Today we attempted to have an online conference with Verena Roberts, unfortunately she was not able to make it although we were still able to experience an online lesson as our class was split into two different rooms. Although Ms. Roberts wasn’t able to make the call I did look into some of her research and have included a some of the important points from one of her articles here.
Open Educational Practices in K-12 Online and Blended Learning Environments
As our students become more involved with technology, so do our classrooms. It is important that teachers stay ahead of the game with respect to creating classroom environments where all learners have the opportunity to learn and thrive.
Verena Roberts, Constance Blomgren, Kristina Ishmael, & Lee Graham wrote an article for the second edition of the Handbook of Research on K-12 Online and Blending Learning that discusses the open educational practices in K-12 classroom with respect to online and blended learning environments. At the core of Open Education Practices (OEP) is the belief that learning is along a continuum and should be accessible to all learners. Teaching should involve real-world problems and experiences so students can create connections with the material.
“According to Wiley (2014), to be considered an open resource, an Open Educational Resource should include the
following five Rs of Openness: [block quote]
• Reuse: the right to use the content in a wide range of ways (e.g., in a class, in a study group, on a website, in a
video);
• Revise: the right to adapt, adjust, modify, or alter the content itself (e.g., translate the content into another
language);
• Remix: the right to combine the original or revised content with other open content to create something new
(e.g., incorporate the content into a mashup);
• Redistribute: the right to share copies of the original content, your revisions, or your remixes with others (e.g.,
give a copy of the content to a friend);
• Retain: the right to make, own, and control copies of the content (para. 12). [block quote]” (p. 532)
Roberts, V., Blomgren, C., Ishmael, K., & Graham, L. (2018). Handbook of Research on K-12 and Blended Learning (Second Edition). In Open Educational Practices in K-12 Online and Blended Learning Environments (2nd ed., pp. 527–544). Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324571471_Handbook_of_research_on_K-12_online_and_blended_learning_2nd_ed
Featured Image retrieved from article cited above on page 531
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