This document discusses open educational resources (OERs). It describes how OERs originated from increased access to information on the internet. OERs allow teachers to create and share lessons, activities, and other materials that learners and other teachers can freely use and adapt under open licenses. The benefits of OERs include lower costs, better quality and customized lessons, and increased student engagement. However, implementing OERs also presents challenges such as the time required for finding and adapting materials and developing sustainable business models.

1. OPEN
EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES
FIRST THE EARTHQUAKE: COMPUTER
MEETS INTERNET
NOW THE LEARNAMI –THE WAVE OF
LEARNING FLOWING IN THE WAKE

2. ORIGINS OF
LEARNAMI
How did it come to be? -
This access to so much to see?...
And how can I grab it
And run like a rabbit
And hop into the smarter me?

3. DOGWOOD HAIKU
‘Excuse me, bottle,
Do you have any spare
change?’
‘Just these pink petals.’

4. CRYSTAL BALL WITH
ME
 Picture a world where we could
interact with others to learn and
play and work.
 Visualize a growing tree
abundantly splaying gifts, the best
of all time 24/7
 You are looking at the tree. Now
Open your Educational
Resources

5. BETWEEN COPYRIGHT
AND HAND-OUT: THE
OER
Teachers create and share lessons,
activities, assignments, units, texts
We borrow and re-mix and attribute to
creator as creator chooses
Learners grow strong in adapting,
reading, writing, citing, sharing open
resources

6. OPEN EDUCATIONAL
RESOURCES (OERS): THE
BENEFITS
• Better quality lessons, re-mixed to fit
• Lower cost materials online and
interactive
• Sustainable, adaptable and replicable:
OERs
• Greater variety of OERs means better
personalized instruction &
engagement
• Expect increased student interactivity,
self-esteem, discovery and creativity with
OERs

7. OER: FUTURE
CHALLENGES
• Implementing OERs takes time from
existing obligations and responsibilities
• Developing learning materials costs money
• Once released, licensed creative works are
irrevocable.
• Teachers spend extra time finding, adapting
OERs in a changing blend of formats.