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OER in Practice:Changing the Equation, an Overview of Curriki’s Free and Professional Services
Joshua MarksCTO, Curriki
June 13, 2011
Outline• The problem (Changing the equation)• Who we are and what we do• Curriki history (From FOSS to OER)• Enabling communities of practice and empowering educators• Peer and community review• Tailoring and differentiating instruction• Free Services (Find, Build, Share, Collaborate) • Professional Services that help realize the value• Teacher professional development • Curriculum management, customization and development• LMS integration • Media, production and editorial support
Changing the Education Equation
Remediation
≠ access to effective teachers and quality content
Achievement Gap
College Graduation rates
STEM Graduates
Losing Ground to ROW
Teachers + Text Books + Students = Education
The Current EquationHS
Graduation rates
The problem
$Expensive and
static print materials
RemediationAchievement Gap
College Graduation rates
STEM Graduates
The Desired EquationHS
Graduation rates
The solutionGainingGround
= access to effective teachers and materials of all
types
Engaged Students + Effective Teachers+ Open and Shared Digital Resources
Successful Education
$Free digital materials
Who we are
The leading K-12 global community for teachers, students and parents to create, share and find free learning resources that improve teacher effectiveness and student performance
501 (c) 3
“Students today are raised on technology. The way students interact, learn and share is changing - education needs to adapt to those changes. Continued focus on eliminating barriers to education by leveraging technology and the network will help bridge the digital divide and deliver world-class education to everyone. Today’s students are the leaders of tomorrow and it is our duty to provide the education they need to shape the future.”
Scott McNealyCo-Founder, Sun Microsystems, Inc.Founder, Curriki
Education Dynamics
Find and use free EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES• 43,000+ digital learning objects in all subject matter areas (K-14)• Search by subject, level, type• Any format• Global contributors, with community and users ratings and reviews
Join and participate in COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE • Find or create topical or regional curriculum and support groups • Open or Closed Membership• Build, manage and peer review resource collections (lessons, units or courses) • Peer review and support• Share best practices and strategies• Publish content and integrate into LMS solutions
What is Curriki?
Organize, manage and create and exchange PERSONAL CONTENT• Build custom collections of resources (Remix)• Create Resources• Improve and edit resources• Share and exchange materials
Think of Curriki as:
Social Networking
Open Source Licensing
Expert and Community Reviews
Personalized Content
CollectionsLibrary of Congress
Community developed
Videos, podcasts, Animations, Simulations
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Global Education Learning Community
501(c)3
Peer Review System Full
Chemistry Curriculum
Standards Alignment
Launched first website
Focus on building curriculum and
collections
ADVOCACY for Open
Resources
<- 1998SUN establishes the
Java Community Process for FOSS development
Curriculum Building tools
Resources 22,000 35,000 42,000Members 56,000 98,000 166,000Groups 310 450 563
Group Collaboration
tools
<- 2002 SUN ‘ERC’ meeting with Ministers of Education
What is a Community Process for the creation of Open Educational Resources (OERs)?
Community: A group of individuals with common self-interest sharing an
environment.
Process: A method and sequence
of steps for achieving an outcome
Educational Resources: Learning Objects, Activities, Lesson Plans, Video,
Audio, Documents, Source and Reference Material, Textbooks, Tutorials,
Data, or any other digital assets useful for teaching and learning.
Open: Means both Open Access (free to use) and Open Source (able to be
modified and redistributed.)
Value of OER• Community developed vs. Silo developed
• Resources are modifiable and customizable (Dynamic vs. static content)
• Modular and remixable
• Investment in Human Capital beyond the IP of the instructional materials
• Teachers develop a deeper understanding of subject matter when they participate in curriculum selection, sequencing and improvement • Build communities of practice to support effective instructional strategies and identify and share best practices.
• Enabled transition to fully digital materials
• Facilitates differentiation of instruction, accessibility and UDL
• Fosters creativity an exploration of new methods and practices
What You Can Do on Curriki
Connect to data
Engage and
Share
Find and Access
Assemble and Plan
Rate and Review
CreateModify
Contribute
The growth of a Curriki User
What You Can Do on Curriki
Connect to data
Engage and
Share
Find and Access
Assemble and Plan
Rate and Review
CreateModify
Contribute
The growth of a Curriki User
What You Can Do on Curriki
Connect to data
Engage and
Share
Find and Access
Assemble and Plan
Rate and Review
CreateModify
Contribute
The growth of a Curriki User
What You Can Do on Curriki
Connect to data
Engage and
Share
Find and Access
Assemble and Plan
Rate and Review
CreateModify
Contribute
The growth of a Curriki User
Share resource with friends and colleagues via Social Networks
Join and collaborate in topical or regional groups
Embed resources and collections into your LMS or school portal.
What You Can Do on Curriki
Connect to data
Engage and
Share
Find and Access
Assemble and Plan
Rate and ReviewLead
CreateModify
Contribute
The growth of a Curriki User
Eco Charter School
Professional Services help realize value Curriki provides a range of training, professional services and support packages to help individuals, schools, organizations, e-learning technology vendors and curriculum publishers use and get the most out f OER and the Curriki service.
• Teacher PD courses to help integrate OER into instruction
• School and District OER consulting services help administrators discover and share their latent resources and unlock their human capital
• Editorial services for building, adapting and aligning resources collections to meet local needs and as part of published works
• Technical Support programs and integration services
• Application customization (Adding features and functions as users require them)
Professional Development Workshops INTRODUCTION TO OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES (OERS)
During this half-day workshop covering Open Educational Resources (OERs) as alternatives to textbooks for K-12 teachers, participants will learn how OER broaden the use of alternatives to textbooks while maintaining instructional quality, and lowers costs.
INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL COPYRIGHTS
In this half-day session, participants will be introduced to various aspects of digital copyrights, including free models of distribution, types of licenses, the importance of applying digital copyrights, and how to correctly attribute a digitally licensed work.
USING CURRIKI.ORG AND OERS TO ENHANCE CURRICULUM DESIGN
This half-day workshop is designed for teachers who want to learn how to use open educational resources to enhance their classroom curriculum and to collaborate with other teachers. At the end of the workshop each participant will have created a unit(s) of study. Participants will also learn how they can contribute to the Curriki repository.
Professional Development Workshops PUBLISHING OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES (OERS) ON CURRIKI
During this half-day workshop participants will learn how to publish a variety of instructional materials and media into the Curriki repository: an instructional video, a lesson plan written in text, a recording of a lecture, an interactive learning exercise designed in Flash, a Zip archive containing an entire course's reference material, and more. Each participant will create a personal collection of resources from their published material.
COLLABORATION WITH CURRIKI GROUPS
During this half-day workshop we will provide a basic overview about using group tools on Curriki. Currently, dozens of organizations, schools, and districts are using groups on Curriki to communicate, collaborate, share curricula, and more. People using groups on Curriki range from educators undertaking formal curriculum and professional development efforts to more informal groups of interest or practice. Participants will create new groups invite others to their groups add curriculum and resources to their groups, manage a discussion, and join the groups that others have created.
CURRIKI ADVANCED TOPICS
This half-day workshop will introduce teachers to the use of Curriki for selecting and creating curricula from the Curriki Open Educational Resources (OER) and other OER resources. Participants will learn how to find, edit and "mix and remix" content. At the end of the workshop each participant will have created a unit(s) of study. The workshop will provide instruction for building customized content using the Curriki platform and tools.
2011 2013 2014 2015
Resources 55,000 95,000 130,000 150,000 165,000Members 400,000 500,000 750,000 1,000,000 1,250,000
Groups 650 1000 1500 2000 2,500
2012
Content and learning services:• Suggest Alignment • Publishers Content• Real-time Scoring
•Formative and Summative Assessments•Content Packaging and conversion
•Custom Curation Service•Open Courseware delivery
•Analytics•Teacher and Student Portfolios
Community and content:•SSO with Social networks•More Collaboration Tools
•Vertical Groups•Assessment items an tests
•Collection rendering•Search and Discovery APIs
•Notifications•Enterprise and “Federated”
hosting services
Platform/Tools:•Platform Upgrade•Multiple LMS/PLE
•Interoperability•Auto Translation
•Dynamic Assembly• Adaptive Learning
•Interactive templates
Q&A
Evaluation SurveyHelp us improve our conference by filling out a short online evaluation survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OTC11_kickoffs