Open Education Abecedarium
“Open Education" is a deceivingly simple name for a concept that covers a broad range of philosophies, pedagogies, activities and products, many of which are critical to the University of ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ. In advance of a series of Teaching Tips exploring some of these ideas, here’s a necessarily incomplete A-Z of ideas that are part of Open Education.
Accessibility & ADA - allowing everyone to take part.
CTL: Accessibility and Accessibility Online and Building Accessibility into Blackboard
Blended Learning - what is real and what is virtual?
Creative Commons - finding things to use and promoting what we make.
More on Creative Commons (CTL)
Digital Citizenship - our online existence, culture and participation.
Embedding - rich sharing between systems and platforms.
Embedding: Connecting the Pieces (CTL)
Fair Use - exercising our rights so we don’t lose them.
Copyright and Fair Use (CTL)
Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for and for
Gamification - mechanics that motivate.
The Power of Play (three part series; CTL)
Game Mechanics (CTL)
Hybrids - new forms of courses...and pedagogies.
Instructional Design - the art and science of facilitating rich learning experiences.
Justice - does open education satisfy a moral imperative?
Knowledge - how it is formed, discovered, shared, challenged and stored.
Libraries - A crucial information space and a necessary Third Place.
MOOCs - cMOOCs and xMOOCS and BOOCS, oh my!
Networks - like soylent green, networks are people.
Openwashing - you can’t fake it ‘til you make it
Pedagogy - the impossible can literally become possible.
Questions - We’ve all got them; we don’t have to answer them alone.
Reuse/Remix/Revise/Redistribute - oh, the places you (and your students) can go!
SPLOTs -Smallest · Possible · Open · Learning · Technology
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Textbooks - Show me the $...and better outcomes, grades and retention.
Universal Design - Design matters to and for veryone.
Virtually Connecting - take part in learning communities around the world.
Wikis - A rose by any other name…
Get started with new and improved Google Sites (CTL)
Wolfram Alpha - computational intelligence.
Xcode - If it’s the way you roll, code can count!
YouTube (and Kaltura) - it’s not just Gangnam Style and the Kardashians.
CTL: Publish videos to your course with Kaltura Mediaspace & Create dynamic video presentations with Kaltura CaptureSpace & Encourage student video creation in Kaltura Mediaspace
Z-Degrees - Zero textbook costs? ZOMG!
See the PDF for this Teaching Tip.
Chris Lott, M.Ed., was the Associate Director of Teaching and Learning at ÓÐÁϺÐ×ÓÊÓƵ CTL. He has 25 years of experience at the intersection of education and technology.