A day in the life of a flexible OER

[Dana Ayotte]

Hi All,

After receiving your feedback and further discussion with Jutta I have modified this to include an OER re-mixing layer, followed by individual transformations allowed by the FLOE tools.

As always, I welcome your feedback!

Thanks,
Dana



On Jun 5, 2014, at 3:22 PM, Jim Tobias <tobias at inclusive.com> wrote:

> Thanks, these all sound great.
>  
> I was thinking in terms of ‘a day in the life’ that you could frame it by timezone or some other way of showing its use in multiple settings during a day, and even show the global value. It could llso show that at the end of the day it has even more value because someone has added some comments or corrections.
>  
> ***
> Jim Tobias
> Inclusive Technologies
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> From: fluid-work-bounces at fluidproject.org [mailto:fluid-work-bounces at fluidproject.org] On Behalf Of Dana Ayotte
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 11:33 AM
> To: Colin Clark
> Cc: Fluid-Work Mailing List Work
> Subject: Re: A day in the life of a flexible OER
>  
> Hi Colin, 
> 
> Thanks for your comments so far.  I've copied some of the feedback I received below.  It was also suggested that it might be a little text-heavy.  Perhaps a digital version could have the vignettes open up when one of the images is selected.
> 
> I've been working mainly on the alternate version Jutta suggested as well as the slides.  Here's a link to a draft of what I've got so far (as well as the original version for reference).  
> 
> Regarding Jim's comments, they emphasize the open-source aspect of the resource, rather than the transformations that the FLOE tools allow.  I guess it's a question of what we want to convey for Hewlett.  I'm guessing it's both - the added benefits of an open-source resource (i.e. re-mixing and greater access to information in general) as well as what the FLOE tools provide on top of that?  In which case I think it would be good to add one or two of the examples Jim suggests.
> 
> At the moment the "Single Resource" version is limited to transformations we are currently able to make with Learner Options (which might be good because we can link to a working demo), but we could also include transformations that we are not currently able to demonstrate live (this would require further design work). 
> 
> Thanks,
> Dana
>  
> Hi Dana, 
> Sorry to have missed this.
> This is great, especially for a brochure.
> 
> Would you be able to provide a slide deck that breaks each of the transformations  into one slide? 
> Also could we create a version that shows how the same resource changes rather than focusing on the FLOE tools?
> 
> thanks!
> 
> Jutta
> 
> 
> Hi Dana -- this is very nice! I'm glad Hewlett asked for it, and maybe 
> it's the kind of thing we should do more of, and in a bigger way.
> 
> In the meantime, here are some suggestions:
> 
> 1. Re-frame the right pane so that the resource is in the center, and 
> the use cases come off at different angles. This might emphasize the
> 'faceted' nature of OERs -- something for everyone if you look at it from a
> different angle.
> 
> 2. Add a re-mix use case, perhaps a student who pulls an image or 
> activity out of the resource to use as part of a 'build a molecule' booth
> she is building for a neighborhood carnival.
> 
> 3. Add a research use case, where a student searches the 
> caption/transcript for information he will use in a science fair poster.
> 4. Add a gifted/talented use case, where because the OER is freely 
> available, a younger student can access it for both enrichment and
> acceleration.
> 
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> ***
> Jim Tobias
> Inclusive Technologies
> +1.908.907.2387 v/sms
> skype jimtobias
> 
> On Jun 4, 2014, at 5:44 PM, Colin Clark <colinbdclark at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Dana,
> 
> I’m sorry I wasn’t able to respond to this sooner. I really enjoyed reading the narratives you wrote about each of our components.
> 
> Have you received further feedback? Is there a newer version I should take a look at before sharing more feedback?
> 
> Colin
> 
> On May 15, 2014, at 1:44 PM, Dana Ayotte <dana.ayotte at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi All,
> Hewlett requested that we include a "day in the life of a flexible OER" for their communications on FLOE, including a comparison to a proprietary resource and showing all the different ways students might personalise the OER to meet their learning needs.  Attached is a first draft - please provide any feedback.
> Thanks,
> Dana

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