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Teachers' toolkit for creating and re-purposing OER using FOSS/Publishing OER (view source)
Revision as of 13:15, 28 February 2017
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One of the great challenges that teachers face is isolation in their practice. To address this, communities of practice have been written about as a method of reducing teacher isolation and supporting teacher professional development. When teachers are supported to interact in a free and open technology environment, they are able to support one another in the creation of open educational resources using multiple tools and processes. Such an environment, supported by online and virtual methods, can build collaboration amongst teachers, thus supporting the community as well. OER creation and re-use could well be the context and outcome of teacher communities. Creation of a free and open technology environment is what could make this a reality.
One of the great challenges that teachers face is isolation in their practice. To address this, communities of practice have been written about as a method of reducing teacher isolation and supporting teacher professional development. When teachers are supported to interact in a free and open technology environment, they are able to support one another in the creation of open educational resources using multiple tools and processes. Such an environment, supported by online and virtual methods, can build collaboration amongst teachers, thus supporting the community as well. OER creation and re-use could well be the context and outcome of teacher communities. Creation of a free and open technology environment is what could make this a reality.
[[Category:Teachers' toolkit for creating and re-purposing OER using FOSS]]
[[Category:Teachers' toolkit for creating and re-purposing OER using FOSS]]
=== OER created as part of the toolkit ===
As a part of the toolkit, we worked on OER for the topic 'Learning Digital Story Telling', to demonstrate to you how we could use FOSS applications to create and re-purpose OER. The OER created as a part of this process are available as follows
# Concept Map
# LibreOffice Text document
# LibreOffice slide presentation
# Images
##Image created using Tux Paint
##Image created using ScreenShot
##Image edited using GIMP
# Audio recordings
##Audio recording of interview
##Audio recording (edited) - Moving part of the audio
##Audio recording (edited) - Sound Amplification
# Video recordings
##Video recording of teachers explaining ICT integration
##Video recording (edited) - Moving part of the video
##Video recording (edited) - Adding transition
##Video recording (edited) - Adding sub-titles
##Video recording (edited) - Fade in and fade out
===Creating a graphic view of your PDL===
The files created by us as part of the OER creation and re-purposing are stored in folders in our computer. Normally we access these files in a hierarchical manner, by drilling down the folders, sub-folders and sub sub-folders till we reach our files. Freeplane has a feature by which we can import the entire folder/file structure into a concept map. This concept map will show the hierarchy of folders and files through the child nodes and sibling nodes. Each node will display a pink arrow to the left of the name of the folder or file. Clicking on this arrow will open the folder (or the file, using the relevant application). This way you can easily navigate your PDL using a single concept map.
You can refresh this concept map once in a while and import the entire folder structure on your computer, including all your folders and files! This will give you an easy overview of the folders and files on your computer.