Opening Up Education

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Iiyoshi, Toru.

Kumar, M. S. Vijay.

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (504)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge The MIT Press 2010

Language Note:

English.

Summary:

Experts discuss the potential for open education tools, resources, and knowledge to transform the economics and ecology of education.Given the abundance of open education initiatives that aim to make educational assets freely available online, the time seems ripe to explore the potential of open education to transform the economics and ecology of education. Despite the diversity of tools and resources already available—from well-packaged course materials to simple games, for students, self-learners, faculty, and educational institutions—we have yet to take full advantage of shared knowledge about how these are being used, what local innovations are emerging, and how to learn from and build on the experiences of others. Opening Up Education argues that we must develop not only the technical capability but also the intellectual capacity for transforming tacit pedagogical knowledge into commonly usable and visible knowledge: by providing incentives for faculty to use (and contribute to) open education goods, and by looking beyond institutional boundaries to connect a variety of settings and open source entrepreneurs. These essays by leaders in open education describe successes, challenges, and opportunies they have found in a range of open education initiatives. They approach—from both macro and micro perspectives—the central question of how open education tools, resources, and knowledge can improve the quality of education. The contributors (from leading foundations, academic institutions, associations, and projects) discuss the strategic underpinnings of their efforts first in terms of technology, then content, and finally knowledge. They also address the impact of their projects, and how close they come to achieving a vision of sustainable, transformative educational opportunities that amounts to much more than pervasive technology.Through the support of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, an electronic version of this book is openly available under a Creative Commons license at The MIT Press Web site, http://mitpress.mit.edu. ContributorsRichard Baraniuk, Randy Bass, Trent Batson, Dan Bernstein, John Seely Brown, Barbara Cambridge, Tom Carey, Catherine Casserly, Bernadine Chuck Fong, Ira Fuchs, Richard Gale, Mia Garlick, Gerard Hanley, Diane Harley, Mary Huber, Pat Hutchings, Toru Iiyoshi, David Kahle, M. S. Vijay Kumar, Andy Lane, Diana Laurillard, Stuart Lee, Steve Lerman, Marilyn Lombardi, Phil Long, Clifford Lynch, Christopher Mackie, Anne Margulies, Owen McGrath, Flora McMartin, Shigeru Miyagawa, Diana Oblinger, Neeru Paharia, Cheryl Richardson, Marshall Smith, Candace Thille, Edward Walker, David Wiley

Contents:

Foreword: Creating a culture of learning / John Seely Brown

Section introduction: an invitation to open up the future of education / Toru Iiyoshi, M. S. Vijay Kumar

Open educational technology. Section introduction: Open educational technology : tempered aspirations / Owen McGrath

Designing open educational technology / David Kahle

Gates are shut : technical and cultural barriers to open education / Stuart D. Lee

Does an open source strategy matter? Lessons learned from the iLabs Project / Phillip D. Long, Stephen C. Ehrmann

Evaluating the results of open education / Edward Walker

Harvest too large? A framework for educational abundance / Trent Batson, Neeru Paharia, M. S. Vijay Kumar

Digital libraries, learning communities, and open education / Clifford Lynch

Open Source in open education : promises and challenges / Christopher J. Mackie

Open educational content. Section introduction: Open educational content : transforming access to education / Flora McMartin

Widening participation in education through open educational resources / Andy Lane

Building open learning as a community based research activity / Candace Thille

Extending the impact of open educational resources through alignment with pedagogical content knowledge and institutional strategy : lessons learned from the MERLOT community experience / Tom Carey, Gerard L. Hanley

Why understanding the use and users of open education matters / Diane Harley

OpenCourseWare : building a culture of sharing" / Steven R. Lerman, Shigeru Miyagawa, Anne H. Margulies

Challenges and opportunities for the open education movement : a connexions case study / Richard G. Baraniuk

2005-2012 : the OpenCourseWars / David Wiley

Revolutionizing education through innovation : can openness transform teaching and learning? / Catherine M. Casserly, Marshall S. Smith

Open educational knowledge. Section introduction: Open educational knowledge : more than opening the classroom door / Cheryl R. Richardson

Inquiry unplugged : a scholarship of teaching and learning for open understanding / Richard A. Gale

Middle of open spaces : generating knowledge about learning through multiple layers of open teaching communities / Randall Bass, Dan Bernstein

Open teaching : the key to sustainable and effective open education / Diana Laurillard

Promoting technology enabled knowledge building and sharing for sustainable open educational innovations / Toru Iiyoshi, Cheryl R. Richardson

Scaffolding for systemic change / Barbara Cambridge

Learning design : sharing pedagogical know how" / James Dalziel

Common knowledge : openness in higher education / Diana G. Oblinger, Marilyn M. Lombardi

Open for what? A case study of institutional leadership and transformation / Bernadine Chuck Fong

What's next for open knowledge? / Mary Taylor Huber, Pat Hutchings

Conclusion: New pathways for shaping the collective agenda to open up education / Toru Iiyoshi, M. S. Vijay Kumar.

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ISBN:

9780262515016

0262515016