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 (Sept. 26 - Oct. 2) - Creating your customized plan for this course

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 (Oct. 3-9) - Understanding licenses

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 (Oct. 10-16) - Finding and Evaluating Resrouces

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 + 5 (Oct. 17-30) - Remixing and publishing your own work

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
• 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 (Oct. 31 - Nov. 6)

Goals:

• Reflect on what you've learned and how you'll use it in your classroom

Tasks/assignments:

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• Complete course evaluation

Course concludes Nov. 6