Video presentation from the course lectures are hosted online at http://openeducation.blip.tv/, and you can watch them there or further below on this page. You can also subscribe to the course lecture videos in iTunes.
Lecture 1 – Overview and History of Open Education
This lecture traces the history of the emerging field of open education through the free software, open source, and open content movements.
Lecture 2 – Motivations in Open Education
Different individuals and organizations have different motives for participating in the open education movement. These different motivations influence the decisions and directions projects take. This lecture explores the motivations of a few specific projects / organizations and considers the importance of explicitly understanding our own motivations for engaging in open education.
Lecture 3 – Media Considerations in Open Education
Technological and design considerations can prevent educational resources from being practically open regardless of what license the materials used. “2R open” materials are those that can be freely reused and redistributed. “4R open” materials are those that can be freely reused, redistributed, revised, and remixed.
Lecture 4 – Licensing Issues in Open Education
Licensing issues raise unexpected moral questions and unforseen incompatibility issues, making the remixing of open educational resources difficult or impossible.
Lecture 5 – Sustainability in Open Education
Almost every open education project “gets it wrong” from a sustainability standpoint. They begin by “targeting” the world as their user group and raising one-time money to support their efforts. When this money dries up, they are unable to roll the program over to core institutional funding as the program doesn’t address any of the institution’s core audiences.
Lecture 6 – Participating in the Course
A brief discussion of selecting a Character Class, Guild creation and selection, and how to create your own Quests.
