1. The Great Beyond with Open
English Language Resources
Alannah Fitzgerald

2. The Great Beyond
• Prising open research corpora with OER for ELT
– FLAX collections with the BNC, BAWE, Wikimedia, Google N-grams
– SPINDLE podcast corpora (OER audio/video + transcripts)
• More language samples than the textbook and the dictionary
– More powerful = more examples of language in use across a range of
linked authentic language contexts
– More user-friendly than the standard concordancer interface
– More OER for learners and teachers
• Independent study resources
• Pathways for crowd-sourcing the development of OER collections
• New audiences – linking formal and informal learning
– TTV, BALEAP, IATEFL, OCWC, OERu

3. TOETOE Technology for Open English Toying with Open E-r
Alannah Fitzgerald's blog
http://www.alannahfitzgerald.org/394/

4. BNC/BAWE

5. The BAWE text sub collections
http://tinyurl.com/cpwyefb

6. Wikify key words & phrases
http://tinyurl.com/cpwyefb

7. Training Videos for FLAX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyDG29aQo8Y

8. Beyond audience boundaries
Russell Stannard - Teacher Training Videos
http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com

9. http://www.slideshare.net/tbirdcymru/itunes-u-corporate-channel-of-free-educational-resources

10. Creative commons podcast content
What can you do with this?
http://openspires.oucs.ox.ac.uk/resources/index.html#posters
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11. Linking open tools and open pods
http://http://openspires.oucs.ox.ac.uk/crunch/ 11

12. SPINDLE at OUCS
blogs.oucs.ox.ac.uk/openspires/2012/09/12/spindle-automatic-keyword-generation-step-by-step/comment-page-1/#comment-28452

13. OERu – open and distance education
http://wikieducator.org/OER_university/Planning/OERu_2012_Prototype

14. Widening audience participation
http://en.crtvu.edu.cn/

15. Global Local Computer Assisted
Language Learning
http://glocall.org/

16. Materials Development with OER
Arguably, competencies with resources cut across the whole of the TEAP framework.
http://www.baleap.org.uk/baleap/parties-projects/eap-teacher-competencies/ 16

17. Open Content, Practices, Communities
http://www.flickr.com/photos/edibleoffice/5391049006/

18. Thank you
Email: fitzgerald@education.concordia.ca;
Blog: Technology for Open English – Toying with Open E-resources
www.alannahfitzgerald.org
Twitter: @AlannahFitz
Slideshare:http://www.slideshare.net/AlannahOpenEd/