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Thank you for the welcome, @s_bearden!
Welcome, everyone, to tonight's #edtechchat! We'll be talking about #OER, #GoOpen and shifting toward more student-centered practice!
Hey #Edtechchat! I'm Matt, joining as always from Seattle. I'm going to be on the sidelines tonight - in addition to my edu volunteering, my day job is a software dev. for an OER platform. Looking forward to hearing how I can better serve all of you!
My OER - Open Educational Resources page https://t.co/UBdBpSU1II Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that are online for everyone to use. #GoOpen#edtechchat#edchat
Hey all anyone got a good #edtechchat archive? We have to analyze a chat for class but I never require students to join or visit social media. Privacy is rule one for #GoOpen
Our entry point was https://t.co/4ToyDLX91T because it was a great starting point for our elementary math curriculum. Being OER allowed use to mix our own materials + others into “our” textbook. #edtechchat
A1) #OER is new to me as a thing. I've used lots of free content - Annenberg learner, youtube videos, etc. but not copyright free materials #edtechchat#GoOpen
Learning materials are reflections of a community of practice and a particular moment in time, so producing them should be a social, community-based exercise that includes students as part of the scholarly community! #edtechchat#GoOpen@OfficeofEdTech
Q2: How can involving students in revising and remixing #OER shift students from consumers to creators and curators? Any great examples to share? Challenges? #edtechchat#GoOpen
#edtechchat#goopen Why did it take so long for a large movement to start to make curriculum both free and open? Who decided that the best thing to do was pay lots of money for copyrighted stuff?
In fact we must be weary of #OpenWashing and #OER without new mindsets.
Let me slash sate and federal funding here but replace you with an army of #oer equipped educators and adjuncts #edtechchat
Q2: How can involving students in revising and remixing #OER shift students from consumers to creators and curators? Any great examples to share? Challenges? #edtechchat#GoOpen
So can someone clarify for me? Is #oer free content that has Creative Commons attached with the understanding of attribution to the author or use it as a base and remix to make your own? #edtechchat
A2 allows students to dive deeper into concepts in the process of refining content and the motivation is not just personal learning but also to help others. #edtechchat
#edtechchat A2- Ensure they know what standards they are addressing. Great way to learn deeply. We did a interstate program where kids created collaborative projects but not curriculum. It was called the COW project and involved CA, OH and WI middle school kids
I was just explaining to someone we have no @GitHub for educators.
I try to keep my courses as plain HTML as possible (web is better and more open this way) but we need better endpoints in OER repositories and a federated and decentralized dashboard #edtechchat
#edtechchat A2- Ensure they know what standards they are addressing. Great way to learn deeply. We did a interstate program where kids created collaborative projects but not curriculum. It was called the COW project and involved CA, OH and WI middle school kids
OER is free and openly licensed--there are a variety of ways to license, and Creative Commons is among the most popular, and permissions can be varied, but most common does indeed include attribution #edtechchat
So can someone clarify for me? Is #oer free content that has Creative Commons attached with the understanding of attribution to the author or use it as a base and remix to make your own? #edtechchat
A2) I guess my best example is providing students with a @BookCreatorApp engineering log template and empowering students to document their learning process in their own way. #edtechchat#GoOpen
Q2: absolutely! I visit school districts across the southeast, and I have seen exponential growth in this kind of learning. It’s driven by STEM and committed leadership. Probably not seeing too much curation though. #edtechchat
Agreed! What if students created tutorials to explain a core concept (in any format, created by remixing #OER and original work) — and their tutorials were remixed into the original #OER instructional materials for future students? #edtechchat#GoOpen
A2 my hypothesis is that when students Collaborate to collect and curate meaningful source material they're more likely to transfer into application #edtechchat
It takes a couple of weeks to get them in the mindset of owning their learning. They really take off and get deeper in the learning when they get use to it. #GoOpen#edtechchat
Can you help us? We used to have amazing platforms like @zeega and @mozilla Popcorn.
These tools allowed for layering of media and HTML5.
The sourcing and attribution amazing.
Fund someone who can rebuild similar tool.
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You have to do it in small steps. Have discussions and make a notes page. Then go with each group research and creating docs in certain topics #EdTechChat
A1: The release of previously licensed closed curriculum to OER is a recognition of the 5r’s to authentic learning experiences.Biggest concerns are still@alignment to state standards. Biggest limit@too. #edtechchat
Yes, and, important to note that there are many who use #OER in print form. Also, it is key that OER materials are licensed for use in some way other than "all rights reserved". #edtechchat#GoOpen
My OER - Open Educational Resources page https://t.co/UBdBpSU1II Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that are online for everyone to use. #GoOpen#edtechchat#edchat
Awesome chats tonight! Please consider joining us for the very first #APTeach chat on 4/4 at 8PM CST open to all those inside and out of the AP community. We would be honored to have you. #LearnLAP#Flippclass#edtechchat#StuVoice
Hoping this some space something like #ProjectMoodleNet an upcoming network from @moodle will do.
Not be a repository but be my personal ledger of what I have made, where it came from, and who remixed my stuff.
Connect to Canvas, Google Classroom, BlackBoard, etc #edtechchat
#edtechchat#GoOpen A3 - Trust in the teachers and students- We need to provide time and space for this work to be done. Provide examples of great work that has been done. Challenges - burning out great teachers. Successes - Teachers learning deeply along with their students.
A3 teachers need to learn to let go of the "power" and let the students take over if they haven't yet. The curriculum and pacing needs to become more flexible to allow for these great educational opportunities for our classrooms. #edtechchat
A3 - I will be honest a lot of teachers do not know what it means to curate. I think we have to start with teaching educators why/how and maybe Ss can lead some of that initiative #edtechchat
A3: don't be afraid. If you think there is something you don't know..good! Learn from a Ss, and let them teach each other! That's authentic learning. #edtechchat
A3 you have to be willing to give up some of the classroom control and the idea that you or a textbook is the source for course knowledge #edtechchat#GoOpen
A3) We would have to give students so much more time, plus we would have a really hard time getting them to cover the breadth of the stuff we are supposed to get them to learn. #edtechchat
RTOfficeofEdTech: innovativeinstr I'll share our #GoOpen District Launch Packet shortly, but you can also check out stories from some of our #GoOpen districts here: https://t.co/zFcaQkHXTj#edtechchat
RTOfficeofEdTech: Q2: How can involving students in revising and remixing #OER shift students from consumers to creators and curators? Any great examples to share? Challenges? #edtechchat#GoOpenhttps://t.co/FszyS66M3G
RTOfficeofEdTech: Q3: What shifts do teachers/schools/districts need to make in order to support students as creators or curators? Challenges? #edtechchat#GoOpenhttps://t.co/fwoZfdn00p
Q3: A wizard that helps align to tested standards. I dislike saying it, but I see this limitation of alignment as something to address. If the unmixed OER is aligned and T can guide, that could help shift. #edtechchat
Q3: A wizard that helps align to tested standards. I dislike saying it, but I see this limitation of alignment as something to address. If the unmixed OER is aligned and T can guide, that could help shift. #edtechchat
A4 also need students to know that can be multiple solutions to what they are looking for. Curiosity makes for great curators of knowledge #edtechchat#GoOpen
I think the hard question we have to ask ourselves now is how much of what we "cover" can be found through a simple internet search. Let's let them explore and learn to think critically about what they can't find a simple answer to. #edtechchat
If I’m being honest, #edtechchat - I’d love to reply back and communicate with more of you, but I just can’t type that fast. You’re on fire. You all are great. Shoutout to @OfficeofEdTech for pulling some of that weight.
Then they should send participants free stuff. The brand building would be so much better than @nathan_stevens and I trolling them for the rest of the night. #edtechchat#glittersnark
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A3 - I will be honest a lot of teachers do not know what it means to curate. I think we have to start with teaching educators why/how and maybe Ss can lead some of that initiative #edtechchat
Principle 1: Production Based
Principle 2: Privacy Through Data Empowerment
Principle 3: Community is the Curriculum
Principle 4: Agency and Identity
Principle 5: Leadership through Literacy
Principle 6: Brokering Knowledge
Principle 7: Remix as Mentoring
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#edtechchat#GoOpen A 4. The Williams Act in CA inhibits how we can send home online materials. It is only in CA but if we could get a legislative patch to help us - OER would fly in CA because of our budget shortages. The money instead could be given to teachers for creating.
Q4 Examples of it "working" in the classroom... that the time investment is worth it. Bank of resources and instructions how to implement. Colleagues and friends who support it and help push them towards it #edtechchat
The older the kids get, the more the teachers who teach subjects care about said subjects. Really hard to convince the teacher that loves _____ that they should just let kids Google stuff :) #edtechchat
A4: I think it’s PD that supports shifting classroom activities and evaluation that give support and “next steps” for students as creators. #EdTechChat
And I view curate as collecting relevant information on a topic or tool and becoming conversant enough to pass knowledge and ask the next question that transfers the exploration to the learner. #edtechchat#goopen
Exactly! This is precisely the problem we are trying to solve at HLC. Reduce the cost of targeted coaching. Make it available to every teacher, regardless of time, money, and geography. #edtechchat
It's a great opportunity to ask students to consider which perspectives are not represented, and how to include those perspectives! I <3 primary sources for this reason! #edtechchat
A4 also need students to know that can be multiple solutions to what they are looking for. Curiosity makes for great curators of knowledge #edtechchat#GoOpen
We are in the process of building it with our journalism students after a change in teacher & philosophy. Not automatic, but I completely agree with you. #edtechchat
A4: develop a culture where teacher-led classes isn't the norrm anymore. Build curriculum with inquiry in mind. Support t's willing to take risks. #edtechchat
It's a great opportunity to ask students to consider which perspectives are not represented, and how to include those perspectives! I <3 primary sources for this reason! #edtechchat
A4 also need students to know that can be multiple solutions to what they are looking for. Curiosity makes for great curators of knowledge #edtechchat#GoOpen
As long as there are mandated tests at the end of the year teachers have very little power to give to the students ... teachers need to be crafty #edtechchat
Q5: Being open to sharing is a key component of #OER, but can be scary. How can we cultivate a sharing mindset among teachers and between schools, districts, or States? #edtechchat#GoOpen
The next #GoOpen Regional Summit will be April 13 in Oceanside, CA. Join other school and district leaders for a day of learning, collaboration, and exploration. Register here: https://t.co/KX2LWLgjhh and see the list of Summit Presenters: https://t.co/fBqFl10LYz. #edtechchat
Q5: Being open to sharing is a key component of #OER, but can be scary. How can we cultivate a sharing mindset among teachers and between schools, districts, or States? #edtechchat#GoOpen
Easier said than done ... every testable class follows testable standards ... tests are scheduled ... many teachers have very little latitude #edtechchat
A5 Perhaps acknowledging that material doesn't need to be 'perfect' to begin the sharing process. Recognizing that great comes after good which comes after getting started. #edtechchat
Right on! endless Googling of facts would be a useless task indeed! I'd like to see those passionate subject T's to create lessons that show Ss their why, not just their what. #edtechchat
A5: i think school/system leaders encouraging and showcasing teachers who are sharing across school/county/state lines would help inspire others to do the same #EdTechChat
Here is what you do. Give every kid and teacher 5 gigs of server space (pennies) and domain ($10ish..or free subdomains). Let them control their data.They get to decide what is open and how it gets shared. #edtechchat
A5 - Invitation to share, @TdiShelton invited me to twitter, made me feel valued. Once I showed up and shared she celebrated me and want to learn and grow with me! We lead by example but invite other join us and celebrate publicly when they do @TuckerTay#edtechchat#HSGky
A5 Making it clear that shared resources benefit everyone and enforcing a no judgement policy! I am always so self-conscious that the things I create and note good enough for others- when in reality they are! #edtechchat
A5 Perhaps acknowledging that material doesn't need to be 'perfect' to begin the sharing process. Recognizing that great comes after good which comes after getting started. #edtechchat
A5: Part of my job is helping teachers build PLNs and showing them that sharing isn't scary! It's how you make things #awesome! (I am an innovation coach - basically a tech coach - in SC). #edtechchat
A5 we live in a world where everything is looked at with the idea of value added monetized approach. It is hard to break that mindset #edtechchat#GoOpen
No algebra teacher could ever create a lesson that would make me believe I needed to learn it. Sometimes we have to accept not all kids care about what we care about and that is ok. The corollary is sometimes kids have to learn stuff they don't care about. #shrugemoji#edtechchat
When teachers work in PLCs within a district then sharing openly with your team and preserving those materials you create or sharing them makes sense. #edtechchat
#edtechchat#GoOpen#A5 Sharing is a funny thing. We can all share what is not valuable. However the more valuable it is; the more people want to retain it for either credit or for cash. It is almost like it has to become a part of our culture.
I think building sharing across sister districts takes mire intentional planning and experimentation. Start with pairing with another school? Teachers have to see the benefit. #edtechchat
I am Social Studies so I have latitude ... I have math/science/ELA friends who are constantly monitored for pacing and sticking to district guidelines #edtechchat
Thank you! I wasn't part of the #edtechchat today. I saw this at the top of my feed and found the question needing an answer. :) Hope to join you next week (and linger a bit longer today).
A5: part of the thing is a need to get away from the isolated mindset of I am only influencing my little corner of the world and means encouraging collaboration right within the school first, then moving to more schools and others #edtechchat
A5 Perhaps acknowledging that material doesn't need to be 'perfect' to begin the sharing process. Recognizing that great comes after good which comes after getting started. #edtechchat
A6 Feeling confident in letting others see what you have created/implemented in the classroom. Being willing to let others fail alongside you possibly #edtechchat
RTOfficeofEdTech: RT eenglished: #edtechchat#GoOpen A3 - Trust in the teachers and students- We need to provide time and space for this work to be done. Provide examples of great work that has been done. Challenges - burning out great teachers. Successes - Teachers learning…
RTOfficeofEdTech: Possibly a good opportunity for teachers and students to learn together -- also an opportunity to include school librarians #edtechchathttps://t.co/J08ke1aPqf
A3 - I will be honest a lot of teachers do not know what it means to curate. I think we have to start with teaching educators why/how and maybe Ss can lead some of that initiative #edtechchat
RTOfficeofEdTech: Q4: What supports do teachers/schools/districts need to enable these shifts to more student-centered learning? #edtechchat#GoOpenhttps://t.co/OGbat8s6ob
RTOfficeofEdTech: RT j_allen: If I’m being honest, #edtechchat - I’d love to reply back and communicate with more of you, but I just can’t type that fast. You’re on fire. You all are great. Shoutout to OfficeofEdTech for pulling some of that weight.
RTOfficeofEdTech: Q5: Being open to sharing is a key component of #OER, but can be scary. How can we cultivate a sharing mindset among teachers and between schools, districts, or States? #edtechchat#GoOpenhttps://t.co/uJTZfpJujW
RTOfficeofEdTech: RT mariglatter: A5 Perhaps acknowledging that material doesn't need to be 'perfect' to begin the sharing process. Recognizing that great comes after good which comes after getting started. #edtechchat
RTOfficeofEdTech: RT dpopulo001: A5 Making it clear that shared resources benefit everyone and enforcing a no judgement policy! I am always so self-conscious that the things I create and note good enough for others- when in reality they are! #edtechchat
RTOfficeofEdTech: RT technolibrary: OfficeofEdTech I think building sharing across sister districts takes mire intentional planning and experimentation. Start with pairing with another school? Teachers have to see the benefit. #edtechchat
A4: training by those actually using the concepts/practices in the classroom and not by talking heads who have done research but haven't been in a K12 classroom since they were students would be a good place to start #edtechchat
A6 first obstacle is getting students to believe in themselves to drive their learning and that it doesn’t always come from a textbook #edtechchat#GoOpen
I think this idea also unnecessarily prevents secondary and elementary teachers from connecting and sharing ideas. Just because HS learns deeper than Elem, doesn't mean they can't get great ideas from each other. #edtechchat
I don't mind an ethos of owning your own stuff even if it is built on ideas of others.
I just believe in allowing the creator to get to decide how open they are with what they make.
It's an American bias in #OER world.
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A6 Fear - don't want to be rejected or humiliated. Worthiness- a lot of Ts don't see how great they are doing or even sharing their ideas can help the collective. They think they have to be a rock-star to be relevant. #edtechchat@mschuste74@TuckerTay#hsgky
#edtechchat#GoOpen#A6 - Who owns the intellectual property. Maybe if we make creating and sharing a part of the teacher training, it would filter into our system.
A4: time and PD to work with coaches in terms of how to take the curriculum and shift to a more personalized approach - what are the big ideas in the curriculum? What open ended Qs can you ask? #edtechchat
I don't mind an ethos of owning your own stuff even if it is built on ideas of others.
I just believe in allowing the creator to get to decide how open they are with what they make.
It's an American bias in #OER world.
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a6 Step One: Convince everyone nobody wants to steal your ideas. We are ideas not cancer drug researchers (that job is way easier). #edtechchat
Seriously. I mean it. Nobody gives a crap about your ideas. It's a freeing revelation.
A6) Culture is so important. Leadership that values and cultivates a sharing culture through sharing themselves, iterating, putting a spotlight on Ts who share... #edtechchat
I don’t have a problem with that either. Everyone has their right to do what they want with their creation. Sometimes those decisions don’t make it beneficial to others, but that’s the creators choice. #edtechchat
A6 Getting everyone on board - teachers, students, parents! Everyone should know what is going on and encourage each other on the learning journey #edtechchat
A6 Having a mentor or a partner to help you start sharing @mschuste74 is co-teach and we lift each other up to share outside our class. I trust her and she trust me. Our relationship makes me feel safe to share #edtechchat
Yes. I think it can feel safer to stick with what is there and what you know. I tend to prefer to the opposite #edtechchat Creativity in teaching makes it fun
A6) Not wanting to share is usually a fear-based action/response. What's the reason for the fear? Ugly culture? Competitive colleagues who aren't also promoters? Stamping out fear-based responses seems to be key. #edtechchat
I would say I don’t give a crap about people who can’t constructively criticize my ideas. But I’m doing a disservice to myself and the students I work with - and everyone else’s students - by not letting anyone do that. #edtechchat
There are things we can all learn from each other’s ... my learning stations is a direct knock off from elementary learning centers ... just different learning #edtechchat
a6. Its not just that #oer and open are not free. It's often the commercial products are both cheaper and better. Getting folks to accept "just a little worse" for a philosophy is hard. #edtechchat
A6) Not wanting to share is usually a fear-based action/response. What's the reason for the fear? Ugly culture? Competitive colleagues who aren't also promoters? Stamping out fear-based responses seems to be key. #edtechchat
I use something that was not part of the system. I use to keep work stuff in google and stuff I created in Evernote to show a distinct separation #EdTechChat#goopen
#edtechchat A5: perhaps, It is shared because the sharer is who adds value. If I keep sharing content or useful information, my value to you increases? I don’t feel that #oer commoditizes info, but it can help us increase the value to those to innovate it?
I would have to take a look I haven't used Google Sites in awhile. I remember it being the worst way to teach the basics of web design. Maybe others have more recent feedback. #edtechchat
My favorite kind of learning! At the beginning of year, I introduce myself as a co-learner, not a teacher. I show then every day that I value my learning! #edtechchat
A7: What are the recommended ways to start #OER? Is the a recommended way so we don't end up with a bunch of disjointed and abandoned Google Sites in the end? #edtechchat
Still a closed platform was my entry into #GoOpen. It was our early Google Plus group Using Google as Free LMS that brought me here. Why I believe we have to focus on the ethos over the stuff of #GoOpen#edtechchat
Have heard many good things about new G Sites and just getting kids learning and living out lod through reflective feedback is what we need for #GoOpen#edtechchat
So many factors - specifically content area. Love finding full textbooks that are OER as a base. If your state is a #GoOpen state - they are a good contact. #edtechchat
A7: What are the recommended ways to start #OER? Is the a recommended way so we don't end up with a bunch of disjointed and abandoned Google Sites in the end? #edtechchat
#edtechchat wouldn't mind the researchers if they were actually going back periodically and getting in the trenches with teachers to see what a real classroom looks like and how it operates.
A7: We need to strengthen collaboration between K-12 #GoOpen districts and community colleges where a lot of #OER initiatives are taking place. Your graduates will attend ours so partnerships are essential. #edtechchat
#edtechchat wouldn't mind the researchers if they were actually going back periodically and getting in the trenches with teachers to see what a real classroom looks like and how it operates.
