A Framework for Implementing OER-Based Lesson Design Activities for Pre-Service Teachers" by Dongho Kim (2018)
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"A Framework for Implementing OER-Based Lesson Design Activities for Pre-Service Teachers" by Dongho Kim (2018)
The article, "A Framework for Implementing OER-Based Lesson Design Activities for Pre-Service Teachers" by Dongho Kim (2018) offers a framework on using OER in teacher preparation, particularly as a cognitive extension of teaching practice. The article proposes using the following principles to teach OER to pre-service teachers :
- Principle 1: Have Pre-Service Teachers Explore/Curate OER that Approach the Same Topic in Different Ways (Kim, 2018)
- Pre-service teachers observe examples of lesson planning or other instructional tasks in OER, which builds on rules they can learn from.
- Suggested OER skills and activities:
- Choosing a topic
- Exploring/reviewing OER on that topic (akin to observation)
- Principle 2: "Facilitate In-Depth Cognitive Processing" (Kim, 2018)
- Next they strengthen their understanding by adapting (remixing or revising) OER. As they adapt and design lessons in OER, their executive control of the task strengthens. The skill can then be applied to their own teaching contexts.
- Suggested OER skills and activities:
- Planning a lesson and/or instructional activities
- Remixing or revising existing content to candidates' to candidates contexts
- Principle 3: "Allow Pre-Service Teachers to Have Increasing Autonomy Over Their Lesson Designs" (Kim, 2018)
- Gradually move from providing candidates with examples of OER Content, then move to remixing existing content, and then gradually move into authoring OER. This helps learners internalize the principles to be able to reproduce them in future authentic contexts.
- Suggested OER skills and activities:
- Designing instructional resources
- Authoring OER
- Principle 4: "Encourage Peer Interactions in Order to Improve Lesson Design Outcomes" (Kim, 2018)
- Peer models serve as good examples for candidates. Being able to evaluate examples also provides good practice and builds confidence. Reflection and revision help strengthen candidates' OER design as well as coginitve skills around lesson planning.
- Suggested OER skills and activities:
- Evaluate peers' OER
- Revision of own OER
The authors state that the tasks of curating, evaluating, and remixing OER are important in cognitive resource building and that the skills developed during the interaction with the resource last beyond the task itself. Kim (2018) wrote:
In summary, the lesson design acitvity with OER focuses on supporting pre-service teachers' transitions from observation to internalization. Pre-service teachers have the opporutnity to integrate OER into their existing schema, while engaging wiht the design of a lesson. (Kim, 2018)
Kim (2008) wrote, "This study tailored the model to an OER-based lesson design activity and the following six steps are suggested: choosing a topic, observing teaching strategies, planning class activities, developing materials, evaluation, and revision." The steps of this model can be seen in Table 2 below:
Reference
Kim, D. 2018. A framework for implementing OER-based lesson design activities for pre-service teachers." International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 19(4), pp 149-170. http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/3394/4771#annotations:-2KVCgykEeulTbutJDqGIw