{"id":141,"date":"2018-04-18T07:42:18","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T14:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0054\/?p=141"},"modified":"2018-06-14T08:06:09","modified_gmt":"2018-06-14T15:06:09","slug":"open-education-and-the-remix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0054\/open-education-and-the-remix\/","title":{"rendered":"Open education and the remix"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This morning I watched a presentation by Paul Stacey<\/a>,\u00a0 the executive Director Open Education Consortium.\u00a0 In his presentation, he talked about the five R’s (retain, reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute).\u00a0 His talk got me thinking about a video I saw a couple years ago regarding the concept of the remix.\u00a0 \u00a0You can watch the video here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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The video talks a lot about the entertainment industry and technology.\u00a0 The basic thesis is that there is nothing new under the sun.\u00a0 I wonder how this may apply to educational materials as well?\u00a0 Haven’t we all taken little bits and pieces from what we have learned along the way and “remixed” them into our own version; created our own lessons and methods?<\/p>\n

Kirby Ferguson (the creator of the video) says that there are three elements to creativity:<\/p>\n

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  1. Copy<\/strong>– At this point, we emulate something we admire.\u00a0 Much like a child learning to draw, we copy.\u00a0 This could look like using someone else’s\u00a0lesson plan in the educational field.<\/li>\n
  2. Transform<\/strong>– This is where we iterate on something that we have copied.\u00a0 We start adding our\u00a0own personality to the mix.\u00a0 We start to make our own variations<\/li>\n
  3. Combine<\/strong>–\u00a0 In my opinion, this is where the really interesting\u00a0work can begin.\u00a0 We can take different ideas and iterations and combine them to\u00a0create something completely different.\u00a0 I believe this is where open education can make its largest impact.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    By using an open model for education we allow ourselves more room for creativity and innovation to occur.\u00a0 It allows us to marry our creative ideas with others to create something greater than the sum of its parts.\u00a0 It is in this space that I find myself getting excited about the future of education.<\/p>\n

    As I continue to watch presenters in the Royal Roads MALAT virtual symposium I am becoming very interested in the whole idea of open education.\u00a0 I believe that we are in the pioneering stage of something very exciting and I am very excited to be part of it.<\/span><\/p>\n

    I would love to hear your thoughts on the idea of the “remix”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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