SchoolSectorStickyNotes
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Pedagogy
- Learn how to use a word processor - not just MS word by being exposed to a wider range of software
- barrier: willingness to share, especially across institutions and departments
- tradition: reluctance to change education and practiced
- student centered
- sharing student work
- process /not only content
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Policy
- Policies imposed by state/federal govts that restrict choice
- 2 problems:
- teachers pushing for change bumping up against system control
- systems trying to promote change and support teachers to change (inertia)
- open does not equal policy
- policy does not equal anything goes
- The making of rules is to protect against litigation, difficult to make policy for rules
- Child protection – Fear of litigation
- Teenagers not aware(or low level following ) of boundaries/law. Openness requires the relaxing of control, that is, the devolving of responsibility of behaviour to students.
- Therefore the probability of breach of current rules is increased.
- Openness is unwieldy, much harder to manage, and control – increase restrictions decrease open education, reduce control increase breaches of current codes of conduct.
- Open is more work, more time because of following problems
- Competition - Schools, Teachers, Classes. Tribes.
- Open innovation is the sharing between competitors
- leadership
- risk avoidance mentality with policy makers
- open education policy not flexible?
- tension between guidelines / rules / standards =/ open
- learning spaces changed to encourage collaboration
- how can we construct an ongoing philosophical dialog drawing on the cape town declaration regarding the strengths of open space learning and the shadows or limitations.
- demonstrated success in classroom can override policy dictated by the system
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Processes (open)
Processes (open)
- Open ID
- Need to be easy to follow
- Integrated curriculum requires collaboration between faculties
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Skills
- Professional Learning / Training
- Student centred curriculum planning
- sharing best practice / ideas
- flexibility
- Re-orient microsoft or other proprietary program users into open source program users
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Resources
- Practical Guides
- How to find OER - search engines
- How licences support OER in others
- Government funding requirement that all material produced will fit (creative commons / non-commercial)
- National Curriculum
- Professional Development funding embedded with technology
- supply of hardware/ software
- gateway/repositary for Q&A and risk management
- personnel / student work repositary
- lack of understanding of copyright and alternatives to copyright material
- Q4. Requirements, Resources, Skillsets
- More vibrant discussions
- Need to engage policy decision makers
- Governments to start taking leadership
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Procurement
- Government explore use of open source software in the first instance rather than proprietary tools
- Government mandate guidelines that systems should be able to perform on all platforms proprietary and open source
- mixture of software and hardware eg iphones, laptops, whiteboards
- central procurement should only be done to deliver advantage not control
- it purchases made on pedagogy evidence not convenient ones for IT support, dollars or vendor lock in.
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Other
- FOSS can be more secure than proprietary software
- Needs same/similar
- Technology, Connectivity 9 & bandwidth) Copyright
- Teacher proficiency in ICT, reluctance
- Awareness of OER & OSS, Open Content
- what it is
- rules of mixing & adaptation
- Lack of ??
- Interfaces in systems
- Benefits
- cost of licensing - software
- cost of development
- costs of copyright use
- Better teaching and learning resources
- philosophical plus that's what education is collaborative nature - building on what's done before
- opportunity to open up education
- remove barriers between school systems
- imperative to collaborate in new areas eg. vet in schools
