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Designing Open Educational Resources: Principles and Practice

!Snapshots: USQ in the

Open Education Resources Arena 22 October 2014

Professor Mike Keppell Executive Director

Australian Digital Futures Institute Director, Digital Futures - CRN

Open Educational Resources means they must be free and provide the permissions to reuse, revise, remix and redistribute !(http://wikieducator.org/Educators_care/Defining_OER)

The Maths and Science Digital Classroom project is about inspiring year 9 and 10 students to engage with maths and science

Learning Design PrinciplesnMake explicit links to

the Maths and Science Australian Curriculum

nConsider the relationship of the content to years 7 & 8 and years 11 & 12.

nFocus on authentic learning

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Learning Design PrinciplesnDesign interactive sessions that engage learners through:

nInteractive learning nNetworked learning nUser-generated content nConnecting online nLearning-oriented assessment.

nEncourage peer learning between schools

nDevelop digital literacy skills

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Teaching PrinciplesnMake all interactive sessions

learning centred. nCreate a partnership with

your learners. nConnect with parents, other

teachers and learners as learning is a community activity.

nMotivate and inspire learners to engage with Maths and Science.

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Adventures with Astronomy…

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ModulesnA universe of galaxies

nThe sun and other stars

nThe solar system planets

nThe space from earth

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