New technologies, software, and effective practices have increased access to information while new policies and philosophies that explore openness have accelerated that change. The growth of social networks and virtual communities has transformed the learning environment into an interactive place to share and build content and community. The pursuit of open content prompts many questions: What are the opportunities and the challenges associated with open educational content? What are the models for sustaining, maintaining, and promoting open resources? How can we, as a community of teaching and learning professionals, collaborate to realize the full potential of open content? What evidence do we have that the trend toward open content is having the impact we hope for?
Join us September 14 and 15 for "Open Educational Content: Addressing Challenges and Seizing Opportunities," the ELI 2011 Online Fall Focus Session, where we will engage the teaching and learning community in exploring initial questions around open educational content. Tour institutional examples of high- quality content development, maintenance models, and delivery and organizational options that support adoption. Through interactive sessions and various case studies, we will:
•Define what open educational content is and is not
•Examine the technology trends that, over the past 10 years, have begun to serve as enablers of open content (e.g., mobility, software, the cloud, lower technology costs)
•Address models of authoring and participation in open content use (e.g., delivery and organization issues)
•Review models for assessing the impact of open resources on student success
Hosted inside an Adobe Connect learning environment, this virtual event will be much more than a typical online seminar. You’ll exchange ideas and collaborate interactively with the ELI community—all without leaving your institution. You'll also receive all the resources and guided activities you need to help frame discussions and organize team events locally in your department, college, or institution.
This online event will bring together a variety of teaching and learning professionals to begin to address challenges and opportunities around open educational content. The session will be valuable for:
•Information technology professionals
•Learning technologists and designers
•Faculty members
•Administrators
•Librarians
•Others who are interested in the evolution of course content
You will receive the greatest value from this online session if you attend as member of a team or host a group event on your campus. Team participation can help your institution advance a current or upcoming project and encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration. Team members also find that active discussion and engagement with each other during focus- session activities builds rapport, solidifies plans, and enriches collaboration. By sharing a common focus session experience, participants can reflect on the implications for their institution.
You'll be asked to complete presession activities and a survey in preparation for this online event. Please also visit the Getting Ready page to read more about informal networking opportunities and get tips on preparing for the event. We recommend that teams consider the ways they can interact both inside the online learning environment and together on campus. Resources and guided activities will be provided to help you frame discussion on campus and organize team events. Finally, please see the Technical Requirements page to make sure you have the appropriate equipment and software installed on the computer you plan to use.
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