The document discusses open educational resources (OER) and their benefits, including improved lesson quality, lower costs, and enhanced learner engagement. It highlights the collaborative nature of OER creation and the challenges faced in implementation, such as time constraints and funding for material development. Overall, the text envisions a future where OER significantly transforms education positively.

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

2. ORIGINS OF LEARNAMIBY JOE LAMY
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.’
By Joe Lamy

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

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

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 by Joe Lamy

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. By Joe Lamy