CAS Digital Learning in Emergencies

General information

• CAS webpage

Scenario for Module 4

Overall objectives

Open Education in Emergencies Contexts: Comparative and International Perspective

1. Be aware of Open Education and Open Science recommendations and related concepts
2. Become familiar with Open Educational Resources
3. Develop Open Educational Practices
4. Scenarise an Open project for your context and implement part of it

Organisational information

• Module dates: 4 April - 15 May 2022 (Easter break from 14 to 24 April 2022)
• 2 ECTS = 60 learner working hours in total; 15 learner working hours per week
• Synchronous meetings: Monday and Thursday, 4-6 pm (Geneva time)
• Evaluation: Participants who complete all the activities with an acceptable commitment will receive Open badges

Section 1

SYNCHRONOUS PART

Monday 04.04.2022

• 4-5pm: Introducing Module 4 and Section 1
• 5-6pm: Conference by xx on the use of UNESCO’s OER framework in MENA region

Thursday 07.04.2022

• 4-6pm: Proactive regulation with regard to activities related to Section 1

ASYNCHRONOUS PART

ACTIVITY 1

Learning outcomes:

• Identify key ideas of leading recommendations towards Open by UNESCO
• Comment UNESCO’s Open Educational Resources (OER) recommendation

Detailed description:

• Read the blog post by Paul Stacey available from the resources and identify how the different Opens are entangled
• Download both recommendations on Open Science and on OER from the resources and read them carefully
• Identify why OER are present in both recommendations
• Choose one passage of either recommendation and annotate it, i.e. commenting on what is relevant and/or challenging for your own context
• Contribute to the collaborative annotation with your own comment of the chosen passage

Time necessary: 6 hours

Resources:

• Stacey, P. (2018). Starting Anew in the Landscape of Open. https://edtechfrontier.com/2018/02/08/starting-anew-in-the-landscape-of-open/
• UNESCO. (2019). Recommendation on Open Educational Resources. http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=49556&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
• UNESCO. (2021). Recommendation on Open Science. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000379949.locale=en
• Strategies for annotation: https://learningcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/annotating-texts/ ; https://microcredentials.digitalpromise.org/explore/annotation-strategies-for-deeper-learning

Expected result:

By Friday 8^th of April:

• Some draft work (e.g. screen capture, photo if you worked on paper) to demonstrate how you went about with the annotation task. Please deposit these traces on Moodle
• A draft of your individual comment of the part that you have chosen on a notepad saved on your computer
• A collaborative EduTechWiki page with all the comments

Evaluation:

This activity will be evaluated in a formative way and tutors will provide you with formative feedback on the process and the content.