Transcript By Savitri Wilder

Open and Free
Teaching and Learning
By Savitri Wilder
Introduction
Name: Savitri Wilder
Job Title: Instructional Technologist II
207B Dockery
660-543-8687
[email protected]
Today’s Journey Will Cover
 Background
 Pros and cons
 Open Source
 Web 2.0
 Open Courseware
 Usage in the Classroom
 Closing
Open Source
In essence:
 OS source codes are freely assessable and
modifiable.
 Anybody can use it
 Full definition can be found at
opensource.org
Benefits of Open Source
 You can modify the software to your specific
needs – there’s a lot of control and eventually
satisfaction
 Can increase the quality of the software
 You are not in the mercy of the vendor (no
forced updates or license renewal purchase)
 Global collaboration with skilled developers
 Cost saving – the application is free!
Disadvantages of Open Source
 Although the software itself is free, with not
having the right person to administer and
support it, you might not see the cost benefit.
 Can lack software support and/or resources
(documentations, communities, etc.)
 Lack of time to really learn the software
 May lack the manpower to support the
software
What’s Out There?
 OpenOffice – equivalent to Microsoft Office
 GIMP - photo editing software
 NVU - web editing application
 Gallery2 - online photo gallery
 Firefox - web browser
 WordPress - blog application
 Portable Apps - neat software to run many OS apps
through a USB drive
 Edubuntu - Linux geared towards education
Web 2.0
Web 2.0
What is Web 2.0?
My definition: collaboration,
incorporating multiple Internet
technology, easy transfer from desktop
to the web and vice versa.
RSS Explained
O’Reilly’s Definition
Web 2.0 is the network as platform, spanning all
connected devices; Web 2.0 applications are those that
make the most of the intrinsic advantages of that
platform: delivering software as a continually-updated
service that gets better the more people use it,
consuming and remixing data from multiple sources,
including individual users, while providing their own data
and services in a form that allows remixing by others,
creating network effects through an "architecture of
participation," and going beyond the page metaphor of
Web 1.0 to deliver rich user experiences.
Web 2.0 Examples
Zoho and ThinkFree - office products
Del.icio.us and furl - social bookmarking
Meebo - chat application, can enhance
your website/blog
Zamzar - file conversion
YouTube - video sharing
Pbwiki - wiki
Open Courseware (OCW)
 University material that is available for all to see and
use.
 OpenCourseWare began with the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology OpenCourseWare, an initiative
to put all of the educational materials from MIT's
undergraduate- and graduate-level courses online,
free and openly available to anyone, anywhere, by the
year 2008.
OCW Links
 MIT OCW: http://ocw.mit.edu
OCW Consortium:
http://www.ocwconsortium.org
OCW Search: http://opencontent.org
Big Companies in the OS
Community
Adobe
SecondLife
Novell
In Contrast
 Propietary
 Software that has restrictions on use, distribution and
modification
 Freeware
 There is no fee to use but you cannot study, modify, or
redistribute
 Shareware
 Obtained free of charge for a certain amount of time then a
payment is requested after the trial period
 Public domain
 No laws restrict any use
Using Free Technology in the
Classrooms
 Blogs
 http://priestsic6.learnerblogs.org
 http://bobsprankle.com/writingblog/
 Podcast
 http://www.liberty.k12.mo.us/~elanghorst/
 http://www.thewildclassroom.com/
 Wiki
 http://timfredrick.pbwiki.com/
 http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/
Cont…
 Flickr
 http://flickr.com/photos/ha112/234233755/
 http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/265279980/
 Giffy Diagram
 http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/2006/05/23/gliffyweb-based-graphics/
 http://gliffy.com/examples1.shtml
 Slideshare
 http://www.slideshare.net
UCM’s Usage
 Website and Blog Integration
 http://faculty.cmsu.edu/burns/
 http://www.technicalprojects.org/nucleus/holly.php
 Zoho and blog
 http://www.zoho.com
 Podcast
 The iTunesU Project and you’ll see more throughout the week.
 Photo Gallery
 http://geocities.com/willey_chris/
 Wiki
 You’ll see examples in your wiki session!
Complete list of OS and Web2.0 Apps
Please visit:
 http://keiraharford.blogspot.com/
 Or through Blackboard Faculty Fellows
Course
Closing
Q&A
This presentation was prepare by
 Savitri Wilder
 Instructional Technologist
 University of Central Missouri
 [email protected]
Thank you!
References
Open Source:
http://www.opensource.org
Open Options:
http://www.netc.org/openoptions/backgro
und/index.html