Introductory session to the workshop Creating and sharing Open Educational Resources for language teaching and learning delivered at Eurocall 2011, 31 August - 3 September, University of Nottingham

1. Creating and sharing Open
Educational Resources for
language teaching and learning.
Tita Beaven, Anna Comas-Quinn,
Bea De Los Arcos, Hélène Pulker
Department of Languages, The Open University
Eurocall Conference 2011
31st August – 3rd September, Nottingham, UK

2. Day outline
9:30 What are OER & main considerations
(break 11:00 – 11:30)
11:30 Finding OER for language teaching
(lunch 13:00 – 13:45)
13:45 Using a repository to share resources
(break 15:15 – 15:30)
15:30 Benefits and challenges of sharing

3. http://www.briansolis.com/2008/08/introducing-conversation-prism/

4. What are OER?
• Open Educational Resources
• Digital Resources (big and little OER)
• Openly available for reuse and repurposing
• Creator indicates that they are for public use
and reuse through a Creative Commons
license or similar
For more info on Creative Common licenses, see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DKm96Ftfko (a
useful 3 m introduction) & http://creativecommons.org/

5. But you need to think about…
• Usefulness and discoverability of your
material
• Copyright (images in particular)
• Attribution and ownership
• Licenses
• Quality assurance & peer review
http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/resources/resource.asp
x?hid=c1eaf7af-c8b8-afa9-6d47-0a7f60e7e8e3#,
from University of Nottingham is a great introduction

6. • To get over the copyright problem
• Enable the 4Rs:
Reuse – make exact copies
Revise – make adaptations
Redistribute – share copies
Remix – combinations / mashups
(see http://creativecommons.org)

7. (see full information at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/)
More about IPR and licensing at http://www.web2rights.com/SCAIPRModule/rlo2.html

8. Sorting game from Chris Pegler, National Teaching Fellow, The Open University
http://www.slideshare.net/orioleproject/chris-pegler-reusable-card-game

9. Is content the teaching or
just a part of it?

10. Sharing pedagogical patterns
Tutorial: Usingsystem orengine
On a a search process
OE Patterns library
Learning Outcome: A clear understanding of the
role of the critical factors in the system
Summary: through preparing their own account
Tutorial: Using a search engine of using a search engine, to demonstrate
the system/process, to demonstrate the
Learning Outcome: A clear understanding of the role of the the critical factors, using
the role of critical factors, using the the
role of the critical factors in the system resources provided; presenting to their
Library guidelines; presenting it it to their
Summary: through preparing their own account group; defending it against questions and
of using a search engine, to demonstrate comments; and revising their account in the
the role of the critical factors, using the light of the tutor’s summary of the
Library guidelines; presenting it to their discussion
group; defending it against questions and
comments; and revising their account in the awater cycleprocess
Tutorial: On system or
The
light of the tutor’s summary of the
Learning Outcome: A clear understanding of the
discussion
role of the critical factors in the system
Summary: through preparing their own account
animation of the water cycle, to
of the system/process, to demonstrate the
demonstrate the factors, using the
role of the criticalrole of the critical factors,
using the provided; presenting it to their
resourcesOER cycle; presenting it to their
cycle;
group; defending it against questions and
comments; and revising their animation in
OER the light of the tutor’s summary of the
repository discussion
By Diana Laurillard, at http://www.slideshare.net/alanwylie/the-critical-role-of-teachers-in-optimizing-technologies-for-open-learning

11. Sharing pedagogical patterns
Tutorial: On a system or process
Learning Outcome: A clear understanding of the
role of the critical factors in the system
Tutorial: The water cycle
Using a search engine Summary: through preparing their own account
Learning Outcome: A clear understanding of the of the system/process, to demonstrate the
role of the critical factors in the system role of the critical factors, using the
resources provided; presenting it to their
Summary: through preparing their own account
group; defending it against questions and
of using a of the engine, to demonstrate
animationsearch water cycle, to
comments; and collaborating to produce a
the role of the critical factors, using the
demonstrate the role of the critical factors,
better animation to post on their website
Library guidelines; presenting it to their
using the OER cycle; presenting it to their
group; defending it against questions and
comments; and collaborating to produce a
collaborating to produce a
better animation to post on their website
account to post on their website Tutorial: On awater cycleprocess
The system or
Learning Outcome: A clear understanding of the
role of the critical factors in the system
Summary: through preparing their own account
animation of the water cycle, to
of the system/process, to demonstrate the
demonstrate the factors, using the
role of the criticalrole of the critical factors,
using the provided; presenting it to their
resourcesOER cycle; presenting it to their
and collaborating to produce a
group; defending it against questions and
OER
better animation to post on their
comments; and revising their account in a
collaborating to produce
better animation to post on their website
the light of the tutor’s summary of the
repository websitediscussion
By Diana Laurillard, at http://www.slideshare.net/alanwylie/the-critical-role-of-teachers-in-optimizing-technologies-for-open-learning

12. Creating OER
• To create digital resources:
– LOC Tool http://www.llas.ac.uk/projects/2770
– Xerte http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/
• To find reusable images:
– Flickr Commons http://www.flickr.com/commons
– Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org
– Google Advanced Image search > usage rights

13. Online communities: types of users
• Passive
• Active
• Creators
• The 90-9-1 rule
• Web 2.0 turns us into „prosumers‟

14. Jakob Nielsen (2006) “Participation Inequality: Encouraging More Users to Contribute”

15. Jakob Nielsen (2006) “Participation Inequality: Encouraging More Users to Contribute”

16. (break 11:00 – 11:30)
11:30 Finding OER for language teaching
(lunch 13:00 – 13:45)
13:45 Using a repository to share resources
(break 15:15 – 15:30)
15:30 Benefits and challenges of sharing