open educational resources: what? why? where? how? dr julian priddle academic development

Open Educational Resources: What? Why? Where? How?

Dr Julian PriddleAcademic Development

At the end of this session you will:

• Understand what an Open Educational Resource (OER) is;

• Know why you might use OERs to support learning and teaching;

• Know where you might find suitable OERs for your area of practice, and

• Understand how you might prepare and release your own resources as OERs.

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What is an OER?Anglia Learning and Teaching



What do you understand by Open Educational Resources?





In what way are they ‘open’?

What sort(s) of resources can be OERs?

How can they be used?





WikiEducator site definition of OERs: http://wikieducator.org/Educators_care/Defining_OER

http://wikieducator.org/Educators_care/Defining_OER

http://wikieducator.org/Educators_care/Defining_OER

“Open Education Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use or re-purposing by others. Open educational resources include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge.” (Atkins et al. 2007, p 4)




Atkins, D.E., Brown, J.S. & Hammond, A.L. (2007). A Review of the Open Educational Resources (OER) Movement:Achievements, Challenges, and New Opportunities.Report to The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.Access at: http://www.hewlett.org/uploads/files/ReviewoftheOERMovement.pdf

http://www.hewlett.org/uploads/files/ReviewoftheOERMovement.pdf









“...digitised materials offered freely and openly for educators, students and self-learners to use and reuse for teaching, learning and research. OER includes learning content, software tools to develop, use and distribute content, and implementation resources such as open licences. This report suggests that ‘open educational resources’ refers to accumulated digital assets that can be adjusted and which provide benefits without restricting the possibilities for others to enjoy them.” (OECD 2007, p 10)




Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). (2007). Giving Knowledge for Free: The Emergenceof Open Educational Resources. Paris: Centre for Educational Research and Innovation, OECD.Access at: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/35/7/38654317.pdf

http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/35/7/38654317.pdf





OERs are not simply educational resources that are accessible to all users. Although there continues to be debate about the nature of OERs, there are some common features that emerge from how OERs are disseminated and how they are used.

In particular, OERs should be:

• Licensed in a way that allows use, usually under specified conditions, without infringing copyright;

• Accessible to a wide range of users;

• Independent of specialist software, and

• Capable to being adapted for use in other contexts.




Why use OERs?Anglia Learning and Teaching



Why might you use Open Educational Resources?

In what ways might their ‘openness’ be useful?

Are OERs likely to be good resources?

Will they work in your context?





In what ways might their ‘openness’ be useful?

Access to high quality resources free from copyright issues

Unlike simply using a browser search to locate and download resources indiscriminately from the web, the use of OERs guarantees that you avoid IPR and copyright issues






Saving time and cost of resource development

High-quality resources demand a large investment of effort for their development. It is better to concentrate this effort where it is needed most, and to use OERs where these are suitable






Access to a wider range of resource types

By being able to access several different resources in the same subject area, students and teachers can use resources that meet their own requirements






Innovative ideas for resource design

Even if you do not use OERs directly, they provide a rich showcase of different approaches to learning and teaching that can inform your practice






Option to re-purpose

Most OERs are released in forms that allow them to be customised for different applications, either by changing them or adding context-specific material

Where can I find OERs?Anglia Learning and Teaching



Where can you find Open Educational Resources?

National repositories





Jorum http://www.jorum.ac.uk

MERLOT http://www.merlot.org

Open Courseware Consortium

http://www.ocwconsortium.org/

Xpert http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xpert/

http://www.jorum.ac.uk/

http://www.merlot.org/





http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xpert/

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xpert/






Subject-specific repositories





HumBox http://humbox.ac.uk/

DeSTRESS http://destress.pbworks.com/w/page/42308116/Welcome

CORE-Materials http://www.core.materials.ac.uk/

SimShare http://simshare.geekfactory.co.uk/index.php

http://humbox.ac.uk/

http://humbox.ac.uk/

http://destress.pbworks.com/w/page/42308116/Welcome



http://www.core.materials.ac.uk/

http://www.core.materials.ac.uk/

http://simshare.geekfactory.co.uk/index.php

http://simshare.geekfactory.co.uk/index.php







Open Courseware





MIT Open Courseware

http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

OU OpenLearn http://www.open.edu/openlearn/

African Virtual University

http://oer.avu.org/

U Now http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/



http://www.open.edu/openlearn/

http://www.open.edu/openlearn/

http://oer.avu.org/

http://oer.avu.org/

http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/

http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/







Open Courseware

Informal exchanges

How do I build and release OERs?Anglia Learning and Teaching



How can you build and release your own Open Educational Resources?





What are the design criteria?

What is the the copyright situation?

Where will they be released?





What are the design criteria?

Does your institution already have resource design criteria in place?

What are the usability and accessibility issues?

Will your resource be re-purposed?





What is the the copyright situation?

Does your institution have a copyright or IP policy that covers OERs?

Are all parts of your resources copyright-free?

How do you envisage your resources being used?





Where will they be released?

What resource repository will be the best home for your resources?

Do you have the supporting metadata for your resources?

Is there a strong user community offering feedback and re-used resources?

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open educational resources: what? why? where? how? dr julian priddle academic development

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