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Topic 3 readings inspired me by open learning techniques and learning space. Open Pedagogy impressed me by demonstrating the created opportunities and benefits for students. It surprised me by their education system which is consists of reused, retained, redistributed, revised, and remixed It is really convincing because they started from issues that might bother students and give solutions for them.

Open education is declared as “open” since the resource are licensed with copyright licenses for people to get involved with 5Rs activity. To be more specific, I would like to quote the description from Wiley :

“Retain – the right to make, own, and control copies of the content (e.g., download, duplicate, store, and manage)

Reuse – the right to use the content in a wide range of ways (e.g., in a class, in a study group, on a website, in a video).

Revise – the right to adapt, adjust, modify, or alter the content itself (e.g., translate the content into another language).

Remix – the right to combine the original or revised content with other material to create something new (e.g., incorporate the content into a mashup).

Redistribute – the right to share copies of the original content, your revisions, or your remixes with others (e.g., give a copy of the content to a friend) ”

Their education approach sounds appropriate to me which focuses on collaboration, connection, diversity, democracy, and critical assessments of education tools and structure. I had not considered economic difficulty that would stand as a huge issue until I saw the data from the article. Open Pedagogy can help students to engage with an open learning environment by breaking the barrier of access. The article gave a list of OEPs which deliver great teaching techniques for teachers to get success in an open learning environment. If I am going to work in education, I would like to stick with these suggestions to create a satisfying open learning environment. My favorite one is to engage students to discuss with authors or experts. It is a good way to lead students to a deeper understanding of content and give them an opportunity to think critically. The second reading gave many student cases when facing the limits and boundaries. It is frustrating when the curiosity of students was cut off before it grows. It feels like there is only one way to figure out the question and you have to follow it. It limits students to expand their thinking to create possibilities beyond their ordinary knowledge. I believe that curiosity is one important component of education development. The third reading gives a similar content with an open learning environment. Indigenous learning space can be considered as a platform of an open learning environment. They provide a platform for youth to learn and share their knowledge with each other. Students can control their work which indeed is an open style.

Reference :

Mays, E. (Ed.). (2017). A guide to making open textbooks with students. Rebus Community.

Gilliard, C., & Culik, H. (2016, May 24). Digital Redlining, Access, and Privacy. Common Sense Education.

Kral, I. & Schwab, R.G. (2012). Chapter 4: Design Principles for Indigenous Learning Spaces. Safe Learning Spaces. Youth, Literacy and New Media in Remote Indigenous Australia. ANU Press. http://doi.org/10.22459/LS.08.2012

Wiley, D. & Hilton, J. (2018). Defining OER-enabled Pedagogy. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 19(4).

Topic 4

This article reinforced my knowledge about open pedagogy. It describes more details about the 5Rs activity which illustrates the connection between open pedagogy and open education.  It brings us to consideration of renewable assignment and how it benefits open education.  A four-part test is provided to determine the extent to which specific teaching and learning practice qualifies as OER-enable pedagogy. The first test is used to examine students to think critically and contribute the work individually. Creating new artifacts is important because they combine your understanding within your artifacts; you can explain them more easily to others instead of using open resources. The second test is used to examine the quality of student’s work which can provide their contribution to the course topic. The third test is used to examine if the students’ work could be used on pubilc.  Last test is used to examine if the students are in charge of their work.

Our course is a great example that passed all test. Fisrt, we creat our own blog on WordPress; we share and discuss our opinions about open learning and distributed learning on this platform.  Second, our post might inspire other students on the learning goal. Third, we can set up our blogs to be open to pubic, so everyone are free to read and comment. Last, we are allow to edit and post any material relating to our work.

If I am a teacher, I am willing to use this open learning method on my teaching. Therefore, I would design tasks that pass these four tests. In my learning experience,  I really enjoyed the whole process of this course on distributed learning and open learning. I like to feel free to post my thoughts and recieve the comments from other which is a good way to improve my understanding on topic. I believe the open learning would help students engaging with learning material and expanding their thinking.

Topic 3 readings inspired me by open learning techniques and learning space. Open Pedagogy impressed me by demonstrating the created opportunities and benefits for students. It surprised me by their education system which is consists of reused, retained, redistributed, revised, and remixed It is really convincing because they started from issues that might bother students and give solutions for them. Their education approach sounds appropriate to me which focuses on collaboration, connection, diversity, democracy, and critical assessments of education tools and structure. I had not considered economic difficulty that would stand as a huge issue until I saw the data from the article. Open Pedagogy can help students to engage with an open learning environment by breaking the barrier of access. The article gave a list of OEPs which deliver great teaching techniques for teachers to get success in an open learning environment. If I am going to work in education, I would like to stick with these suggestions to create a satisfying open learning environment. My favorite one is to engage students to discuss with authors or experts. It is a good way to lead students to a deeper understanding of content and give them an opportunity to think critically. The second reading gave many student cases when facing the limits and boundaries. It is frustrating when the curiosity of students was cut off before it grows. It feels like there is only one way to figure out the question and you have to follow it. It limits students to expand their thinking to create possibilities beyond their ordinary knowledge. I believe that curiosity is one important component of education development. The third reading gives a similar content with an open learning environment. Indigenous learning space can be considered as a platform of an open learning environment. They provide a platform for youth to learn and share their knowledge with each other. Students can control their work which indeed is an open style.

Topic 2 reading expressed the course structure and history of open learning and distributed learning. I noticed that these learning environments are consist of five-element, enrollment, amount, timing, platform, and Pathway. I had not considered there were two distinct forms of MOOCs and now I understand the difference between them. According to Major(2015), cMOOCs, are associated with the notion of connectivity, a theory of learning that uses the meta­phor of a network made up of nodes and ties to describe learning, and the xMOOC emerged largely from the work of Stanford University professors Sebastian Thurn and Peter Norvig, who taught a course in artificial intelligence in which over 160,000 participants enrolled. From the number of learners, I believe the cMOOCs is designed for contributed learning and xMOOC is for open learning. It is because the method and targeted learner differ by the connection between each person.

The refected my personal experience since my study is mostly close to distributed learning in this year because covid-19. The close enrollment, online and asynchronous courses, Brightspace, every element builds the framework of distributed learning. I can apply the distributed learning method inside of the university. Recorded lectures and videos are provided on the Brightspace, also I can study at any time. Also, I can finish my assignment and upload it to the site. On the other hand, an open learning environment can be applied outside of the university. I can search the content and topic which I am interested in. I would discuss my understanding with the outer leaner on the platform as well. If I am a teacher, I would like to apply the open learning method from the reading. I would like to use social media to teach online just like Howard did. I would record the lecture and article on social media and bring out a couple of questions for learners to discuss.

Reference

Major, C. H. (2015). Teaching Online – A Guide to Theory, Research, and Practice. Retrieved from http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uvic/detail.action?docID=3318874

Jordan, K. & Weller, M. (2017). Openness and Education: A beginners’ guide. Global OER Graduate Network.

Pod project (Demo)

Pitch Proposal

Alex

1. He is a UVic student, but he is not living in Victoria. (Challenge / barrier)

• He needs to access the university platform (Brightspace) online for the information provided by the professor.
• The access (Brightspace) is limited, only open for students and professors. （Need account and password）.
• In-person attendance and synchronous attendance are not required.
• Contributed learning is recommended.

2. He is a TA in a cram school (Challenge)

• In-person attendance is required
• He needs to communicate with students and professors face to face.
• An in-person learning environment is recommended.

3. He has a desktop, a laptop, and a tablet. He is familiar with the internet.

• The ability to interact with the material of posting and studying online.
• Opening learning or Contributed learning are recommended.

4. He wants to finish the university program. (Challenge/barrier)

• Most requirements are the same as the first one.
• His work needs to be accredited.
• Contributed learning is recommended.

5. He wants to be a high school teacher, and he is skilled in explaining and teaching.

• Due to the covid-19 pandemic, face-to-face teaching might be difficult. He might share the knowledge and explain them on the video or in the article and post them on the web.
• People can leave comments and ask questions on the web.
• In-person attendance and synchronous attendance are not required.
• It is non-accredited.
• Access is not limited.
• Leaner work is considered a contribution to public knowledge and is accessible.
• Open learning(teaching) is recommended.

The articles from topic 1 impressed me by helping me understand the importance of privacy and security of personal information. They illustrate the pros-cons points about big-data education, mostly the ethical concern were discussed. Indeed, edtech has become common and our personal information would be transmitted to be data. We should be allowed to know the consequences while the personalized learning.

I agree with the concern of non-discrimination. The students are sorted and treated unfairly and unequally based on their race, gender, and other personal attributes. In my opinion, it is the biggest education failure under a discrimination system. From an ethical point of view, every student deserves the same starting line before education. The potential of an individual does not depend on their race or gender. Big data can not calculate the capacity and energy within an individual; with enough effort, every possibility might be created by a person. Also, we need diversity and inclusion of education from all types of people instead of discrimination based on stereotypes of different types of people. The education system can also be better which is not limited by the condition of people.

Another concern I agree with is information privacy. We should be allowed to know whether our personal information is protected. I would like to share a story from my personal experience. Once I was defrauded by an illegal group of fellows. They pretended to be the health service institution and asked for a charge of 2000 dollars. They firstly confirmed my personal information including my name, birth, address, and health number which were exactly the same as my information. I was told to transfer the payment immediately to the given account or police would come to arrest me. I was freaking out and almost did what they told me to do. Fortunately, I contacted the official health service institution to make sure this and they told me not to trust those people and it was a fraud. I think this could happen is because some employees would trade customer’s personal information for their personal benefit. This is why I would concern about the privacy information when it is shared.

I may want to learn more about the solution if these concerns occur in reality. What should we do if we lose the opportunity of education or our personal information fall into wrong hands？

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