OpenEd 2005

This workshop was presented at Utah State University in conjunction with the Open Education Conference.

Agenda

8:00 – 8:30 GETTING STARTED

• Introductions
• Perspectives on Reusability
• Reusable Design Guidelines

8:30 – 9:30 PAVING THE WAY FOR REUSE

• Metadata
• Rights
• Interoperability

9:30 – 9:40 BREAK

9:45 – 10:30 REUSABLE DESIGN

• Context & Pedagogy
• Structure & Presentation

10:30 – 10:40 BREAK

10:45 – 11:45 PUTTING THEORY INTO PRACTICE

• Rate a Resource
• Re-design a Resource

11:45 – 12:00 DISCUSSION & EVALUTION

Presentation Resources

• PowerPoint Presentation (PPT – Over 2 MB)
• Resource Review and Rating Form (PDF)
• Evaluation Form (PDF)
• Reusable Design Guidelines (PDF Version 3.1.1)
• Reusable Design Guidelines Checklist (PDF Version 3.1.1)

Examples used in the presentations

• Content Examples
  • Mr. Murphy’s Math Delights
    • Original
    • Improved
  • The Josephus Problem: Background
• OSSLETS
• Archimedes
• Math.com Fractions

(WARNING: Commercial site may contain advertisements and pop-ups.)

• Ph Factor
• Zen Garden
• Chemistry Coach (Mole Ratio)
• Collections (Educational Digitatl Libraries)
  • International Digital Library for Educational Resources
    • Orignal
    • Improved
• ENCDL
• MERLOT
• DLESE
• MathDL
• Tools Examples
  • Trivantis Lectora (commercial authoring tool)
  • InSite Studio (academic SCORM-based authoring tool, about to be commercial)
  • SCORM Resources from the Academic ADL Co-lab

Examples for Workshop Exercises

• Foundations of Technology (Utah Education Network)
• 21L.707 Arthurian Literature and Celtic Colonization, Spring 2005 (MIT OCW)
• Biofilms & Biodiversity. Independent Research Course (MERLOT record ) (Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland)