Open Education
Due Date: Due by Monday, December 7 @ 5:00 PM.
NOTE: This is an optional writing assignment. I will use
it to replace you lowest previous writing assignment grade.
Based on the readings on Open Education and our in-class
discussions of this topic, write a 500-1000 word essay that addresses
the following question:
Given the definition of open education, as described below, how
would this change the educational and learning environment at Trinity
College and why would this improve (or not improve) student learning?
For the purpose of this assignment, let's assume that by open education
at Trinity we mean the following:
- Open source software would be used extensively to support the
College's mission, from Moodle, to OpenOffice, to the College's web
site, to the administrative systems.
- Faculty would be encouraged to make the content of their courses--lecture
notes, quizzes, exams, slide presentations, textbooks---freely available
under creative commons licenses.
- Open Classrooms -- Students would be encouraged and allowed to
contribute to the course content by suggesting topics of study,
designing and critiquing assignments, correcting/editing lecture
notes, contributing solutions to homework problems, providing feedback
on text books, and so on.
Handin
Post your essay on this Moodle forum.