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Syllabus [July 19, 2011, 6:43 p.m.]


DRAFT-STILL IN PROGRESS

Course developer and facilitator:
Karen Fasimpaur

Preferred contact methods:
email: karen at k12opened dot com
chat or skype by appointment


 

For each week's goals and tasks, see individual week's content for more detail.

Week 1 - begins on Sept. 26

Goals:

  • Get to know each other
  • Discuss possible team collaborations
  • Explore the benefits of OER in K-12
  • Begin thinking about remixing content

Tasks/assignments:

  • Introduce yourself
  • Set your own objectives for participating in this course
  • Identify others you might collaborate with for course tasks
  • Look at examples of remixes and speculate as to why you might want to remix content

 

Week 2 - begins on Oct. 3

Goals:

  • Know about different types of open licenses
  • Identify open-licensed content (as distinct from all rights reserved content)
  • Identify copyright holder and write appropriate credits

Tasks/assignments:

  • Review various Creative Commons licenses and write about which license you think is preferable for education
  • Review one or more custom licenses and give an opinion on whether or not they are "open"
  • Choose open resources from various sources, identify the copyright owner, and put them in a derivative work of your choosing (e.g. document, wiki page, etc.) with an appropriate credit

Week 3 - begins on Oct. 10

Goals:

  • Identify OERs that are appropriate for use with your students
  • Think about the context of use of these materials

Tasks/assignments:

  • Evaluate one or more OER using the Achieve rubrics of your choice

Week 4 - begins on Oct. 17

Goals:

  • Remix one or more OERs so that they are more appropriate for your students

Tasks/assignments:

  • Select an open resource (e.g. document, music, video, etc.) and remix it in a way that makes it better for your use

Week 5 - begins on Oct. 24

Goals:

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Tasks/assignments:

These tasks will cover weeks 5-6.

  • Identify an instructional resource that you have created that you are willing to share under an open license and post it publicly
    OR
  • Create an instructional resource or collection that you have created that you are willing to share under an open license and post it publicly

Week 6 - begins on Oct. 31

Goals:

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Tasks/assignments:

  • See week 5

Course concludes Nov. 6