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 ÐÓ°ÉÔ°æ. 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 UAF CTL. He has 25 years of experience at the intersection of education and technology.