This document summarizes the process of designing an open educational resource (OER) on the topic of learner engagement in online environments. It began with collaborative discussions on social media and online meetings to choose the topic and plan the resource. Various open-licensed content like videos, images and texts were collected on how to engage online learners. The OER was created on Pindex, a free platform for education. Short term goals were to add more content and structure it, and long term goals were to further develop the board and create more collaborative resources. The process helped with teamwork, copyright awareness, and being creative with technology.

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Open Education Resource
Nasim Alghamdi

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WHAT IS OER?
Photo By: Grafik: Markus Büsges, leomaria, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OER-Logo.jpg

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OER
 Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching
and learning materials that are freely available online
for everyone to use, whether you are an instructor,
student or self-learner. Examples of OER include:
full courses, course modules, syllabi, lectures,
homework assignments, quizzes, lab and classroom
activities, pedagogical materials, games,
simulations, and many more resources contained in
digital media collections from around the world.
McGill, L. (2014). What are Open Educational Resources. Retrieved June 7, 2016, from
https://openeducationalresources.pbworks.com/w/page/24836860/What are Open Educational
Resources

4. +The process of designing and creating an OER
It was started by collaborative activity through:
 Sharing ideas, thoughts and example via Twitter,
 Arranging meetings through Doodle
 Online and face-to-face discussions
 Creating a place to discuss on my place Using links to access
the group's working documents such as:
i. Choose topics for OER
ii. Record findings for OER Storage
iii. Record findings for resources with open licensing
iv. Deciding audience

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Screenshot of group workings’
documents

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Choosing topic: Learners Engagement in
Online Environment
 Why did I choose this topic?
Online learning presents new challenges when compared to a traditional
classroom because students are separated from their instructor by a
computer screen. How can we engage our students in the content, learning
activities, and assessments? How can we prevent feelings of frustration or
isolation and keep them motivated? These questions are frequently asked by
online instructors looking to maintain the same levels of engagement they
see and feel in their face-to-face classrooms.
 Different types of collected content (video, images, websites and
text)
 Used protocols (Creative Commons, Flickr, Standard YouTube
License and Google Images with appropriate license)
 Target audience are teachers

7. +  Jenkins, H. (2009). Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture:
Media Education for the 21st Century. The MIT Press. Retrieved from
https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/titles/free_download/9780262 …
513623_Confronting_the_Challenges.pdf (pages2-11
 Cull, S., Reed, D., & Kirk, K. (2010). Student Motivation and Engagement.
 Jones, R. C. (2013, September 16). Keeping Students Engaged in the
Online Classroom.
 McGarrigle, J. (2013). Exploring Student Engagement and Collaborative
Learning in a Community-Based Module in Fine Art. Irish Journal of
Academic Practice.
 Young, S., & Bruce, M. A. (2011). Classroom community and student
engagement in online courses. Journal of Online Learning and Teaching.
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Omar, N. D., Hassan, H., & Atan, H. (2012). Student Engagement in
Online Learning: Learners Attitude Toward E-Mentoring. Procedia - Social
and Behavioral Sciences, 67, 464–475.

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pindex
 Free
 Specifically for education
 Attractive Presentation
 Easy interface
 Easily accessible to the public
 Viewers can get a digital ‘badge’ once they work through all of your resources
 Easy to share on social media
 We could open one account for the class and each be responsible for a ‘board’
 Creating Quizzes
 ‘Open boards’ allow others to contribute to your board if you want them to - like a wiki feature

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Goals
 Short term goals: (introductory text, more valuable content,
categorizing under sub-headings)
 Long term goals: (develop this board, create more boards,
collaborative activity with peers)

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Reflecting on the process
 Team work: interacting using different platforms
 Technical advantages
 Awareness of copyright issues
 Creativity

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