This document discusses open educational resources (OER) for language learning. It begins by defining OER as any educational materials that are in the public domain or available with an open license, allowing free reuse or modification with attribution. The document provides examples of OER, including websites for learning Arabic, language learning resources on OER maps and portals, and open online courses for language tenses. It outlines the potentials of OER, such as easy collaboration, updating and translating materials. In particular, OER can help spread knowledge and even save lives by making critical information widely available.

1. OPEN
Educational Resources
for language learning
26th September 2020
Dr. Sandra Schön
http://sandra-schoen.de

2. TAKE A BREAK …
STRETCH
OR JUMP!
NOW!

3. Adjunct Professor of Innovations in Learning
at Universitas Negeri Malang
Project manager at Forum New Media in
Higher Education Austria (fnma.at)
Senior Researcher at Graz University of
Technology (Educational Technology), Austria
DR. SANDRA SCHÖN
THIS IS ME!
http://sandra-schoen.deMORE

4. Copyright issues
in schools and teaching

5. The following is one of
15 everyday cases
https://www.communia-association.org/2017/05/08/copyright-and-education-in-europe-15-everyday-cases-in-15-countries/

8. Paper copies from a textbook
Show a youtube video in class
Copy from a book
Use a worksheet from the Web
Cite a poem on a worksheet
Use an illustration from a textbook
Use a newspaper in class
RE-USE, RE-MIX, RE-DISTRIBUTE, RE-VISE, RE-PUBLISH

9. Paper copies from a textbook
Show a youtube video in class
Copy from a book
Use a worksheet from the Web
Cite a poem on a worksheet
Use an illustration from a textbook
Use a newspaper in class
RE-USE, RE-MIX, RE-DISTRIBUTE, RE-VISE, RE-PUBLISH
Teachers take the
best educational
resources

10. Paper copies from a textbook
Show a youtube video in class
Copy from a book
Use a worksheet from the Web
Cite a poem on a worksheet
Use an illustration from a textbook
Use a newspaper in class
RE-USE, RE-MIX, RE-DISTRIBUTE, RE-VISE, RE-PUBLISH
Teachers take the
best educational
resources
NOT ALLOWED

11. Copyright limits
usage of educational
resources

12. But there are as well
OPEN
educational resources

13. Understanding of
“open educational
resources“

14. Definition
„Open Educational Resources (OERs) are
any type of educational materials that are in
the public domain or introduced with an
open license.“
UNESCO – see http://www.unesco.org/new/en/communication-
and-information/access-to-knowledge/open-educational-
resources/what-are-open-educational-resources-oers/

15. Open/Free licenses
e.g. by Creative Commons
Free usage, modification, attribution (BY)
of copyright owner and license.
Free usage, modification, attribution
of copyright owner and license (BY), re-publishing
under the same license („share alike“, SA)
Free usage without any further contraints –
see „Public Domain“
More: http://creative.commons.org

16. Open/Free licenses allow to

17. Open/Free licenses allow to
David Wiley

18. Open/Free licenses allow to
David Wiley
INVITE

19. Open licenses have 3 layers
Illustration: Three-layer model - CC BY 4.0 International
Creative Commons - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/?lang=de
For lawyers
For machines /
robots
Short version for
„normal people“)

20. OER variants

21. OER are for free to re-
use and modification

22. Examples of OER
for language learning

23. Wikipedia
https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halaman_Utama

24. Findings for “learn arabic“ at OER commons
Screenshot from:
https://www.oercommons.org/search?batch_size=20&sort_by=search&view_mode=summary&f.search=learn+arabic&f.license_types=cc-by

25. Findings for “learning languages“ at OER World Map
Screenshot from:
https://oerworldmap.org/resource/?q=%22language+learning%22&filter.about.%40type=%22Service%22&view=map&size=20&sort=_score&language=en

26. COERLL - Center for OER and Language Learning
Screenshot from: https://www.coerll.utexas.edu/coerll/

27. German as a Second Language
Screenshot from: https://wirlernenonline.de/portal/deutsch-als-zweitsprache/

28. Tenses explained (English) at iMooX.at
Screenshot from: https://imoox.at/mooc/local/courseintro/views/startpage.php?id=83

29. Tenses explained (English) at iMooX.at
Screenshot from: https://imoox.at/mooc/local/courseintro/views/startpage.php?id=83

30. Tenses explained (English) at iMooX.at
Screenshot from: https://imoox.at/mooc/local/courseintro/views/startpage.php?id=83
More OER online courses
can be found here:
https://oeru.org/

31. Potentials of OER

32. Potentials of OER

33. Potentials of OER
• Easy to collaborate.
• You can update
personalise or enhance
materials.
• Translations are
possible as well
• Learners have the same
rights: open educational
practices such as e-
portfolio, group work
are possible.
• Spread knowledge

34. Potentials of OER
bigger impact

35. OER can even save lives!
Sources:
https://www.wikihow.com/Learn-Indonesian#
https://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:About-wikiHow

36. One (simple) OER
impact story

37. Published at
pixabay.de
A drawing of Sandra

38. Usage worldwide...
Source: http://ascenicroute.com/about/
Source: http://www.centerforinnersciences.org/members-speak/how-
to-be-simple /
Source: via: http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4768e.pdf /

39. Source:
https://post.naver.com/viewer/postView.nhn?
volumeNo=8724413&memberNo=37968322
Source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_conti
nue=36&v=kWiQ2Ah3QRE

41. Source: https://tiengtrungvuive.edu.vn/cach-dung-%e4%ba%ba%e5%ae%b6renjia-va-%e6%9f%90mou-trong-giao-tiep

42. There are many
other stories as well

43. This is wikiHow
Sources:
https://www.wikihow.com/Learn-Indonesian#
https://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:About-wikiHow

44. This is wikiHow
Sources:
https://www.wikihow.com/Learn-Indonesian#
https://www.wikihow.com/wikiHow:About-wikiHow

45. Take away message

46. Feel invited to use
& contribute to OPEN
educational resources!

47. You will re-use (part of)
the slides?

48. I am happy if you do!
(You find them on my homepage).
All slides of this presentation are available under Creative Commons CC
BY international 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), an
exception are the screenshots used from third parties (please note the
references or license information).
Dr. Sandra Schön
http://sandra-schoen.de

49. https://sandra-schoen.de
Twitter: @sandra_schoen
DR. SANDRA SCHÖN
THANKS!