Developing Innovative Technologies @open.edu Simon Buckingham Shum Knowledge Media Institute (Assoc. Director, Technology) Slides, movies, tools, webinars, papers… http://Simon.BuckinghamShum.net

Overview for Cambridge2012 Joint OER/OCWC Conference delegates

Faculties R&D (x7)

Interdisciplinary Centres (x7)

Institute of Educational

Technology (83)

Library Innovation

Services (5) Open Media Unit

(34)

Learning & Teaching

Solutions (423)

Knowledge Media Institute

(80)

The learning tech. innovation ecosystem

Faculties R&D (x7)

Interdisciplinary Centres (x7)

Institute of Educational

Technology (83)

Library Innovation

Services (5) Open Media Unit

(34)

Learning & Teaching

Solutions (423)

Knowledge Media Institute

(80)

The learning tech. innovation ecosystem

Catalysed by: Internal innovation networks Strategic initiatives International research Personal passions and informal networking

Faculties R&D (x7)

Interdisciplinary Centres (x7)

Institute of Educational

Technology (83)

Library Innovation

Services (5) Open Media Unit

(34)

Learning & Teaching

Solutions (423)

Knowledge Media Institute

(80)

The learning tech. innovation ecosystem

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Funded by: OU UK Research Councils EU Corporate Philanthropic Government

1979: The PC is almost here, envisioning students running simulations…

http://bit.ly/r3wr75

2003: Simulations run over distributed PCs to improve on supercomputers…

http://climateprediction.net Lead: Bob Spicer, Earth Sciences

1979: Shared screens, drawing and voice over domestic phone

http://bit.ly/r3wr75

1995: Voice-on-the-Net KMi Stadium project… now powers OU webcasting

http://projects.kmi.open.ac.uk/stadium/baecker/stadium.html

http://stadium.open.ac.uk/berrill http://stadium.open.ac.uk/podium

1998: Lyceum synchronous meetings and collaboration tools over 56k modems

http://projects.kmi.open.ac.uk/lyceum http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=544451

1998: Lyceum synchronous meetings and collaboration tools over 56k modems

http://projects.kmi.open.ac.uk/lyceum http://www.eurodl.org/?article=277

Today: Voice + Virtual Microscope on Web via iPads (Earth Sciences)

Orig. KMi Lead: Peter Whalley / Earth and Environmental Sciences: Andy Tindle Orig. KMi Project: http://bit.ly/HQAKWu Today: http://www.virtualmicroscope.co.uk

http://vimeo.com/29672244

Intelligent formative assessment with instant feedback: beyond multiple choice

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131510000461 http://www.open.ac.uk/openmarkexamples

Lead: Phil Butcher

Intelligent formative assessment with instant feedback: beyond multiple choice

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131510000461 http://www.open.ac.uk/openmarkexamples

Lead: Phil Butcher

Intelligent formative assessment with instant feedback: beyond multiple choice

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131510000461 http://www.open.ac.uk/openmarkexamples

Lead: Phil Butcher

Intelligent formative assessment with instant feedback: beyond multiple choice

http://www.open.ac.uk/openmarkexamples Lead: Phil Butcher

Intelligent formative assessment with instant feedback: beyond multiple choice

http://www.open.ac.uk/openmarkexamples Lead: Phil Butcher

Apple iTunes U: early KMi podcast experimentation + strategic funding now integrated into OpenLearn channels

Argument Mapping: making visible the structure of your critical reasoning

http://people.kmi.open.ac.uk/sbs/tag/argument-mapping

KMi builds and evaluates argument mapping software for diverse contexts

http://people.kmi.open.ac.uk/sbs/tag/election

Argument Mapping: making visible the structure of your critical reasoning

http://bit.ly/HQtl9z

The concept is picked up within a particular faculty (STEM) Lead: Paul Piwek

http://bit.ly/HNJXK2

Argument Mapping …now embedded in the online learning environment (as part of OpenMark) Lead: Paul Piwek

http://bit.ly/I2YQeW

A robust KMi research tool (Compendium) is customized for Design students to document and submit their assignments (OpenDesignStudio for award-winning U101: Design Thinking course) Lead: Peter Lloyd

Argument Mapping: making visible the structure of your critical reasoning

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What does a university do with Web 2.0, the cloud and social networks?

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SocialLearn: a social learning and innovation platform for staff and students

API will enable integration with external web applications, learning platforms and web services

app app app app app X Y Z

Social Networking

Conceptual Networking

Learning Analytics Recommendation Engine

api

Content Commons

platform

OU tech R&D can be plugged into the platform to test at scale

http://sociallearn.open.ac.uk

Harnessing the dynamics of the participatory web for learning

http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/SocialLearnResearch

http://sociallearn.open.ac.uk

Harnessing the dynamics of the participatory web for learning

http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/SocialLearnResearch

http://sociallearn.open.ac.uk

Harnessing the dynamics of the participatory web for learning

http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/SocialLearnResearch

www.nmc.org/publications/horizon-report-2012-higher-ed-edition

Learning Analytics: Big Data meets Education

Social network analysis from twitter mashups Tony Hirst: http://blog.ouseful.info

http://people.kmi.open.ac.uk/sbs/2011/02/learning-analytics-notes-on-the-future

Learning Analytics: Big Data meets Education

RICHLYINDEXEDDATA

Student demographics

Registration characteristics

Assessment results

VLE activity

Student feedback

Analysis and disseminationincluding modelling pass & progression rates,

analysing effectiveness of student support interventions

Strategic review and business planning

CRM logs

Automatic detection of deeper learning conversations?

Automatic detection of key learners? Towards integrated

data

http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloudscape/view/2012

To do justice to the level of OU Learning Tech/OpenEd innovation, see this online conference

Replayable open access conference showcases learning tech innovation in an Open context