Thursday, 25 January 2018

Open Education Conference


Today, I'm attending the K-12 OPEN Conference from Athabasca University. Here are the topics, links. I did register but that is not a requirement for participation in these sessions. The recording will be made available beyond these moments in time.

1. Understanding the Commons for K-12 - Serena Henderson (CC certified educator)

2. Go Open from the Ground Up  - google slides of the presentation. Some links and resources from this session
3. Curation Made Simple, Stephanie Slaton, Instructional Media Specialist Austin Keon - "Do good work and share it with people" - Steal Like an Artist

4. Opening Up 1-12 Education in Alberta - Frank McCallum & Lise Pethybridge
5.  Multiply K-12 Open Educational Resources - Dr. Connie Blomgren & Verena Roberts
  • redesign process ABOER (higher ed materials) resulting from funding
  • created podcasts and videos 
  • ABOER starter kit - google doc 
  • ABOER champions kit - google doc
  • UDL considerations in file formats to be used
  • 5 R's of OER - Wiley's reuse, revise, remix, redistribute, retain
  • resources - videos and celebrations of OER use and users
  • OER podcasts - list of participants - playlist on Soundcloud 
  • Marshal McLuhan - technologies as amplification