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Professional Program in Open Education – a reflection

I am today finishing the final course in the Professional Program in Open Education I have been taking, through Kwantlen Polytechnic University, for the past year. This course was to create a field project, and I decided to create an … Continue reading

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Open Ed Policy and Leadership Assignment 3

This week for the Open Ed Policy and Leadership course, the assignment is: “In your final blog post, you will contribute 750-1000 words that express your views on the policy and leadership challenges of launching a social justice approach in … Continue reading

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Open Ed Policy and Leadership Assignment 2

This week for the Open Ed Policy and Leadership course, I am asked to contribute 300-500 words that express my views on the role of collaboration to sustain open education. I am supposed to draw on examples from my experience and … Continue reading

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Open Ed Policy and Leadership Assignment 1

Here I am, April 2023, starting my second last course in the open education program and here is my first assignment blog post for the course, on Open Ed Policy and Leadership. This week I am asked to contribute 300-500 … Continue reading

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Assignment 3: Factors important to consider when adopting free and open source software. Or how I was unable to stop worrying and embrace the Google rabbit hole.

And now it’s time for my third and final assignment blog post for my course on open educational technologies. “For this final assignment, select at least three motivational factors and three barriers for your own practice or setting from the … Continue reading

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Assignment 2: Reflection on Art – Technologies and data in education

And now it’s time for my second assignment blog post for my course on open educational technologies. This week we are to take some time to study a provided graphic (not CC licensed so I can’t include it here), and … Continue reading

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A Pessimist’s Guide to Open Technologies

Here I am, January 2023, starting my third course in the open education program and here is my first assignment blog post for the course, on open educational technologies. This week we are supposed to be “building on your reflections … Continue reading

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Week 6 Assessment: Multimedia Presentation – on Open Access

And now, the final assessment of my second course!  This assignment is stretching me out of my comfort zone by making me create a video.  Not that I haven’t created videos before to present materials, but just that it is … Continue reading

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Week 4 Assessment: Open Pedagogy Project Plan

And now, on to Week 4 of my course, and this week “Now that you’ve explored a range of tools, strategies and approaches; you will consider what you might use to support the creation of an Open Pedagogy project of your … Continue reading

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Theory & Philosophy of Open Education, Week 6 Assessment: Applying a Critical Approach

So here we are, in the final week, and final assignment, of my Theory & Philosophy of Open Education course. For this assignment, “drawing on week five and six’s readings, you will produce a list of design principles or key … Continue reading

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