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* Maddock, M., Peacock, A., Hart, S. & Drummond, M.-J. (2012). '''Creating Learning Without Limits.''' Maidenhead: Open University Press. | * Maddock, M., Peacock, A., Hart, S. & Drummond, M.-J. (2012). '''Creating Learning Without Limits.''' Maidenhead: Open University Press. | ||
* '''index for inclusion''', http://www.csie.org.uk/ | * '''index for inclusion''', http://www.csie.org.uk/ | ||
* Links to the literature review: http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/centres/cce/initiatives/projects/ict/index.html | |||
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Revision as of 17:12, 11 December 2012
The OER4Schools Professional Learning Resource
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Introduction
This is the professional learning resource of the OER4Schools project at the Centre for Commonwealth Education. For more information about this project, visit the OER4Schools project page. To learn more about the aims and content of the resource, see Overview.
IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO USE THIS RESOURCE - DO CONTACT US TO SEE HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU! Bjoern (talk) 14:46, 11 December 2012 (GMT)
The resource was collaboratively authored, primarily by Sara Hennessy, Bjoern Hassler, Nitu Duggal, Wei Shin Leong, and Janet Blair of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Education, and Abel Makonga and Agness Tembo of Chalimbana Basic School (Chalimbana, Zambia). Other contributors to specific pages are acknowledged there. A number of aspects of the OER4Schools programme at Chalimbana Basic School have been supported by http://www.aptivate.org.
Units in the professional learning resource
- Unit 1: Introduction to interactive teaching and the use of ICT
- Unit 2: Whole class dialogue & effective questioning
- Unit 3: Group work
- Unit 4: Assessment for learning and lesson pacing
- Unit 5: Enquiry-based learning and project work
- Unit 6: Into the future
See the detailed outline for more information.
The contents of these units will be added throughout 2012. The content is developed collaboratively between our facilitators Abel Makonga and Agness Tembo at Chalimbana Basic School and our team at the Centre for Commonwealth Education. We currently only have English language versions. However, you can use Google Translate to view French, Portuguese, Swahili and other language versions.
Lesson and activity templates
Classroom activities
More assets (both classroom activities and suggestions for workshop activities, as well as other supporting materials) are available here.
Further resources
- Leadership for Learning
- OER4Schools/ChaUni Effective use of ICT
- You may also be interested in exploring the resources of the ORBIT project, hosted on this wiki.
- Interactive pedagogy in literacy teaching
There are a number of key texts, often given in references in the OER4Schools units. These include:
- Alexander, R. (ed) (2010), Children, Their World, Their Education: Final Report and Recommendations of the Cambridge Primary Review. London: Routledge.
- Maddock, M., Peacock, A., Hart, S. & Drummond, M.-J. (2012). Creating Learning Without Limits. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
- index for inclusion, http://www.csie.org.uk/
- Links to the literature review: http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/centres/cce/initiatives/projects/ict/index.html
Taster sessions
- Taster activities for UNISA
- Resource for taster workshop at KCE
- Resource for taster workshop at NISTCOL
- Resource for taster workshop at UNZA
Videos
Much of our resource draws on video specifically produced for this programme. You can view a number of videos here:
- Video clips from a lesson on rectangles
- Video clips from a lesson on classifying vertebrates
- Video clips from a lesson on the power of two / Exponentials
- Video clips on 3D shapes
Many of the videos used in our resource are also available from our YouTube site, http://www.youtube.com/user/OER4Schools.
VIDEO
Introduction to Chalimbana Basic School
Introduction to Chalimbana Basic School
Video/Introduction to Chalimbana Basic School.m4v, https://oer.opendeved.net/wiki/Video/Introduction_to_Chalimbana_Basic_School.m4v,This video is available on your memory stick in the video/Talks folder. Duration: 1:57 (Series: Talks, episode 03)
Conference presentations
Alternative page versions
All-in-one pdf
- You can get a full pdf of all units so far here: ORBIT:Books/OER4Schools Note that some of the formatting isn't perfect just yet!!
ICT
The following ICT-tools are used throughout this programme (with example activities given in brackets):
- Geogebra(tool) (see e.g. introduction to Geogebra)
- Spreadsheet(tool)
- Word processors(tool)
- Mind-mapping(tool)
- Images(tool) (see e.g. Using images, introduction to slideshows with OpenOffice)
- Typing tutor (see e.g. typing practice with students)
