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SPLOTs!<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

SPLOTpoint<\/strong><\/a>: (SPLOTs and Darkweb Plots<\/a> example)<\/h3>\n

The same tool that this presentation is built in. A replacement for PowerPoint? Not really. This is meant to leverage the affordances of the web.<\/p>\n

TRU Writer<\/a> (see a random writing sample<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

This SPLOT let\u2019s participants quickly publish fully formatted, media rich articles \u2014 without requiring any logins or the need to make an account.<\/p>\n

TRU Collector<\/a> (let’s try it out<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

Participants can upload an image,\u00a0 title it, provide an attribution (optional), caption, source, identify a license,\u00a0 select categories to organize them, and add tags.<\/p>\n

SPLOTbox<\/a> (let’s try it out<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

Participants can embed a video from Youtube, Vimeo, and the Internet Archive. They can provide a title, description, license, source, categorize, and tag the video.<\/p>\n

DS106 Assignment Bank<\/a> (check out the samples<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

Tired of the same old quizzes and exams? Try changing up your assessment practice by using an assignment bank, allowing your students to complete a variety of different assessments and even contribute their own.<\/p>\n

The Daily Blank<\/a> (check out the samples<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

Publish a new challenge for your participants to tackle each day over the course of your event.<\/p>\n

OWLTEH<\/a> (see multiple SPLOTs in action)<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Bigger tools – Creating Content for Courses<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

There really are just so many ways to engage in open education, using any number of tools. The majority of practices seem to include publishing content to the open web. One way to get started is by creating content for your course, either just a module or a course hub. Perhaps the best way to gather some ideas is to check out some examples. Examples for course content creation in this section are selected with an Independent Community model in mind. This is a more traditional approach to course design and provides carefully structured and sequenced materials. In no particular order:<\/p>\n

Professional Communications Open Textbook<\/strong><\/a> – Olds College Alberta<\/p>\n

This textbook and its ancillaries was written and is available through Google Docs. The materials themselves are organized using a WordPress site, where you can filter content by topic, types of resource, etc. A tool that better integrates Google Docs publishing and WordPress is now available<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Graphic Design History<\/strong><\/a> – H\/T Tom Woodward<\/a>, Virginia Commonwealth University<\/p>\n

This website delivers a sequence of videos for the course. A quick an simple design. Notice that the organization of information is clear, and navigation is straight forward.<\/p>\n

Brand Centre Demo<\/strong><\/a> – H\/T Tom Woodward<\/a>, Virginia Commonwealth University<\/p>\n

Another example of a course site design organized by week. Each week includes content (text, video, etc) and each lesson includes a list of its components at the bottom of the page.<\/p>\n

Introduction to Solid Mechanics & Finite Element Analysis<\/strong><\/a> – Samer Adeeb,<\/a> University of Alberta<\/p>\n

This Creative Commons licensed textbook is delivered via WordPress, but includes a number of interactive elements powered by Mathematica<\/em>. These interactions make the textbook less static, like a paper textbook, and utilize some of the affordances of the web to allow students to try a variety of tasks for more active learning.<\/p>\n

PR Pubs<\/a><\/strong> – Adam Croom<\/a>, University of Oklahoma<\/p>\n

This course hub is the central spot for students to view all of their learning materials. It also includes syndicated student blogs an links out to other tools used in the course. Adam built this site which is publicly accessible, but also embedded the site into their institution’s learning management system. This gave him the opportunity to use the few tools in the LMS he needed, but to have the look and feel of the course he wanted.<\/p>\n

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Is it an LMS?! Is it a domain?! One may never know… pic.twitter.com\/6dZFEjACH9<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Adam Croom (@acroom) January 8, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n