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Free, Open, Flexible: Rethinking Learning Materials Online Alexandre Enkerli Department of Sociology and Anthropology Concordia University http://enkerli.wordpress.com/

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Whoami? <ul><li>Nobody </li></ul><ul><li>Live online </li></ul><ul><li>Blogger </li></ul><ul><li>Wannabe geek </li></ul><ul><li>Think out loud </li></ul><ul><li>Radical idea? </li></ul>

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We live in fascinating times <ul><li>Did You Know/Shift Happens </li></ul><ul><li>Pay Attention </li></ul><ul><li>The Machine Is Us/Ing Us </li></ul>

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Anthropological Perspective <ul><li>Non-deterministic </li></ul><ul><li>Exposure </li></ul><ul><li>Reuse </li></ul><ul><li>Rethink </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Copyright, authorship, identity, ethics, aesthetics, rhetorics, governance, privacy, commerce, love, family, ourselves. </li></ul></ul>

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Web 2.0 and Sixth Internet Cultures <ul><li>Participation </li></ul><ul><li>Participating in…? </li></ul><ul><li>Learning </li></ul><ul><li>Learning as creative process </li></ul><ul><li>Constructing knowledge </li></ul><ul><li>Creating “content” </li></ul>

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Learning Material <ul><li>Everything used in learning </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Gathered for learning </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Created for learning </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Created through learning </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Verbal emphasis </li></ul>

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Types of material <ul><li>General </li></ul><ul><li>Learner-created </li></ul><ul><li>Teacher-generated </li></ul><ul><li>Published </li></ul>

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General <ul><li>Email messages </li></ul><ul><li>Forum posts </li></ul><ul><li>Blog entries </li></ul><ul><li>Comments </li></ul>

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Learner-Created <ul><li>Course notes </li></ul><ul><li>Term papers </li></ul><ul><li>Presentations </li></ul><ul><li>Exam answers </li></ul>

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Teacher-Generated <ul><li>Syllabi </li></ul><ul><li>Slides </li></ul><ul><li>Lesson plans </li></ul><ul><li>Exam questions </li></ul><ul><li>Lectures </li></ul>

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Published <ul><li>Journal articles </li></ul><ul><li>Monographs </li></ul><ul><li>Textbooks </li></ul><ul><li>Reference </li></ul>

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Personal Approach <ul><li>Simple </li></ul><ul><li>Comfortable </li></ul><ul><li>Adapted </li></ul><ul><li>Workflow… </li></ul>

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Steps

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Outlines <ul><li>Organise thoughts </li></ul><ul><li>Slides during lecture </li></ul><ul><li>Shared as lesson plans </li></ul><ul><li>Use as study guides </li></ul><ul><li>Overview for exam preparation </li></ul>

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Podcasting <ul><li>Repetition </li></ul><ul><li>Encourage engagement </li></ul><ul><li>Build upon </li></ul><ul><li>Archive </li></ul>

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Put Online <ul><li>Free </li></ul><ul><li>Open </li></ul><ul><li>Flexible </li></ul>

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Free <ul><li>Speech </li></ul><ul><li>Information </li></ul><ul><li>Beer </li></ul>

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Open <ul><li>Accessible </li></ul><ul><li>Transparent </li></ul><ul><li>Boundless </li></ul>

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Flexible <ul><li>Timely </li></ul><ul><li>Dynamic </li></ul><ul><li>Adaptive </li></ul>

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“ Check this out!” <ul><li>Sharing </li></ul><ul><li>Peer-teaching </li></ul><ul><li>Exposure </li></ul><ul><li>Increase awareness </li></ul>

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Repurposing <ul><li>Adapt each semester </li></ul><ul><li>Grow understanding </li></ul><ul><li>Find new ways explain </li></ul>

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Still Need Textbooks?

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Problems with textbooks <ul><li>Keeping up with editions </li></ul><ul><li>Standardised </li></ul><ul><li>Static </li></ul><ul><li>Cost to students </li></ul><ul><li>Unnecessary material </li></ul><ul><li>Inconsistent expertise </li></ul>

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Simple Idea <ul><li>Create material together </li></ul>

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Online Learning Materials (Community Created) <ul><li>Constructing knowledge </li></ul><ul><li>Collaborative learning </li></ul><ul><li>Collaborative editing </li></ul><ul><li>Critical thinking </li></ul><ul><li>Diversity of voices </li></ul>

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Issues <ul><li>Open Access </li></ul><ul><li>Academic freedom </li></ul><ul><li>Diverse learning and teaching styles </li></ul><ul><li>Attitudes toward technology </li></ul><ul><li>Authority </li></ul>

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Free, Open, Flexible: Rethinking Learning Materials Online Alexandre Enkerli Department of Sociology and Anthropology Concordia University http://enkerli.wordpress.com/