning by teaching’ or ‘peer-to-peer teaching' methodology