OERNZ/Planning/First planning meeting/Types of OER to be developed under the Reusable and portable content project

Draft concept for the motion
''This draft motion has been formulated based on the discussion contributions below -- Technically the chair may not table any motions. Any member of the OERNZ planning team who is of the opinion that the draft motion represents a general consensus, should formally table the motion under the relevant heading below.'' --Wayne Mackintosh 01:55, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

OERNZ will focus on developing a wide range of reusable and portable content alternatives in support of the New Zealand curriculum. The project promotes the use of open and editable file formats to facilitate maximum opportunities for remix and reuse, prioritising the development of exemplars during the foundation phases of the project. OERNZ will include:


 * Lesson plans, see for example OERNZ lesson plan templates under development. We envisage two sub-categories:
 * Lesson plans without OER support materials for students
 * Integrated lesson plans which include handouts and support resources for students, for instance consider these draft examples developed by student teachers: Outrageous Ooze, Plant Dissection, How to Prevent Eggcidents. See also the list of lessons listed on the Biology for Elementary node for ideas.
 * Online self-study teaching materials, for example:
 * Self-study tutorials like WikiEducator's help tutorials
 * Multimedia lesson simulations, for instance the Equation Grapher or Hooke's Law
 * Resources for professional development workshops, for example workshops designed and presented by ICT Professional Development Clusters. For example:
 * the Heywire8 Think Tank materials which can be reused for similar events in different locations
 * preparing a conference workshop as an OER resource, see: Internationalising online programs
 * Policy and administration documents which can be shared openly for reuse and adaptation by individual schools.
 * Open content projects designed to facilitate collaboration between students at different schools, for example Exploration ICEBLOCK which enables students to interact with a teacher visiting Antarctica on a Primary Science Teacher Fellowship.
 * Handouts for students which are OER materials designed for use in print format using the wiki-to-pdf feature. These could be homework sheets, group projects, or supporting materials used with integrated lesson plans above.

Discussion to prepare concept motion
Background: There is a wide range of materials that could potentially be considered for New Zealand's reusable and portable content project. The purpose of this draft motion is to consider the types of OER we plan to develop. This will serve as the basis for determining the scope for honorarium payments intended to seed the development of OER exemplars.

We envisage that OERNZ will focus on developing the following types of reusable and portable content in support of the New Zealand curriculum


 * Lesson plans, see for example OERNZ lesson plan templates under development. We envisage two sub-categories:
 * Lesson plans without OER support materials for students
 * Integrated lesson plans which include handouts and support resources for students, for instance consider these draft examples developed by student teachers: Outrageous Ooze, Plant Dissection, How to Prevent Eggcidents. See also the list of lessons listed on the Biology for Elementary node for ideas.
 * Online self-study teaching materials, for example:
 * Self-study tutorials like WikiEducator's help tutorials
 * Multimedia lesson simulations, for instance the Equation Grapher or Hooke's Law
 * Resources for professional development workshops, for example workshops designed and presented by ICT Professional Development Clusters. For example:
 * the Heywire8 Think Tank materials which can be reused for similar events in different locations
 * preparing a conference workshop as an OER resource, see: Internationalising online programs
 * Policy and administration documents which can be shared openly for reuse and adaptation by individual schools.
 * Open content projects designed to facilitate collaboration between students at different schools, for example Exploration ICEBLOCK which enables students to interact with a teacher visiting Antarctica on a Primary Science Teacher Fellowship.
 * Handouts for students which are OER materials designed for use in print format using the wiki-to-pdf feature. These could be homework sheets, group projects, or supporting materials used with integrated lesson plans above.

Please add your thoughts, suggestions and ideas below --Wayne Mackintosh 22:36, 8 November 2009 (UTC)


 * Clearly templates are an excellent idea and some kind of tagging system will be in place to allow searching for materials. Teachers commonly also want to tailor materials for their own classes/situations and this will require an agreed editable format (or formats) I think.  I certainly like the idea of workshops for teachers being an open and shared resource such that any "leader" or enthusiast in a school can pick them up and use them to deliver training. Richardnz 04:02, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks Richard, appreciate the feedback. Yes we are planning to implement an OER Metadata template / solution that will facilitate searching for materials mapped to the curriculum. Templates are useful, and what I like about the wiki approach is the ability to easily customise a lesson template for the unique requirements of individual schools :-). As we gain experience with OERNZ -- I hope that we will find innovative ways that will enable teachers to tweak and remix content for different purposes. I think this is both a question of design (i.e. structuring content that it is sufficiently modular to facilitate easy remix) and a question of export formats. Great feedback - -thanks! --Wayne Mackintosh 04:11, 9 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I think this covers the whole range of resources / material that people will want / need. It would be good to get a reasonable amount of material under each category up and running fairly early on, so that people have examples to look at. This will help to motivate others to join in, if they can see what they can do and / or how they can use WIkieducator. Jacqui Land
 * Hi Jacqui -- you're right getting good runs and examples on the board early in the process will help motivate others to join. I'm also thinking about how best to create a welcoming environment, a friendly neighbourhood which says you don't have to be an expert OER / or online resource creator. What you need is a passion for education, an open mind an willingness to learn -- out community will support you. For me -- this is what's special about the wiki approach, everyone can participate and have a chance to improve their skills while contributing to the social good of education :-) - How do we get this right for NZ? --Wayne Mackintosh 05:48, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Tabled motion
OERNZ will focus on developing a wide range of reusable and portable content alternatives in support of the New Zealand curriculum. The project promotes the use of open and editable file formats to facilitate maximum opportunities for remix and reuse, prioritising the development of exemplars during the foundation phases of the project. OERNZ will include:

--Mosborne01 07:58, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Lesson plans, see for example OERNZ lesson plan templates under development. We envisage two sub-categories:
 * Lesson plans without OER support materials for students
 * Integrated lesson plans which include handouts and support resources for students, for instance consider these draft examples developed by student teachers: Outrageous Ooze, Plant Dissection, How to Prevent Eggcidents. See also the list of lessons listed on the Biology for Elementary node for ideas.
 * Online self-study teaching materials, for example:
 * Self-study tutorials like WikiEducator's help tutorials
 * Multimedia lesson simulations, for instance the Equation Grapher or Hooke's Law
 * Resources for professional development workshops, for example workshops designed and presented by ICT Professional Development Clusters. For example:
 * the Heywire8 Think Tank materials which can be reused for similar events in different locations
 * preparing a conference workshop as an OER resource, see: Internationalising online programs
 * Policy and administration documents which can be shared openly for reuse and adaptation by individual schools.
 * Open content projects designed to facilitate collaboration between students at different schools, for example Exploration ICEBLOCK which enables students to interact with a teacher visiting Antarctica on a Primary Science Teacher Fellowship.
 * Handouts for students which are OER materials designed for use in print format using the wiki-to-pdf feature. These could be homework sheets, group projects, or supporting materials used with integrated lesson plans above.

Second

 * Paul Seiler 19:36, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

Discussion

 * Any further discussion points on a tabled motion are added here

Approval

 * IanM 21:55, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Jim Tittsler 22:03, 25 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Rob McCrae 07:29, 26 November 2009 (UTC)
 * --Jland 04:34, 29 November 2009 (UTC)