Remixing - it's not obvious

Serendipity led me to Bryan Mather's blog post on the OER18 conference website this morning [It's Obvious].
From there I took a turn on remixing his images in a way that made meaningful connections for me.
The remixed image:

Here's the link to the remixed image in the Sandbox Gallery.

Then, I tweeted out to others to extend their interactions.

Followed by an addition of this item to the Ontario Extend 'make one' - this was a first time for me.
Openly creating and making, code breaking (with hex colour codes for fun) and connecting.

New framework for open - CARE

I've been caught up in a conversation - well, as digital conversations go - about a framework for stewardship of open educational resources (OER). This started with a tweet from Jim Luke (@econproph) that was retweeted by Robin DeRosa (@actualham). The blog post Jim wrote [OER, CARE, Stewardship, and the Commons] caught my attention since I knew nothing about the framework being described. I noticed that Jim will be speaking at both the OER18 and OEGlobal conferences coming up in April.

So I began to read and dig a little deeper.

The framework comes from Lisa Petrides, Douglas Levin and C. Edward Watson - Toward a sustainable OER ecosystem: The case for OER stewardship. It proposes the following:

"The purpose of the CARE Framework is to articulate a set of shared values 

and a collective vision for the future of education and learning enabled 

by the widespread adoption and use of OER. It aims to address

the question of how an individual, institution, or organization 

seeking to be a 

good steward can contribute to the growth 

and sustainability of the 

OER movement 

consistent with the community’s values."

The article continues to expand on the role of stewards to contribute, attribute, release and empower.  These roles are described as a 'duty of care to the broader OER movement'.

The framework is discussed by David Wiley in a blog post [The CARE Framework] where he makes several interesting points. His followup post [The CARE Framework, Take 2] continues the discussion. I appreciate Wiley's belief to 'release early & release often' since it brings attention to a topic worthy of examination. I'm not sure I would have found this without the various tweets referencing this topic. Wiley begins by clarifying his stance - he likes the framework.

Ah, to be a fly on the wall when Jim Luke meets up with David Wiley at OER18!

Stephen Downes weighs in on the discussion with two blog posts - The CARE Framework, and Schrodinger's OER - both being a brief response to David Wiley's blog post. He states that OER can be destroyed without stewardship that will respect, protect and not destroy it. He points out the threat of 'conversion' which impacts OER and OEM. This led me to a post by Stephen about defining OER - Open educational resources: A definition. This one I'll keep for future reference.

My take on the CARE framework - its an interesting addition to the conversation and puts the responsibility squarely on the individuals and organizations in the movement. If thinking about stewardship is the right focus, then there is lots that can be shaped by other stewardship movements such as global climate change and the environmental movement.

References

Downes, S. (2018, March 15). Schrodinger's OER. [Weblog post]. Retrieved from http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=67896

Downes, S. (2018, March 15). The CARE framework. [Weblog post]. Retrieved from http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=67893

Downes, S. (2011, Jul 14). Open educational resources: A definition. [Weblog post]. Retrieved from http://www.downes.ca/post/57915 

Luke, J. (2018, March 17). OER, CARE, stewardship, and the commons. [blog post] Retrieved from https://econproph.com/2018/03/17/oer-care-stewardship-and-the-commons/

Petrides, L., Levin, D., & Watson, C. E. (2018, March 4). Toward a sustainable OER ecosystem: The case for OER stewardship. [blog post] Retrieved from https://careframework.org/

Wiley, D. (2017, March 19). The CARE framework, take 2 [Weblog post]. Retrieved from https://opencontent.org/blog/archives/5528

Wiley, D. (2017, March 9). The CARE framework. [Weblog post]. Retrieved from https://opencontent.org/blog/archives/5487

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

• Where can I learn more about OER?
• OER 101
• What’s #GoOpen?
• Office of Educational Technology #GoOpen Landing Page
• #GoOpen District Launch Packet
• Office of Education Technology Story Engine
• What are policy considerations for my state? 
• iNACOL Report OER State Policy in K-12 Education 
• CCSSO OER Portal
• SETDA OER Case Studie

3. Curation Made Simple, Stephanie Slaton, Instructional Media Specialist Austin Keon - "Do good work and share it with people" - Steal Like an Artist

• Pinterest - https://pinterest.com/givemOER  
• Airtable.com - free templates for collecting resources, like a spreadsheet, pivot table; takes more time to set up, more detailed for curation, detailed library; https://airtable.com/shrqzxqC9Q2OvLxj 
• Trello - search things by tags; https://trello.com/b/7qfBAwN1 
• Evernote - notebooks, can build card templates.
• Slack teams - share and communicate tools.
• Zapier.com
• https://givemoer.wordpress.com

4. Opening Up 1-12 Education in Alberta - Frank McCallum & Lise Pethybridge

• Where is OER now and where is it going - multi author/ web site/blog 
• Multiply K-12 OER Project
• oer.adlc.ca - repository site

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

6. Sharing K-12 Resources Across Canada: Silos, Gardens, or Open Range? Randy LaBonte

• State of the Nation: K-12 eLearning http://k12sotn.ca 
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  http://cider.athabascau.ca/sessions 
  
  
  http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/elearning/bank.html
  
  
  http://www.cforp.ca
  
  
  http://www.learnquebec.ca/home
  
  
  https://bclearningnetwork.com
  
  
  http://ocr.openschool.bc.ca
  
  
  http://teachbc.bctf.ca

Models and Matrices

IN conversation with Jenni, she mentioned Rogers model of diffusion of innovations. In the article I read this morning it was mentioned as well - Extending the Territory: From open educational resources to open educational practices - so I've done a bit of checking and reading to find out more.

• Diffusion of Innovation on Wikipedia 

The article provides a definition of OEP which is useful for comparison purposes. Ehlers also describes matrices that outline constitutive elements of OEP and the diffusion of OEP. The OEP model is an interesting link for further examination on an individual basis. (adaptation and some rewording is done)

Positioning YOU in the OEP trajectory

1. to what extent are you using OER
2. do you have a process for creating OER
3. to what extent are you repurposing OER
4. to what extent are you sharing OER and OEP
5. to what extent are you working with open learning architecture

Creating a vision of openness and a strategy for OEP (for YOU)

1. do you have a vision for OEP
2. do you have strategies and procedures for OEP
3. do you have a model in place
4. are you involved in any partnerships or collaborations
5. what is the perceived relevance of your OEP work

Implementing and promoting OEP to transform learning

1. do you have an intellectual property rights, copyright and creative commons understanding for OER
2. do you have incentives or motivational frameworks
3. is your OEP work aligned to your practice
4. are you committed to OEP and do you have the right mindset and attitude
5. do you have tools to support sharing and exchanging about OEP
6. do you have quality mechanisms in place
7. what level of knowledge and skills do you have
8. what level of digital literacies do you have
9. do you have mechanisms in place to support yourself or students to develop OEP

I'll certainly take these questions for further reflection as I move deeper into self analysis of my work in open educational practices.

Curation as a critical literacy

Nope, I'm NOT Nostradamus! How online pop-ups can make individual users feel like luddites or idiots when using their 'open' resources is a lesson for all open educational resource curators to remember. Customer service and design principles need to be applied to curated resources for higher education faculty and staff who are interested in using OER, learning about OEM and building on OEP.

In an article (where the Nostradamus pop-up happened) this statement caught my attention because of a connection to some thinking about curation as a critical digital literacy:
"Because faculty are the ones who plan courses and teach using these materials, OER’s points-of-access needs to be designed for them. They need to know where to go to find the best OER materials. Once they get there, all the essential information needs to be at hand: which textbooks and resources are available, how to best combine materials, what devices are supported, how to get technical support, and what will the cost be for faculty and students."

This can also be said for building a collection of OEP - practices, pedagogies and purposes - for the OER's that are applied to course design. It's one thing to put an OER into the course, but a whole other side to how that is being used to engage and enhance learning experiences. This ultimately is a call for those in the OEM - movement, makers, mindful educators - to openly share WHY and HOW they are using OER in their teaching.

Getting Air Time

Today - I'm listening to VoiceEd.ca radio show done by Terry Greene titled Getting Air (among others) to prep for my air-time debut. I've agreed to go on Terry's eCampus Ontario radio podcast. I'm jotting some notes to some of his common questions and lining up my 'must mention' items:

• think about what I do, where I work, how I teach and learn
• how I ended up in open educational spaces - OER, OEM, OEP
• metaphors for OPEN e.g. music
• connections in my PLN - bubbles that collide
• research connections - Hinrichsen & Coombs, Catherine Cronin, Veletsianos, Siemens, etc.

Next steps: re-connect with VoiceEd.ca organizer Stephen Hurley to get set up for blogging with/for this audience.