Working with Community Educators to find the OEP ‘light bulb’ moments. [776] Members : OER15

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Wed, Apr 15 2015, 2:00pm – 3:00pm

Authors: Alastair Clark

Room: Studio 1 Second Floor Main Building

Theme: Open Education Practice (OEP) and Policy

Type: Short Paper

Description

This lightning talk will provide an account of an action research project in Open Educational Practice undertaken with a group of part -time community learning tutors.

This project was established as a collaborative research project following the recommendations of the Further Education Learning Technology Action Group (FELTAG) group which aimed to ‘nudge’ the FE sector in England to use technology more widely and effectively. The report offered a number of recommendations which recognised the importance of good CPD and management strategic vision. Many practitioners have noted the recommendation at least 10% of all courses should be delivered online. In some institutions this 10% requirement is already perceived as an unwelcome dictate from ‘on high’. The purpose of this research is to explore methods using Open processes and Resources can ensure that the increase in online content is empowering to both teachers and learners.

The question addressed is: How can tutors in Community Learning settings work most effectively to source adapt and adopt existing Open Educational Resources to enrich their own delivery?

It is anticipated that the following sub questions will be addressed:

How can collaboration aid content search?
How far do tutors currently have skills required for adaptation?
Which platforms are most effective for aggregation and presentation of resources?

The work will be undertaken during the early part of 2015 and initial results will be shared in this lightning presentation.

References:

Freire, P. (1982) “Creating alternative research methods. Learning to do it by doing it”, in Hall, B., Gillette, A. and R. Tandon (eds.)Creating Knowledge: A Monopoly. Society for Participatory Research in Asia, New Delhi, pp. 29–37.

Fincher. S., Richards,B., Finlay,J., Sharp, H. and Falconer, I. (2-012) ‘Stories of Change: How Educators Change Their Practice’ Proceedings of ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Seattle, 3-6 October 2012, pp185-190

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