Quests

The game is structured around a number of quests. First, you must complete several Training Quests that will provide you with core background skills and knowledge you need to engage in later quests effectively. After completing the Training Quests, you will select a Character Class to play for the remainder of the game, and you can then proceed to complete the quests specific to your Character Class. All written work for the Quests should be posted to your blog by 11:59pm Saturday night of the week the Quest is due.

Training Quests

Quest 1

Carefully review at least 50 pages of historical information on the open education movement. Write a brief summary post on the history of the movement.

Quest 2
Carefully review at least 20 pages describing motivations for the open education movement. Write a substantive post with references on the motivations of the movement.

Quest 3
Carefully review five (5) random courses from MIT OCW (http://ocw.mit.edu/) and five (5) random courses from CMU OLI (http://www.cmu.edu/oli/). Write a post on the different ideals of quality expressed in the differing course designs; describe how you feel the different designs reflect on the different universities.

Quest 4
Carefully review the Creative Commons licenses (http://creativecommons.org/). Write a post describing the different licenses.

Quest 5
Carefully review at least 50 pages of information on issues relating to the sustainability of the open education movement. Write a post describing the nature and level of success of sustainability work in the field.