Session 4 for Education E-107, Open Education Practice and Potential, Spring 2011 (Harvard University Extension) taught by M.S. Vijay Kumar and Brandon Muramatsu.
Measures of Dispersion and Variability: Range, QD, AD and SD
E107 Open Education Practice and Potential: Session 4
1. EDUC E-107
Spring 2011
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Cite as: Kumar, V. & Muramatsu, B. (2011). Open Education: Practice and Potential.
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2. Administrivia
◦ Discussion forums and participation, News
Continue exploring Open Education,
Courses and the Curriculum
◦ Summary from David Wiley’s session
◦ Guest Speakers: DeLaina Tonks, OHSU and Joel
Thierstein, Connexions
Discussion of Assignment 3+4
Next Week: Steve Carson
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3. The non-rivalrous nature of open resources
◦ Use by others does not diminish your/original value
Community co-construction
◦ Cathedral and the Bazaar ( Eric Raymond)
◦ Agency
◦ Implications for quality?
Disaggregation of the educational value chain
◦ Content/resource creation
◦ Delivering the experience
◦ Credentialing
Analytics: Data and design for Open
◦ Continuous Improvement
◦ Adaptive
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4. How are they going?
Guidelines and suggestions…
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5. Source: Educause Learning Initiative. (2011). Educating in the Open: Philosophies, Innovations, and Stories. Retrieved on February 15, 2011 from
http://educause.mediasite.com/mediasite/Catalog/catalogs/ELI2011AnnualMeeting.aspx
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7. What are the value propositions, advantages and
challenges with open for courses and the
curriculum…from the perspectives of
administrators, educators and learners?
How does what they say, address those issues that
you care about?
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11. Assignment 3+4 Due
◦ What are the value propositions, advantages and
challenges with open for courses and the
curriculum…from the perspectives of
administrators, educators and learners?
◦ See the Assignments page for more details
Steve Carson, MIT OpenCourseWare is our
guest speaker in-class
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