Saturday, February 28, 2015
Job Chart Winners!
Congratulations to Nicole at Rowdy in Room 300 and Brianne for winning my 50 follower giveaway! Congratulations ladies! Ill be sending you the job chart in a few minutes!
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Also, I want to give a big thanks to Ms. Patterson at Pocket Full of Kinders! I was one of the first five people to comment on her post about her newest item: "Grillin Up Contractions!" This unit has so many different activities: I Spy, a matching game, and a fun multiple choice game! I cant wait to use it with my class after our break, I just know theyre going to love it! Check out the game on her TPT store by clicking the picture below! Its only $1.25!
And if you havent done so already, be sure to enter my contest where everyone wins! You will win an Alphabet Uno Game, and if you blog about the giveaway like Brooke at Teachable Moments did, youll get to pick any other Uno game Ive made (all levels of Dolch Sight Words) for free! Cick the picture below to take you to the giveaway!
IMU Learning Series 01 Facebook for Learning and Teaching
Date: Wednesday, 28th December
Venue: Online (WiZiQ)
Time: 2:30 - 3:30 P.M. (Malaysian time)
(GMT + 8 Hours: 6:30 - 7:30 A.M)
AGENDA
Can Facebook be used for teaching and learning? How can it be used? In this online session we explored how it can be used for teaching and learning with a specific emphasis on using Facebook Groups and Pages.
FACILITATORS
- Zaid Ali Alsagoff
- Fareeza Marican
RECORDING
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IMU Learning Series 01 - Facebook for Learning and Teaching?
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PRESENTATION SLIDES
IMU Learning Series 01 - Facebook for Learning and Teaching?
View more presentations from Zaid Alsagoff.
Stay tuned for the upcoming online session, which will be revealed soon :)
How to Make Any Picture a Coloring Page!
Its time for another technology tutorial... and this one is super fun (and could make a great gift for the holidays! This week well learn how to make any picture into a coloring page!
The picture that I used for this tutorial is one of my husband when he was 3. How cute is he!?
This tutorial definitely works best with a picture that has good lighting. I tried it with another picture that had a dark background and it didnt look as nice... so try it with lots of different pictures!
The next poll will be up for two weeks... since next Tuesday is Christmas Day, I wont be posting a new tutorial, but you can definitely expect one the following Tuesday (even though its New Years Day!)
Next week, Ill add how to make a text box transparent or semi-transparent (in Word or PowerPoint).
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Heres the poll for this week... this one won by a landslide!
The picture that I used for this tutorial is one of my husband when he was 3. How cute is he!?
This tutorial definitely works best with a picture that has good lighting. I tried it with another picture that had a dark background and it didnt look as nice... so try it with lots of different pictures!
You can download this tutorial as a PDF by clicking this picture!
Note: This tutorial is hosted on Google Docs. To save it from there, just open the file and click File > Download to save onto your computer!
The next poll will be up for two weeks... since next Tuesday is Christmas Day, I wont be posting a new tutorial, but you can definitely expect one the following Tuesday (even though its New Years Day!)
Next week, Ill add how to make a text box transparent or semi-transparent (in Word or PowerPoint).
How to Organize Your Classroom Library Complete Library Organization Kit!
If youre in the mood to do some spring cleaning, why not clean up your library by reorganizing it? I absolutely love the way I organize my classroom books! Like most teachers, I use labels on my book bins that have pictures, but, I went even further than that! I put matching labels on each book so that the children put them back in the right bin! The system is so simple, that even a preschooler can use it!
The labels for the bins are 5" x 3.75," which is the perfect size for many book bins, including Lakeshore bins (LC91 & YB10).
The labels for the books are easy to print... they line up perfectly on Avery 5160 labels, so all you have to do is peel and stick! I put the labels on the back cover of my books for two reasons:
1. Its not covering any of the front cover!
2. Its the perfect way to introduce the vocabulary "back of the book," which is on many Kindergarten reading assessments!
I am selling this complete library organization system for your classroom for only $8. And I havent even told you the best part! If you want me to add any labels, Ill make them asap and revise the file on TPT. This is all youll ever need to organize your books forever!
At the moment, the labels that are included are:
Authors and Series:
ELA Topics:
General Topics:
Holidays and Celebrations:
Math:
Science:
Social Studies:
Misc.
That means you get labels for 82 different categories... for only $8! And again, the best part is that if you want me to add any additional labels, all you have to do is ask! Ill make them asap and revise the file on TPT. This means that $8 is all youll ever need to spend to organize your books forever!
Click any of the pictures below to head on over to TPT to download the free preview and check it out for yourself. (Note: The free preview is a PDF, but the actual download is a ZIP with DOC and PDF files.)
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The labels for the books are easy to print... they line up perfectly on Avery 5160 labels, so all you have to do is peel and stick! I put the labels on the back cover of my books for two reasons:
1. Its not covering any of the front cover!
2. Its the perfect way to introduce the vocabulary "back of the book," which is on many Kindergarten reading assessments!
I am selling this complete library organization system for your classroom for only $8. And I havent even told you the best part! If you want me to add any labels, Ill make them asap and revise the file on TPT. This is all youll ever need to organize your books forever!
At the moment, the labels that are included are:
Authors and Series:
- Amelia Bedelia
- Arthur
- Berenstain Bears
- Cam Jansen
- Clifford
- Dr. Seuss
- Eric Carle
- Ezra Jack Keats
- I Spy
- Junie B. Jones
- Little Critters
- Lois Ehlert
- Magic School Bus
- Richard Scarry
- Wheres Waldo
- Winnie the Pooh
ELA Topics:
- Alphabet
- Fairy Tales
- Nursery Rhymes
- Poetry
General Topics:
- Art
- Language Arts
- Music
- Social Studies
Holidays and Celebrations:
- 100th Day
- Birthday
- Christmas
- Easter
- Fathers Day
- Graduation
- Halloween
- Hanukkah
- Kwanza
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Mothers Day
- New Years Day
- Passover
- St. Patricks Day
- Thanksgiving
- Valentines Day
Math:
- Addition and Subtraction
- Counting Backwards
- Counting
- Graphs
- Math
- Measurement
- Money
- Multiplication and Division
- Patterns
- Shapes
- Sorting
- Time
Science:
- Animals (Fiction)
- Animals (Non-Fiction)
- Animals in Winder
- Apples and Pumpkins
- Dinosaurs
- Environment
- Five Senses
- Human Body
- Insects
- Keeping Healthy
- Magnets
- Ocean
- Outer Space
- Plants
- Season - Autumn
- Season - Spring
- Season - Summer
- Season - Winter
- Seasons
- Weather
Social Studies:
- Community Helpers
- Family
- Friends
- I Am Special
- Manners
- Neighborhood
Misc.
- Favorite Stories (For those classic stories like The Velveteen Rabbit or Corduroy!)
- Our Books (For student authors!)
- Starting School
- Transportation
That means you get labels for 82 different categories... for only $8! And again, the best part is that if you want me to add any additional labels, all you have to do is ask! Ill make them asap and revise the file on TPT. This means that $8 is all youll ever need to spend to organize your books forever!
Click any of the pictures below to head on over to TPT to download the free preview and check it out for yourself. (Note: The free preview is a PDF, but the actual download is a ZIP with DOC and PDF files.)
Friday, February 27, 2015
ZaidLearns Master List
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WHY?
The other day I was searching for a juicy resource list on my blog, but I struggled to find it. Now, if I am struggling to find something on my own blog, what about you?
To avoid such scenarios happening again (at least to me!), I have created a Master List below containing all the juiciest resource lists compiled on ZaidLearn. Trust me; some of these resource lists are really yummy. Interestingly, some of these resource lists have been referenced by several University/College/School courses around the world including United States, Canada, England, Australia, and South-Africa. Actually, a couple of the resource lists below have been embedded or referred (linked) to from more than a hundred sites or blogs out there (try to guess which one, or Google them to figure it out). It is really amusing and motivating (to the ego).
Besides being resource lists, you will discover some wacky graphics, stories and ideas mashed-up to stimulate the right-hemisphere, while the left-hemisphere systematically enjoys mostly static lists of amazing links. Enough!!!
Are you ready, Lets...
FIRST
- 69 Learning Adventures in 6 Galaxies (E-book)
A collection of 69 learning nuggets (articles) from ZaidLearn compiled into an ebook. This ebook is divided into six learning galaxies (or themes), which are: Learning, Teaching, Stories, Free e-Learning Tools, Free Learning Content and Free EduGames. - ZaidLearns Delicious Collection
1200+ juicy links to amazing free learning tools and resources.
LEARNING TOOLS
- A Free Learning Tool for Every Learning Problem?
A collection of the best free learning tools using a Q&A approach. It has proven to be the most popular post on this blog, and has been featured in more than a hundred blogs and sites around the world. Also, you might want to check out the delicious version, which includes more tools, but does not filter them out using a Q&A approach post. - 101 Free Learning Tools
A SlideShare presentation exploring 101 excellent free learning tools to facilitate learning and teaching. - Free Screencasting Tools For Tony!
"Toast! Cut! Cam! Jing! Flow! Wink! You name it, they record it!" A list of free tools to create screencasts (screen-recording or capturing everything happening on the screen). - Any Free Online Survey/Polling Tools?
More than a dozen FREE online survey/polling tools. - Any Free Hosted CMS or LMS? (Yes, Obama Says!)
A few free hosted LMS that you might want to explore, before considering investing hardcore money on a commercial alternative. - Text-to-Speech to Enjoying Traffic Jams!
A few FREE text-to-speech tools to get you started (Warning: They usually offer a commercial version or upgrade option, too) - Use Blooms Taxonomy Wheel for Writing Learning Outcomes
Do you have problems writing learning outcomes/objectives for your content or courses? Or more specifically, do you have trouble finding the right ACTION VERBS to describe what you want your students to achieve from the course, module, topic or unit? Try Blooms taxonomy wheel(s) :) - 50 Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story (Alan Levine)
Alan Levine reviews lessons learned in exploring 50 web sites (tools) for creating content via slideshows, timelines, media mixers, comic strips, and presentation makers.
CONTENT
- University Learning = OCW + OER = FREE!
A compilation of 250+ University learning related OpenCourseWare (OCW) and Open Educational Resources (OER). - 101 Open Educational Resources
A visually stimulating SlideShare presentation that explores 101 Open Educational Resources (OER). - The King Kong List For Free Medical Online Resources!
A juicy collection of free medical resources, games and courses that you might want to use for your personal learning, or embed in your course/training/program as supplementary or core resources to enrich the students learning experiences. - Amazing Free e-Learning eBooks Collection
A collection of free e-Learning ebooks.
- Your Top 10 Videos (That Inspire Us To Rethink The Way We Learn)?
My current top 10 list of videos that inspire us to rethink the way we learn and educate. This post also encourages others to list and share their top 10 favorite videos that inspire us to rethink the way we learn and educate in the 21st century. - A Growing List of Free Learning Tutorial Sites!
A simple raw list of links to EXCELLENT SITES (with short descriptions) that have or link to tutorials that explore learning tools and online learning. - Is PowerPoint Evil?
This post explores a lot of interesting free online resources to inspire you to create great PowerPoint slides and do amazing presentations. - Do You Want To Learn English As A Second Language (ESL)?
A list of interesting ESL resources that I have discovered until now, and most of them are free. Whether you want ESL content for your IPod, or you want to do an online quiz to test your knowledge, trust me, there are enough resources to last you a few life times (and more). - Do You Want To Learn Arabic?
5 useful free sites to learn Arabic.
EDUGAMES
- 101 Free EduGames
101 Free EduGames that inspire us to learn while having fun. Click here for the updated EduGames list on Delicious. - 88 Free EduGames to Spice Up Your Course!
88 FREE EduGames (Educational Games) that sounds and looks interesting for Higher Education.
PEOPLE
- The Juiciest Learning Professionals on Twitter?
The main reason for assembling this list, is to help people looking for top learning professionals on Twitter. - 27 Inspiring Women Edubloggers
A SlideShare presentation exploring 27 inspiring women edubloggers. - 25 EduBlogs You Simply Don’t Want to Miss!
25 EduBlogs that will assist you to keep track of the present and future of learning, teaching, content and technology. - 10 Top ETL Blogs You Simply Don’t Want to Miss!
My top 10 favourite ETL (Education + Technology = Learning) blogs that takes up my time (late 2007), as I struggle to learn more about education, learning technologies, and importantly the art of Learning How to Learn more effectively.
Baby Salma Uses iPhone to Learn Apple!
I suppose a 36 second video clip would make more sense now:
FLASHCARDS
In the video clip above, my wife is teaching baby Salma new words using voice narrated Flashcards. The cool thing about apps like My First Words, is that you can also record your own voice, and even create your own Flashcards. Cool!
If you notice, baby Salma is not satisfied by simply watching passively my wife clicking the NEXT button. Instead, she wants to grab the iPhone (Ownership), so that she can hold it and play with it herself. We all know what happens, when babies dont get what they want. However, what about students?
In other words, when we teach or facilitate learning, we should perhaps provide more opportunities for students to explore learning, and take ownership of their own learning process, which is often more inspiring than being told what to do for 15 weeks per semester.
99.999% of us love to learn, but how many of us like to be taught? Or have you ever been inspired to learn by following instructions?
Think about it!
LADYBUG
Baby Salma simply loves Frank Letos Ladybug Ladybug Song, which she sings (and claps her hands) along in her own baby GAGA language.
In the video clip above, my wife is teaching baby Salma new words using voice narrated Flashcards. The cool thing about apps like My First Words, is that you can also record your own voice, and even create your own Flashcards. Cool!
If you notice, baby Salma is not satisfied by simply watching passively my wife clicking the NEXT button. Instead, she wants to grab the iPhone (Ownership), so that she can hold it and play with it herself. We all know what happens, when babies dont get what they want. However, what about students?
In other words, when we teach or facilitate learning, we should perhaps provide more opportunities for students to explore learning, and take ownership of their own learning process, which is often more inspiring than being told what to do for 15 weeks per semester.
99.999% of us love to learn, but how many of us like to be taught? Or have you ever been inspired to learn by following instructions?
Think about it!
LADYBUG
Baby Salma simply loves Frank Letos Ladybug Ladybug Song, which she sings (and claps her hands) along in her own baby GAGA language.
Yes, what if we could learn boring stuff through songs and poetry? Wouldnt that be cool? Here is a reasonably convincing example:
But then again, is it worthwhile spending so much time and effort to create a learning song covering perhaps just one concept? I suppose we could instead empower students to create their own learning songs. Or perhaps they could mind map their learning into a rap song. I wouldnt mind a rap song teaching me history!
TED TALK
Alright, my baby Salma 36-second video clip and short reflection is not going to award me with giving a TED Talk. However, if I catch every moment of my daughters life for the next 3 years using multiple cameras wired up in my house, requiring 20 terabytes of storage, so that I can understand how she learns a language... WOW! Too late! MIT researcher Deb Roy did just that, and then he (or his research team) parsed 90,000 hours of home video to watch his son "gaaaa" slowly turn into "water."
In other words, it will be thrilling to listen to Salmas "Ta-Ta" turn into "Apple" over the coming days, weeks, or perhaps months. Perhaps the iPhone, or coming iPad 2 (to me!) might speed up the learning process.
I skipped iPad 1, as I usually keep away from first versions of anything, but I will probably invest in iPad 2 when it comes to Malaysia (officially!). Based on my kids (3) obsession to play games with iPhone, I suppose I will only be able to use the iPad for self-learning when they all are asleep!
I skipped iPad 1, as I usually keep away from first versions of anything, but I will probably invest in iPad 2 when it comes to Malaysia (officially!). Based on my kids (3) obsession to play games with iPhone, I suppose I will only be able to use the iPad for self-learning when they all are asleep!
Although, I am no fan of having babies or young kids stuck in front of an iPhone or iPad (or mobile devices) all day (Hint: Radiation and Glasses!), I suppose a few minutes a day learning something useful wont harm too much. Would it?
What do you think? :)
What do you think? :)
TeacherTube Teach the World
URL: http://www.teachertube.com/"TeacherTube was officially launched on March 6, 2007. Their goal is to provide an online community for sharing instructional videos. They seek to fill a need for a more educationally focused, safe venue for teachers, schools, and home learners. It is a site to provide anytime, anywhere professional development with teachers teaching teachers. As well, it is a site where teachers can post videos designed for students to view in order to learn a concept or skill.
TeacherTube was the idea of Jason Smith, a 14-year veteran educator. Jason has been a teacher, coach, campus administrator and district administrator in public schools. He asked the question, "Why cant teachers, students, and schools utilize the power of the read/write web for learning?" To overcome barriers, he decided to just create a site and get started trying to help...
- Upload, tag and share videos worldwide.
- Upload Support Files to attach your educational Actvities, Assessments, Lesson Plans, Notes, and Other file formats to your video.
- Browse hundreds of videos uploaded by community members.
- Find, join and create video groups to connect with people who have similar interests.
- Customize the experience by subscribing to member videos, saving favorites, and creating playlists.
- Integrate TeacherTube videos on websites using video embeds or APIs.
- Make videos public or private - users can elect to broadcast their videos publicly or share them privately with those they invite.
Most importantly, TeacherTube community members are a major part of the evolution of the site. Members are encouraged to not only upload educationally relevant videos, but also to make constructive comments and use the rating system to show appreciation for videos of value to one as an educator or learner. Users also have the ability to preserve the integrity of the site by flagging inappropriate videos. TeacherTube staff review flagged sites and will remove any inappropriate posts. With more collegial commentary and discussion through messaging and responses, the quality of this resource will only increase ...more"
(An excellent video (PowerPoint style) by Karl Fisch that helps raise awareness of the issues of globalization in our newly connected world first raised in Thomas Friedmans book, The World is Flat. Explore and Learn!)
I did explore TeacherTube a few months back when it was first launched (How could I not with all the hype flying around!), but I was far from impressed back then with the quantity and quality of video content. However, this is expected as it takes time to evolve a community built repository. Today, you can find an amazing amount of content on this site, so the quantity factor is certainly there (perhaps not in particular areas, but in general). Though, my worry or obsession is looking for (I mean finding!) the quality stuff, and believe here is a grey area difficult to achieve, based on what we see in YouTube, Yahoo, MSN and Google Video (At least what I have experienced with my subjective lens). Although, it uses multiple methods (ratings, favorites, comments, most viewed, groups, channels, etc.) to filter out the poor stuff from the quality, Can we really trust the wisdom of the crowds? Experts opinion Vs Wisdom of the Community, which one do you prefer? If we can have access to both groups reflections easily, now that would be great! Coming to think of it, how do we distinguish between an expert and a non-expert? Please, help me out here!
Interestingly, there is gentle note on the sites banner saying "Keep it SAFE! Flag all Inappropriate Videos (Is this a serious problem already?)." In addition, they should perhaps add "Keep it easy to find relevant videos, flag all inappropriate tags." Yes, I like Folksonomies, but there must be some effective ways to ensure that the tags really represent (at least closely to) the content of the videos to ensure better Findability. Perhaps, there should be limits to the amount of tags for each video, or a kind of tags ranking approach faciliting a better search. Hmmm, yeah if it gets more complicated, no one will bother uploading, so one needs to find a middle ground I suppose.
Overall, if you have a good Internet line (preferably broadband) then TeacherTube can teach you some important lessons (if you are able to find them), but if you are stuck with a dial-up connection perhaps you should stick to Wikipedia or some other inspiring and relevant text-oriented knowledge repository.
Finally and importantly, we should not only consume (or re-construct in our mind and reflect) knowledge at sites like TeacherTube, but also participate in contributing, collaborating (with the community) and creating new knowledge, so perhaps it is time for us to share a video or two on TeacherTube :)
Academic Earth Gives you Learning Goose Bumps!
- Link to Academic Earth
- FAQs
Academic Earth is an educational video website with the goal of enhancing the usability and expanding the awareness of OER, focusing first on video lectures.
MISSION?
Giving everyone on earth access to a world class education.
MISSION?
Giving everyone on earth access to a world class education.
OBJECTIVES?
- Centralizing the best video resources from multiple sources into one easy-to-search hub.
- Applying the latest best practices in usability and design.
- Integrating crowd-sourcing and wiki tools so users can enhance the experience for future users (these features to come).
Currently, there are over fifteen hundred videos from MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale there. As they are adding more every day, you can imagine the rest! Also, many lectures are grouped into courses, providing us added convenience to access. In addition, when the "Download to iPod" option appears you can download a QuickTime version of the lecture (click on the "Download to iPod" link and select "Save Target As..." or the equivalent for your browser).
Yes, they even allow you to grade (A, B, C, D) the lectures, which is quite cool. Lecturers are graded instead of learners or students. Wouldnt that be a cool school? We learn, no grades except for grading our lecturers. In other words, students can relax and learn, while lecturers get stressed out with their grades (for their lecturing ability). Though, I suppose they could add a comment feature to each lecture, enabling us to give our 23 cents when wanted or needed.
The interface is soothing and it is easy to find stuff (Playlist, Subjects, Universities and Instructors). Besides the normal embed and share feature, we are also provided with a Citation Info feature, which makes it extremely easy for us to reference our lecture discoveries (replicate!). Interestingly, a Feedback option follows us everywhere we go, indirectly reminding us of their eagerness to get feedback and improve further.
If I was allowed to grade this site, I would give it a delicious A. Surely, one of the best lecture finding sites (or lecture aggregators) I have ever visited :)
The interface is soothing and it is easy to find stuff (Playlist, Subjects, Universities and Instructors). Besides the normal embed and share feature, we are also provided with a Citation Info feature, which makes it extremely easy for us to reference our lecture discoveries (replicate!). Interestingly, a Feedback option follows us everywhere we go, indirectly reminding us of their eagerness to get feedback and improve further.
If I was allowed to grade this site, I would give it a delicious A. Surely, one of the best lecture finding sites (or lecture aggregators) I have ever visited :)
Thursday, February 26, 2015
The OER Workshop at eLi3!
THE OER WORKSHOP
This 1-day workshop on Open Educational Resources (OER) will (Insya-Allah) be facilitated at the Third International Conference of e-Learning and Distance Education (eLi13) in Saudi Arabia on the 3rd February, 2013. It will equip participants with the necessary knowledge to find, reuse, remix, create and strategize OER for their institution. During the first two sessions, we will explore and discuss together the concept of OER, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), Creative Commons (CC), business models, and variety of OpenCourseWare (OCW) case studies and content development tools. In the third session, participants will be required to work in groups (hands-on) to conceptualize an OER strategy. In the final session, we will discuss how to move forward with OER at our institutions.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
After completing this workshop, you will be able to:- Discuss the benefits and challenges of reusing/remixing/creating OER.
- Select the appropriate Creative Commons license (6 types) for your content development needs.
- Find OER and OCW using a variety of search tools.
- Identify a variety of web 2.0 and Social Media tools to develop OER with; and
- Conceptualize an OER strategy for your institution.
PRESENTATION SLIDES
The OER Workshop at #eLi3! from Zaid Alsagoff
CHALLENGE
Your group OER Strategy should (at least) cover the following aspects:
- Paul Stacey (2006)
Good luck!
RESOURCES
Here is easy access to all the links (URLs) discussed and explored during the OER workshop:
1. Open Educational Resources (OER)
1. Open Educational Resources (OER)
- OER Commons
- History of OER (Infographic)
OER Videos
- Why Open Education Matters!
- Password: OER
- Why is it Important to Share Content?
Open Courseware (Examples)
- OpenCourseWare Consortium
- MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)
- Open Yale Courses
- JHSPH OpenCourseWare (OCW)
- OpenLearn (The Open University)
- USQ OpenCourseWare
- SJTU Open Courseware
- Saudi Arabia?
- National Centre for e-Learning & Disctance Learning
- KFUPM Open Courseware
- King Khalid University OCW
- Qassim College of Medicine OCW
- Pakistan?
- Virtual University of Pakistan
- Iran?
- Farabi Institute of Higher Education OCW
- Indonesia?
- The University Indonesia
- University of Sumatera Utara
- UG OCW
- Malaysia?
- Universiti Teknologi Malaysia OCW
- Open University Malaysia OER
- OER Symposium (Wawasan Open University)
- All Open CourseWare (OCW)?OCW Master List of courses (260+)
Open Textbooks (e-books)
- Project Gutenberg
- Open Textbook Catalog
- Flat World Knowledge
- College Open Textbooks
- Community College Consortium of OER
- CK-12 FlexBooks
- Wikibooks
- ManyBooks.net
- 20 Best Websites To Download Free EBooks
Learning Repositories
- iTunes U
- EDU - YouTube
- MERLOT
- Khan Academy
- Knowmia
- TED-Ed
- Academic Earth
- GCF LearnFree.org
- CMU OpenLearningInitiative
- Connexions
- WikiEducator
- Wikiversity
- Extreme Learning
- Siyavula
- Curriki
- Internet Archive
- OER Africa
- P2PU
- University of the People
- MEDtube
- Quora
- Wolfram Alpha
- 101 OER Resources
- MORE OER (250+)
MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)
- MOOC Guide
- What is a MOOC?
- Three Kinds of MOOCs
- UDACITY
- Coursera
- Udemy
- edX
- What are we Learning from Online Education? (Daphne Koller)
- Four Barriers That MOOCs Must Overcome To Build a Sustainable Model
- The March of the MOOCs: Monstrous Open Online Courses
- MOOCs: Learning Points
- Sharing to Connect, Interact and Learn!
2. Copyright & OER
- Creative Commons Video
- Creative Commons (CC) Licenses
- CC Comparison Table
- Open Educational Resources Licensing Continuum
- Article: http://edtechfrontier.com/tag/connexions/
- CC License Selection Tool
- If license used incorrectly will I be sued?
- Open Content Licensing Course for Educators
- OER Risk Management Calculator
3. Finding OER
- Google Custom Search
- How to Search for OER (Infographic)
- 2 Great Starting Points!
- OER COMMONS
- OCW Consortium
- CC Search
- Open Tapestry
- Other Good OER Search Engines?
- OCW Finder
- Xpert
- OER Recommender
- Temoa
- Curriki Search
- University Learning = OCW+OER = Free
- Knowledge Finder
- Jorum
- OER Dynamic Search Engine
- Discover Ed
- Folksemantic
- OER Glue
- Einztein
- iBerry
- Social Curation Tools
- http://www.delicious.com/zaidlearn/
- Create Your Own Customized OER Search!: Google Custom Search
- Article: http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2008/01/google-custom-search-for-openfree.html
4. OER Case Studies
- New Initiative: MITx (Article)
- Salman Khan talk at TED 2011
- Tools Salman Khan Used to Create the Videos?
- Introduction Video: Coursera
- OER Case Studies
- Flickr Creative Commons
- OER Funding Models
5. Creating & Sharing OER
- Creating OER and Combining Licenses (Video)
- OER Development Cycle? (Source 1 and 2)
- OER Educator Handbook
- Collection of institutions with OER policy
- OER Policy Development Toolkit
- Wawasan Open University OER Policy (Slide 13)
- Framework Guiding Selection and Use of OERs and Non-OERs Source (Page 178)
- Alternative to University LMS:
- Edmodo
- Schoology
- Wiki tools:
- Google Sites
- Google Docs
- Wikispaces
- Wetpaint
- Blogging Tools:
- Blogger
- WordPress
- Tumblr
- Posterous
- eBook Tools
- Authoring Tools:
- Slideshare (slidecast example)
- Prezi
- Create Online Crossword Puzzles!
- WizIQ (web conferencing)
- Create Cartoons, Movies & Animations:
- Xtranormal
- Go Animate
- Toondoo
- Desktop Authoring Tools:
- Courselab
- Exe
- Use your iPad to Create OER On-The-Fly:
- Educreations
- Explain Everything
- ScreenChomp
- Social Media Tools and tips
- 200+ Learning Tools
- Just in Time Training To You (JiT2U) on Social media and Web 2.0
- Quick Reference Guides (Web 2.0/Social Media)
- OER Gurus
- Stephen Downes
Home: http://www.downes.ca/
Presentations: http://www.slideshare.net/Downes/presentations - George Siemens
Home: http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/
Presentations: http://www.slideshare.net/gsiemens - David Wiley
Home: http://davidwiley.org/
Presentations: http://www.slideshare.net/opencontent/presentations - Stian Håklev
Home: http://reganmian.net/blog
Presentations: http://www.slideshare.net/houshuang/presentations - Curt Bonk
Home: http://php.indiana.edu/~cjbonk/
Presentations: http://www.trainingshare.com/workshop.php - Recommended OER resources (starting points):
- Open Educational Resources - Educator Handbook
- A Basic Guide to OER
- UNESCO-COL Guidelines for OER in Higher Education
- Open Educational Resources: The value of reuse in higher education
- Guidelines for OER in Higher Education
- OER Dossier: OER and Higher Education
- OER & Change in Higher Education
REFLECTION POINTS
This workshop is usually facilitated over two days, so it will be interesting to see whether it can be done effectively over one day. The presentation slides have been slimmed down from 214 to 164 (minus 50 slides), so that should help a bit.
However, what really matters is not what we slide through, but what participants learn, can do, and how inspired they are to explore OER further after the workshop that really matters. Soon, we will find out, Insya-Allah :)
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