Description
There has been a significant increase in the quantity and quality of open resources hosted in online media archives. This can be attributed to the increasing digitisation of cultural artefacts, allied with a global trend towards to openness, brought about by a growing uptake of Open and Creative Commons licences. This new digital landscape is providing some innovative opportunities for learning and research. One recent example of this was when the British Library uploaded over one million images into the public Domain on Flickr Commons.
It seems a fair assumption that many of these collections will be familiar within the Libraries, Museums and Galleries sector, and that Academia will make extensive use of them. However one of the most important groups of potential users; the school and college sector, may be missing out on the pedagogical richness of these resources.
I am developing the “Open Content Toolkit” http://opencontenttoolkit.wikispaces.com
to harness the educational potential of such resources in a way that extends beyond mere illustrative reference.
Participants in this open media rich workshop will collaboratively explore and discuss the “Open Content Toolkit” It will enable participants to discover where and how to access some of the best Open and Creative Commons licensed educational resources currently available, and consider a number of contextual frameworks for learning and for developing educational resources, which can bring about the pedagogical benefits as listed:
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Discovery of resources to be used freely and safely across all curriculum area
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Enabling the world today to be viewed through a historical and cultural lens
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Augmenting research skills
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Developing curation, metadata and tagging skills
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Encouraging critical thinking
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Understand digital literacy
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Developing computational thinking
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Providing a context for teaching ICT, Computing capability, coding and web skills
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Remixing. repurposing and sharing digital media
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Equipping educators and students with a practical and usable understanding of Copyright and IP
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Incubating creative ideas for using digital content
Workshop Programme
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Introduction to the toolkit and a chance to join the community
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Exploring the toolkit and its resources
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Creating a new resource or page to add to the toolkit
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Plenary discussion critical feedback. Next steps
By the end of this workshop participants will be able to:
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Locate and curate new sources of open educational media and resources
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Reflect upon the pedagogical value of the Open Content Toolkit
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Apply strategies for using open content and media to create learning activities
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Link cognitive outcomes with appropriate resources
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Offer critical feedback and feedback that will help improve the toolkit
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Access and participate in the further development of the toolkit
If participants have access to a wireless enabled laptop or mobile device the author would welcome them to bring them to the workshop.
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Robin Wright joined the session Open Content Toolkit Workshop [678] 9 years, 7 months ago
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Andrzej Pieńkowski joined the session Open Content Toolkit Workshop [678] 9 years, 7 months ago
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joined the session Open Content Toolkit Workshop [678] 9 years, 7 months ago
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Teresa MacKinnon joined the session Open Content Toolkit Workshop [678] 9 years, 7 months ago
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Sarah George joined the session Open Content Toolkit Workshop [678] 9 years, 7 months ago
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Theodore Kuechel joined the session Open Content Toolkit Workshop [678] 9 years, 7 months ago
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Belinda Caulfield joined the session Open Content Toolkit Workshop [678] 9 years, 7 months ago
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Josie Fraser joined the session Open Content Toolkit Workshop [678] 9 years, 7 months ago
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Dominik Lukes joined the session Open Content Toolkit Workshop [678] 9 years, 7 months ago
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Mary Jacob joined the session Open Content Toolkit Workshop [678] 9 years, 7 months ago