Teach someone something with open content, part 2

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Teach it! [Aug. 22, 2012, 5:52 p.m.]


Overview

Presumably you've had someone or some group of learners in mind when you set out on this journey. If not, think of one that might find your resources helpful. What's the best way to share these resources with those learners? Do you imagine teaching people face-to-face or publishing a web tutorial for anyone in the world to access? How will you use the resources you've collected?
 
Are you planning to share a bunch of math videos with your niece on YouTube? Maybe you could make a playlist for her or simply send the links in an email. As with everything else in this course, the answers are up to you. How you hope to teach your topic will determine how you share the resources you've collected. The only constant is that they will be organized and attributed (and OPEN!). 
 

Exercise

  1. Teach it. You have the open content, now go out and teach someone something.
  2. Share your story. Communities love stories, especially those behind a well assembled resource. Consider documenting the reasoning behind creating the resource you did.
  3. Share your resources. Choose where and how you're going to share your work, and post the links here. Where: You can revisit the list of websites and platforms where you found your resources or check out the Hints section below for places to share your work. How: For help deciding how to share your work, eg. under which CC or open license, see the Get CC Savvy challenge. 
 

Hints

If you want to learn more about web publishing, teaching methods, or digital storytelling, all of which might help you teach your topic of interest, P2PU has courses on these topics. 
 
Some great places for sharing your teaching resource might be Vimeo or YouTube for videos, Flickr for photos, or Connexions or Curriki for educational resources. Check out this Creative Commons wiki page for tutorials on how to publish your work under a CC license on these and other platforms.
 
You can even share on your own website or blog powered by platforms like Tumblr and WordPress. The CC license chooser gives you easy to copy-and-paste html for these purposes.
 

Discussion

Report back on teaching -- what didn't go over so well and why? What worked, what resources best served your purpose?

How did you decide to share your work the way you did? Which license did you choose and why? What other options did you consider, and why did you rule them out? Did any challenges come up?