The document discusses the creation and sharing of digital open educational resources (OER) for English for Academic Purposes (EAP), highlighting issues, options, and the importance of openly licensed content. It emphasizes the benefits of these resources for practitioners, students, institutions, and the EAP community, while also addressing quality concerns and potential collaboration. Key themes include the importance of sharing, the development of practical skills, and the need for effective institutional policies to support sustainable e-learning.

1. Making digital open educational
resources for EAP: Issues and options
Martin Barge, Alannah Fitzgerald, and William Tweddle
Queen Mary, University of London; Higher Education
Academy and Oxford University Computing Services;
Queen Mary, University of London
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2. Overview
Linking BALEAP web resources
Discussing free versus open EAP resources
Investigating sharing & use of open resources
Envisioning OER for EAP

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19. License to use
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Open licenses (e.g.
Creative Commons)
allow resources to be 19. LICENSE TO USE
used without the need Purpose
for rights clearance. Concerns
Is the content you need Quality
openly licensed?
Technology
Resources
http://www.slideshare.net/orioleproject/chris-pegler-reusable-card-game

6. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobanblack/3773116901/
3. Sharing is good
By Toban Black
The ethos of education is
to share learning. 3. SHARING IS GOOD
Can open content be a Purpose
sound investment as well Concerns
as the right thing to do? Quality
Technology
Resources
http://www.slideshare.net/orioleproject/chris-pegler-reusable-card-game

7. • For the practitioner
– Web presence; resources development expertise;
professional recognition.
• For the student
– Preview of, access to and contribution to course
content.
• For the institution
– Brand promotion; best practice showcasing.
• For the EAP community
– Materials development collaboration; sharing best
practice.

8. http://www.flickr.com/photos/meer/172210681/
28. My community
By Meer
If I belong to a
community already, 28. MY COMMUNITY
then is this the best
place to look for great Purpose
reusable resources? Or Concerns
would I miss something? Quality
Technology
Resources
http://www.slideshare.net/orioleproject/chris-pegler-reusable-card-game

9.  The ‘raw’ and the ‘cooked’
Raw: Flickr, JISC Media Hub, DOAJ (Directory of
Open Access Journals), iTunesU, The Internet
Archive, YouTube, TED, OpenYale, Wikimedia...
Cooked: uefap, Academic English Online, Prepare
for Success, BAWE collections in FLAX, TTV...
 EAP communities:
Forging ESAP materials creation links
AcLits and SFL communities
BALEAP, EULEAP, College Composition etc...

10. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcmetroblogger/329854339
7. Learn new stuff
By Wayan Vota
Does working with other
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7. LEARN NEW STUFF
people’s stuff offer
effective development?
Purpose Or would you miss the
Concerns creative thrill of making
Quality your own?
Technology
Resources
http://www.slideshare.net/orioleproject/chris-pegler-reusable-card-game

11. • For the practitioner
– Development of practical skills in digital materials
creation: reuse, repurpose, remix and redistribute.
• For the student
– Access to up-to-date resources: inside and beyond the
classroom.
• For the institution
– Sustainable resources and continued recognition.
• For the EAP community
– Exposure to new and relevant tools and resources for
EAP (e.g. Xerte and FLAX)

12. http://www.flickr.com/photos/reanjos/30485
By Renata Alves dos Anjos
27. Appearance
Presentation can be part
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of the appeal. 27. APPEARANCE
The resource looks better
than ones we made. Purpose
Overall, how important is Concerns
appearance? Quality
Technology
Resources
http://www.slideshare.net/orioleproject/chris-pegler-reusable-card-game

15. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bisgovuk/46244
73012/in/photostream /
6. Policy
By bisgovuk
There has been support
6. POLICY for reuse and ‘sustainable
e-learning’ in various
Purpose
policy documents so far.
Concerns
Does this go far enough?
Quality
Technology
Resources
http://www.slideshare.net/orioleproject/chris-pegler-reusable-card-game

16. Open access and research-driven teaching
The Finch Report
Institutional e-learning strategies
Moving online: marketing, distance learning & teaching
Changing nature of Higher Education
MOOCs
Government-funded OER initiatives
Envisioning BALEAP web resources
Linking to external resources
Providing training in OER

18. Thank you
Martin Barge: m.i.barge@qmul.ac.uk
William Tweddle: w.tweddle@qmul.ac.uk
Alannah Fitzgerald: fitzgerald@education.concordia.ca; @AlannahFitz
Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/AlannahOpenEd/
Chris Peglar’s Reusable card game: http://orioleproject.blogspot.co.uk/p/shop.html