Learning Bursts: Open Pedagogy, Metaliteracy, and More

This post is being developed in fulfillment of the 4R Learning Challenge in the OERu LiDA103 online course . For some reason, I've been fascinated with the history of the Romans in Britain. I've read novels and non-fiction about the topic, and visited what sites I could when my husband and I traveled in England. One of those sites is Hadrian's Wall, which stands out to me not only because of its impact, both visual and historical, but also because of my husband's lack of interest in touring it. Usually, he is great about accomodating our differing interests when traveling, and considering how many military museums, sites, and war cemeteries I've been too, that's appropriate. But I persevered. This post will blend sources with appropriate Creative Commons licenses with my reflections. Let's first get a sense of the effect of the wall: It is hard to imagine this knobbly spine of stones as the implacable barrier it once was. a structure two meters thick ...

Sarah has recently become fascinated by artist trading cards (ATCs), small 2 ½” by 3 ½” cards that can be used to express one’s creativity. This can range from painting to calligraphy to cartoon drawing to collage using paper or fabric. As the name implies, they can and are traded. The general feeling is it is bad form to sell them. Sarah doesn’t think of herself as having any drawing or painting abilities, but she loves the idea of coming up with creative collages. She looks around the house to see what materials she can use, and finds some paper napkins with clever designs of four owls with outlandish creations on their heads. Sarah carefully cuts them out, and creates a four ATC montages, each using part of an owl illustration and some other complementary items. She then posts photos of them on Instagram to share them with her friends. Sarah doesn’t even think about copyright, so we will have to do it for her. Sarah is in the United States, and subject to U.S. copyright...