{"id":348,"date":"2014-09-03T21:25:45","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T21:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schoolofopen.p2pu.org\/?p=348"},"modified":"2014-09-03T21:25:45","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T21:25:45","slug":"the-2nd-oer-summer-camp-on-luxi-island-of-cc-china-mainland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/schoolofopen.p2pu.org\/the-2nd-oer-summer-camp-on-luxi-island-of-cc-china-mainland\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2nd OER Summer Camp on Luxi Island of CC China Mainland"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following post was created in collaboration with members of the CC China Mainland Affiliate team and the School of Open community. Below is a description of the 2nd CC China Mainland open educational resources (OER) summer camp (30th June to 8th July 2014) for the children of Luxi Island, a remote island off the coast of China.<\/em><\/p>\n

Why did we have the 2nd OER Summer Camp?<\/h3>\n

The summer of 2013 was special for the CC China Mainland team<\/a>, Wenzhou Medical University and Guokr.com<\/a>. These three parties co-hosted OER summer camp<\/a> which was successfully initiated on Luxi Island. For Wenzhou Medical University, the summer camp has already been a part of its routine volunteering activities for five consecutive years. But it\u2019s the first time for them to connect such a camp with the CC China Mainland Project. The latter, to their surprise, brought something fresh this time; a real world OER activity in rural China took shape.<\/p>\n

The first OER summer camp<\/a> received great feedback, not only from volunteers of Wenzhou Medical University that participated, but from the officials of Luxi Island, and more importantly, from the students of Luxi Public School. <\/p>\n

Can we create some OER courses?<\/h3>\n

The first successful but not flawless camp greatly encouraged us to hold the second one. We thought there was a lot of room for improvement, especially that more CC-licensed OER should be included. In addition to OER available online, we wondered if we could make some interesting online courses ourselves for the kids within our reach. And based on feedback, “How to make herbarium” was regarded as the most interesting course during the first camp. <\/p>\n

“We hope to make a difference,” said volunteers from Wenzhou Medical University. “why not make some courses based on our knowledge as medical students? We believe that would be more interesting and flexible.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What courses did we create?<\/h3>\n

All preparations went smoothly by volunteers, days before the launch of the camp. Wenzhou Medical University\u2019s student center, which provides opportunities for students to start small businesses within the campus, happened to have a photography studio. Undoubtedly, it was chosen to be our “OER course studio” for making videos of the courses. About 12 volunteers participated and 16 different courses were recorded, of which 14 were used, including:<\/p>\n

1. The introduction of traffic signs<\/strong> (video<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2. Comprehensive water treatment<\/strong>, namely sewage treatment, flood prevention, drainage, water supply and water saving. The course was concentrated on how to identify water quality (video<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"Comprehensive
<\/span>ZHU Renkai<\/span> \/ CC BY<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n

3. Interesting Japanese language<\/strong> (video<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"Interesting
<\/span>WANG Hongying<\/span> \/ CC BY<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n

4. Traditional Chinese handwork<\/strong>: stamp, tri-colored glazed pottery of the Tang Dynasty and blue and white porcelain. The courses teach students aged from 11-13, on how to create this handwork. <\/p>\n