5 thoughts on “[Topic 2] Co-creation in Open education”
Interesting to think about the connection between teachers and students as producers of teaching materials… and I have a similar experience about the willingness of students to share. In different courses, I sometimes have an approach where the students individually or in groups work with different case studies based on certain given conditions and instructions. A job that may take 2 weeks. In the end of the assignment, I create smaller groups of 3-4 students, where they can read each other’s submitted reports in preparation for an oral seminar where, based on new issues, they continue to process the material together, but now across several case studies. I have never experienced that any student has not wanted to share their work in this way and the quality of the reports is usually quite high. It is certain that you sharpen up a little and perform better when you know that more than the teacher should read what you have done. Very rarely does the plagiarism control react to these works, and since the instructions contain a section on copyright, there will not be many problems with such either. That students share is positive for the quality!
Co-creation of resources by students is a strong motivator since they know that what they produce will be seen by more than just the teacher. Suddenly they have a potential audience and generally this has a positive effect.
You can learn more about getting students to produce resources on a site run by a colleague of mine, see https://studentgeneratedcontent.weebly.com.
Hi Mihi,
So nice to get to share your thoughts. We come from such different cultures so it is really interesting to share experiences and thoughts with you.
I too believe that it takes courage to share and I do believe that sharing can be stressful for our students. But I also believe that it is important to practice sharing as the society and our jobs depend on sharing, both ideas and knowledge.
I also want to say that I am happy to read that you are happy with our constructive feed-back in our PBL-group. It is so important, I think, to give good feed-back so that a person can grow.
So thanks for sharing!
/Inger
Interesting perspective, Mihi. Like you, I was also sceptical about “Open Education’ before the ONL Programme. Nevertheless, after 2 weeks of discussions in my PBL Group and learning from the topic, I am more ready to explore open education. From the reading and reflection, my thought of the key factors underlying an effective and successful open education are Openness, Accessibility and Collaborative Learning. I also share your thought about learners can be co-creator of open educational resources if we create a conducive learning environment and by leveraging the benefits of collaborative learning. Cheers!
Thank you for sharing a very nice example of how this topic on open education has prompted you to consider the possibility of getting your students to create or co-create open resources. In my experience, when students are given the opportunity to share their work with a wider audience, the the quality of the work is generally high as they are very aware of the fact that this will be read by others other than just the teacher. One example from our campus of such sharing can be seen at: https://equalitydemocracy.commons.yale-nus.edu.sg/
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Interesting to think about the connection between teachers and students as producers of teaching materials… and I have a similar experience about the willingness of students to share. In different courses, I sometimes have an approach where the students individually or in groups work with different case studies based on certain given conditions and instructions. A job that may take 2 weeks. In the end of the assignment, I create smaller groups of 3-4 students, where they can read each other’s submitted reports in preparation for an oral seminar where, based on new issues, they continue to process the material together, but now across several case studies. I have never experienced that any student has not wanted to share their work in this way and the quality of the reports is usually quite high. It is certain that you sharpen up a little and perform better when you know that more than the teacher should read what you have done. Very rarely does the plagiarism control react to these works, and since the instructions contain a section on copyright, there will not be many problems with such either. That students share is positive for the quality!
Co-creation of resources by students is a strong motivator since they know that what they produce will be seen by more than just the teacher. Suddenly they have a potential audience and generally this has a positive effect.
You can learn more about getting students to produce resources on a site run by a colleague of mine, see https://studentgeneratedcontent.weebly.com.
Hi Mihi,
So nice to get to share your thoughts. We come from such different cultures so it is really interesting to share experiences and thoughts with you.
I too believe that it takes courage to share and I do believe that sharing can be stressful for our students. But I also believe that it is important to practice sharing as the society and our jobs depend on sharing, both ideas and knowledge.
I also want to say that I am happy to read that you are happy with our constructive feed-back in our PBL-group. It is so important, I think, to give good feed-back so that a person can grow.
So thanks for sharing!
/Inger
Interesting perspective, Mihi. Like you, I was also sceptical about “Open Education’ before the ONL Programme. Nevertheless, after 2 weeks of discussions in my PBL Group and learning from the topic, I am more ready to explore open education. From the reading and reflection, my thought of the key factors underlying an effective and successful open education are Openness, Accessibility and Collaborative Learning. I also share your thought about learners can be co-creator of open educational resources if we create a conducive learning environment and by leveraging the benefits of collaborative learning. Cheers!
Thank you for sharing a very nice example of how this topic on open education has prompted you to consider the possibility of getting your students to create or co-create open resources. In my experience, when students are given the opportunity to share their work with a wider audience, the the quality of the work is generally high as they are very aware of the fact that this will be read by others other than just the teacher. One example from our campus of such sharing can be seen at: https://equalitydemocracy.commons.yale-nus.edu.sg/