Anyone can follow a course on P2PU. Participating is the next level of engagement. The sign-up is a space where interested individuals can express their interest and background in the topic and commit to working with the rest of the participants. Please answer the following set(s) of questions if you want to become a participant or organizer.
Standard Set
This set of signup questions is common to all study groups, courses, ... in P2PU. The answers to these questions will be public once you get accepted.
- What made you interested in this topic?
- What do you hope to achieve by participating?
- Are you interested in helping with the course organization?
Public Custom Set
This set of signup questions is particular to this course. The answers to these questions will be public once you get accepted.
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Look at the syllabus for this course. Are there any comments or changes you'd like to suggest, either for the group or for yourself individually? Can you commit to the tasks described?
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In this course, we will remix content and publish our own content under an open license. (See syllabus.) Please discuss your plans for what you might focus on for this work.
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What do you think you can contribute to this course on open educational resources? (At P2PU, peer learing is a focus, which means that everyone is both a learner and a teacher.)
Between Participants Custom Set
This set of signup questions is particular to this course. The answers to these questions will be visible to all participants once you get accepted.
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What do you teach (grade and subject), at what school, and what is your email address?
Answers
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Pam
Oct. 3, 2011, 1:03 p.m.
Bio:
Location: Rochester, MN
Standard Set Answer:
I am a technology integration specialist and want to learn more tricks and techniques for helping teachers develop interesting, timely resources to use with their students. I hope to learn about new resources and develop new contacts for creating resources that make a difference to my students and teachers.
The syllabus looks interesting--not too heavy of a load, which is a good thing!
I am curious about remixing. I have not heard the term used in this sense before, but it really describes the process that I want to use as I create resources for teachers to use in the computer lab and in their classrooms. Pulling the "good" parts of many different resources into one lesson accessible through our Moodle or on SmartBoards is exactly what I need to do. We have recently purchased SmartBoards for every classroom in our building and teachers are clamoring for more resources. I hope that this course will expose me to new OER sites and a better sense of what will work with my current resources.
I can offer some assistance to other learners with how to use Moodle and creating SCORM packages. I have researched that topic quite thoroughly--now I need to learn how to use all of the programs that I have found. I have been trained in SMART Notebook 10 and feel comfortable with the idea of pulling content into that platform as well.
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Bob Lau
Sept. 27, 2011, 4:10 a.m.
Bio:
hi,everyone,i am from Zhengzhou,China.i used to be a maths teacher in a junior high school。
Location: Zhengzhou,China
Standard Set Answer:
· e learning will be more effective and funny.
· i hope to get more skills of e learning
· sure
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Mark Osborne
Sept. 22, 2011, 11:39 p.m.
Bio:
Mark Osborne is Deputy Principal of Albany Senior High School on Auckland's North Shore. Established in 2009, Albany Senior High is an open source school that is committed to openness, transparency and fairness. Mark is also interested in Moodle, Mahara, Linux, Open Office, Koha and any other open source learning tool.
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Standard Set Answer:
I like freedom and openness.
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Paul Oh
Sept. 22, 2011, 6:39 p.m.
Bio:
I work for the National Writing Project, have taught at the elementary level, and am a former journalist.
Location: Oakland, CA
Standard Set Answer:
I'm a big propoonent of OER and see its huge potential in teaching and learning.
I'd like to see and hear how teachers are using OER effectively in their classrooms and, generally, learn from my peers.
I don't think I'll have much time or ability to help with the course organization. But I'll pitch in as I can.
I'd like to create for myself a task to understand fair use of copyrighted materials as I engage in the process of remixing with the idea of publishing under an open license.
I believe I can commit to much of what is expected, though as I explained via email, I'll be out of the country during the first two weeks of the course with only spotty connectivity.
I believe I can contribute thoughtful questions and OER examples like my organization's website, Digital Is. I think I can also contribute curiosity and experience both as someone paying attention to digital literacies and as a former public school teacher.
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Anonym
Sept. 21, 2011, 12:12 p.m.
Bio:
I am a retired Assistant Superintendent from Madison Parish School District in rural northeast Louisiana.
Location: Tallulah, LA
Standard Set Answer:
I want to learn more about OER to mentor other teachers. I hope to achieve enough knowledge to be able to redeliver the information learned on OER. I am interested in heloing with the course organization.
No comments at this time.
I would like to remix a document on classroom management.
Hopefully, I can contribute strategies on remixing.
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azmina
Sept. 17, 2011, 8:35 a.m.
Bio:
I am very confident and sincere person. very personal with my work. Ineterested in collecting knowledge , reading article & searching new things reagarding teaching.
Location: pakistan
Standard Set Answer:
1. Because i also like to teach student using different resources. So it's a great opportunity for mr to learn more tips of resources which we can use to engage the children.
2. I will learn different type of things, different websites, some important things e.g. use of resources during your topic & able to develop student's interest level towards the study.
3. Yes, i will try my best to help them.
- The syllabus is goog but i dont undersatand a task about liscence
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Werner Westermann
Sept. 16, 2011, 10:23 a.m.
Bio:
History and Geography Teacher, from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Today works in ICT Competences and Training area at Enlaces, the ICT educational program for the chilean Ministry of Education.
Since 1998, works as investigator on academic research, methodologist and instructional designer in govermental R&D funds related to Educational Television first, and digita video later in projects such as Alejandría: Videoteca digital para la educación superior, Difusión Inalámbrica IP. In 2001 manages and executes the innovation fund FONTEC project "Integrated System of Goods ands Sertvices for Primary Education".
Since 2004 is a e-learning consultant for the ILPES program, dependant of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC-UN).
Since 2003, founder and articulator of Educalibre, educational and technological community (future NGO corporation) that promotes free software's techonolgy and collaborative model in education. Also manages the chilean community of the free LMS Moodle, and the Sugar Labs Chile, the local lab for the OLPC's constructionist learning platform.
Member of the EXe International Advisory Group, a Commonwelath of Learning's initiative. Co-writer of the Cape Town Open Education Declaration.
Location: Santiago, Chile
Standard Set Answer:
OERs are a very interesting trend for teacher proffesional development and how to promote learning through an experimental and hands-on way.
I expect having experience around how to deploy OER in classroom as a didactic strategy to promote constructivist learning.
IIn my means of time, I'd be happy to help with the course's organization.
No comments around the syllabus.
I have experience around e-learning design, where you have to create learning resources. I have also worked a lot over wikis and LMS.
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Mark Woolley
Sept. 15, 2011, 7:32 p.m.
Bio:
I am a Co-Team leader Professional Learning with the PLANE project in Australia
Location: Kiama
Standard Set Answer:
I am very interested in Creative Commons and open resources.
I hope to find great resources I can repurpose and give back to the community
If possible
I am an experienced Adult educator and have experience in creating online courses.
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Nadia Mireles
Sept. 15, 2011, 1:05 p.m.
Bio:
Im a Mexican, working and living in Washington DC, studying my ED in Canada.
I work for the Inter-American development Bank. Before I worked at the University of Guadalajara for a self-access language center, then at the internationalization office.
Location: Washington DC
Standard Set Answer:
I am currently a EdD Student and my research topic is OER in Latin America.
I hope I can learn the uses for OER and from there I would like to think about how can they be applied, modified, etc in Latin America k-12 schools.
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Jessie Chuang
Sept. 14, 2011, 11:49 a.m.
Bio:
Co-founder of Classroom Aid Inc.
www.classroom-aid.com
bilingual : English, Chinese
born in Taiwan
Location: Austin, TX
Standard Set Answer:
I like to learn how to lower the cost of education around this world.
By participating, I am looking forward to learn from collaboration and practices in current education.
I am not able to help organize the course since it's my first time to join P2PU lesson.
I want to learn more about open license and its meaningful utilization. I will be especially interested in helping youths and teachers publish their creations from open resources, let them just concentrate on their talents. It's the democrazation of education. Maybe I can help find resources in Chinese and help build connections around.
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Christina Paulk
Sept. 9, 2011, 12:49 p.m.
Bio:
I am an online educator with Bridgewater Academy based in Rock Rapids, Iowa. I am always looking for ways to enhance instructional delivery that will encourage my students to become fully engaged with the curriculum and promote high order thinking processes...an area of deep concern for me as a virtual teacher.
Location: Bridgewater Academy
Standard Set Answer:
I am interested in this topic because I create additional resources for my struggling students to support their understanding of the curriculum on a daily basis. I am hoping to discover resources to aide me in this arduous task of finding appropriate and "free" materials that I may use for my students to heighten their awareness of a topic or refine their skills set.
I may be interested in helping with course organization once I understand the necessary task requirements
I can commit to completing the tasks in this course and relish the opportunity to work with like minded educators to improve my instructional techniques.
I would like to focus my work on the support of my struggling students who require multiple opportunities to review content. I need as many resources as possible to provide for them and this OER course appears to be a great solutions to my exhaustive quest!
I believe that I am a guide for my students on their own journey for knowledge and understanding. I believe that I can offer my insights and expertise in what I have "picked up along the way" as an educator as I am willing share all that I learned with others. I believe that collaboration is important for effective professional development and look forward to the opportunity to share with others.
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dre
Sept. 7, 2011, 6:02 p.m.
Bio:
I am a novice computer teacher with vast experince in the core classes.
Location: Chattanooga, TN
Standard Set Answer:
I am a novice in the field of computer and I am seeking to expand my knowledge base.
I hope to understand what open license means and how it can be useful to me as an educator.
I currently have a very limited skill base in this realm (literally-most of my students know more than I do). If the task is very simple and very easy to do, I will do my best to help!
As I am on a major learning curve, just understanding the terminology is a breakthrough.
I don't know enough at this juncture to know how an open license would be useful. I assume that I will need this to set up a website to apply GoogleApps.
I am very uncertain about what I can add except the viewpoint of a novice in this field.
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mishy
Sept. 7, 2011, 11:04 a.m.
Bio:
My name is Michelle. My job title is Educational Technology. I work with Deaf students and love learning new things.
Location:
Standard Set Answer:
OER is new to me, but I'm always looking for good resources to use in my classroom or to share with others. I want to learn more about Web 2.0 plus other tools and how to combine them all in a lesson to best fit my students' needs.
I hope to add new resources to my toolbox. I hope to become a better mentor/leader for my staff and others in regards to online resources and classroom uses.
Yes, I'd be interested in helping.
I can commit to the tasks in the syllabus with the exception of the webinars. I am Deaf. Any webinar class that requires signing on with a phone connection won't work for me. However, if there is an option to use texting or email to communicate I'd be able to participate in that way. Having webinars available for review later with captioning added would also be a great option for me.
I'd like to focus on a curriculum for Seniors to work on creating a portfolio and an online HS and Beyond plan. I would create the lessons online using the remixing strategy.
I have recently completed a class with various Web 2.0 tools. I'd offer discussion on how these tools can be used as part of the resources. I'm also familiar with Smart Board and want to include lessons created for this use in the classroom.
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Anonym
Sept. 7, 2011, 3:22 a.m.
Bio:
I'm an Instructional Facilitator within the Office of Instructional Technology for Howard County Public Schools. Prior to joining HCPSS, I worked as an Instructional Technology Specialist for the Maryland State Department of Education where I managed the Maryland Virtual School (MVS) program. MVS provides opportunities for Maryland public school students to supplement their traditional instructional program by completing online courses. I also assisted school systems with strategic planning and implementation of local online learning programs. Related experiences include designing and leading professional development focusing on technology integration, teaching online courses, designing online content, mentoring online instructors, and facilitating online professional learning communities. Before working with MSDE (5 years), I worked as a high school science teacher (7 years) and a district-level technology specialist (2 years).
Location: Frederick, MD
Standard Set Answer:
I have worked with developing and reviewing digital content and have found that it is not sustainable to continue creating and maintaining without the help of others. I've worked with OERs in the past but would like to learning more about new ways of remixing content. I am also interested in the format of how this course is run and value the opportunity to meet with other professionals. I am able to help with the course as needed.
I'm familiar with the Week 2 items so I may try to differentiate a little that week. During Weeks 4 and 5 there may be some natural connections with Universal Design for Learning as content is customized for students. For the remix project I plan to focus on creating an instructional resource for online course orientations. In looking at the syllabus, I have experience using and searching for some open source content (NROC, Merlot, etc.) and have worked with CC licensing and searching.
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Lenette
Sept. 5, 2011, 12:34 a.m.
Bio:
Location: Virginia
Standard Set Answer:
I am interested in identifiying additional open educational resources and hope to become more familiar with publishing using an open license. As for helping with course organization, I am interested.
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Sarah
Sept. 2, 2011, 11:24 a.m.
Bio:
Location:
Standard Set Answer:
I am interested in this topic because I am currently searching for resources for my online science classroom and have been struggling find age appropriate, challenging and accesible material for my students. I am also interested in researching more of these resources for the other teachers that I am leading.
I hope to find many resources that I can use/modify for my uses. I also hope to encourage others to use more online environments for their classrooms. Science has traditionally been very classroom oriented and I am hoping that I can share my experiences in teaching science in a wholly online environment.
I am open to helping with the course organization. I find that often upper level science and math tend to get overlooked and I hope that this will be an opportunity to create more dialoge in those areas. I also find that it is challenging to find resources and discussions that walk the line between elementary and college level.
I can commit to the tasks described however, I am interested to see how the groups break out for working collaboratively. My experience has been that it is unusual to have many upper level science instructors in the course to work with.
I will be focusing primarily on researching tools for building more online physics lab environments or using simulations for that purpose. I will also be exploring online chemistry lab environments for use in my classroom. I am interested in remixing a variety of the available resources to produce a more tailored set of lab options.
I have spent much time exploring various paid and unpaid options for the science teacher and I will be helpful in discussing with people whether their content will work for their purposes. I hope also to be able to work with people to tailor the available resources to suit their needs.
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Amy Jaramillo
Sept. 1, 2011, 10:14 a.m.
Bio:
I am in my 18th year of education. I've taught stateside and overseas during my career. My husband (also an educator) and I have 2 children, and our passion to understand people, life, and the world has put us on the path to be life-long learners. I enjoy cooking, gardening, traveling and learning about computers/IT.
Location:
Standard Set Answer:
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I want to learn about recent OER materials.
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I hope to share new OER materials with my virtual learning community and be better prepared to answer questions about copyright law and materials published on the web.
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Yes, I will help with course organization if necessary.
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I will enjoy covering all the topics in the syllabus.
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I will most likely take content about reading strategies and remix.
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I don't know yet what I will contribute, but as the course progresses, I will keep in my mind my responsibility to contribute.
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Jan
Aug. 30, 2011, 12:43 p.m.
Bio:
Working as an Intermediate Middle School Science Specialist, I see great potential in becoming aware of how OERs can be tailored for use by middle school science teachers. I must admit I have virtually no experience with the world of OERs so everyone should be witnessing my very steep learning curve.
Location: Friendswood, TX
Standard Set Answer:
Teaching students who are digital natives demands instructional modes that speak to the needs of students living in a technology rich environment.
I hope to achieve a broadened awareness of science resources that are available online and tweek those offerings to meet the needs for teaching state standards.
I am not sure what helping with the course organization entails so I will wait to answer that until I get more information.
I have read the syllabus and once I gain more familiarity with OER I will be happy to offer comment. I can fulfill the current tasks as described.
A focus that is meaningul to me is to remix content and publish content that is specifically directed toward the needs of students who are academically at-risk in achieving success in Science.
In order to meet the needs of students with varying ability, I have had to be creative in designing high-interest instruction and experiences. I recognize the value in collaborating with other teachers to enrich the body of instruction that offers greater impact to students.
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Matt
Aug. 29, 2011, 4:14 p.m.
Bio:
instructional designer, manager, virtual educator, homebrewer and gardener
Location: Orlando, FL
Standard Set Answer:
I see great opportunity by contributing to and utilizing the various OERs available. I am interestsed in learning more about them for potential (and immediate) use in K-12 online learning opportunities.
I would be interested in assisting with the course.
I've reviewed the syllabus and provided feedback, so at this point it looks perfect.
I am unsure of what content I will focus on for my work. I am on the fence between "adopting" a K-12 course to model potential use or to utilize content from personal hobbies.
I can contribute experience in the online learning realm and feedback from a large K-12 virtual school. Hopefully, I can also share creative uses and generate excitement around this topic.
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algotruneman
Aug. 29, 2011, 2:01 p.m.
Bio:
I am a retired middle school science teacher who also was a computer skills teacher before finishing with 10 years as a district computer coordinator.
Now, in happy retirement, I focus on Free/Libre Open Source Software and other things open.
Location: Massachusetts, USA
Standard Set Answer:
Topic interest: I want to explore the possibility of getting all public educators to be conributors to OER so that their understanding of how students learn can be available to others.
Hope to achieve: I want to interact with others who want to see OER have a prominent place in education for today and tomorrow.
Organization support: I'll be happy to help course organization in any way I can.
1) I added my syllabus comment to the Google Doc. I can commit to the tasks with the understanding that I'll be able to apply any of my contributions outside actual K-12 classroom settings. I hope that materials I may produce will be useful to others, though.
2) I would like to focus on middle school plant life OERs. It is a commonly underexplored part of a science curriculum. Animals seem to be a bigger focus of the life science courses though plants are actually much easier to study in a classroom and suburban/outdoor setting.
3) I'd like to assist any willing class participant by offering proofreading/editing support.
