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Opening up educational resources
The document discusses the concept of Open Educational Resources (OER), emphasizing their characteristics such as open access, shareability, and the richness of available materials. It outlines the advantages and disadvantages of using OER in educational settings, strategies for effective course design utilizing OER, and potential challenges in their implementation. Additionally, it provides links to various resources and publications for further reading on the subject.
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- 1. Opening up EducationalResources Professor Frank Rennie Lews Castle College University of the Highlands and Islands
- 2. Pedagogic Styles Distributed Learning Distance Education Open Education f2f elearning Blended Learning
- 3. Self Study Online Face to Tuition Educational Technology Face
- 4. Why strive tobe more open?
- 5. More Interactive/Collaborative From Euphoriaat http://www.flickr.com/photos/greenem/11696663 /
- 6. Encourages diversity By clevercupcakesat http://www.flickr.com/photos/clevercupcakes/2980544017/
- 7. Easier to updateresources
- 8. Build Digital Literacy Bymikecogh at http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikecogh/5968799566/
- 9. The essence ofOER • 1) Open access • 2) Freely available • 3) Shareable • 4) Relatively discrete ‘chunks’ • 5)Saves needing to ‘re-invent the wheel’ • 6) Needs to be contextualised • 7) You can add to the OER pool.
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- 12. Open Courses YouTube Online libraries Journals Wikipedia Images Social networking Geographical data Twitter E-book repositories Certification
- 13. OER Template OER OER OER OER OER Learning Resources Tutorials Peer-to-peer Assessment Certification email Dboard TMA Award LMS skype Exam
- 14. Using OER inCourse Design 1. Identify the main generic 2. Search for headings for course content relevant (key topics for discussion and resources that learning) can be re- used for these headings 5. Select the format for sharing (wiki etc) Creative Commons Licence 4. Add your new materials 3. Write ‘wrap-around’ to the materials that common pool contextualise and support (if required) the learning resources
- 15. Advantages • Rich andready-made resources • Share the best of what is available • Free at point of use • Encourages best practice • Builds a library of diversity
- 16. Disadvantages • Variably quality (but can be brand-led) • Can be hard to locate (need to learn new skills) • Can be size problems (what is appropriate?) • Need to be contextualised (content only is not enough)
- 17. How OER areused Open Membership • Ad hoc (on the fly) • More structured • Bottom-up • Tend to be top-down • Low cost (or free) • Can be expensive • Not always peer reviewed • Usually peer reviewed • Free to all users • Free to membership • Weak marketing brand • Strong marketing brand • Inexpensive to maintain • Expensive to maintain • Reliant upon individuals • Reliant upon organisations • May need contextualisation • Probably contextualised • Wide variation in level • Greater consistency in level
- 18. Some things towatch The Attention Economy Self-organisation of learners Integration of platforms BIG OER meets small OER Course components will be owned and shared Dominance of Third Places – ubiquitous learning Institutions will provide student support http://www.flickr.com/photos/desireedelgado/3273760287/
- 19. Good resources toread • Gurell S. and Wiley, D. (2010) Open Educational Resources Handbook 1.0 for educators. Available from http://wikieducator.org/OER_Handbook/educator_version_one • Commonwealth of Learning (2005) Creating learning materials for open and distance learning: A Handbook for Authors and Instructional Designers. Available from http://www.col.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/odlinstdesignHB2.pdf • OECD (2007) Giving knowledge for free: The emergence of Open Educational Resources. ISBN 978-92-64-03174-6 Available at: www.sourceoecd.org/education/9789264031746 • Kanwar, A and Uvalic-Trumbic, (2011) A Basic Guide to Open Educational Resources. Commonwealth or Learning & UNESCO http://www.col.org/resources/publications/Pages/detail.aspx?PID= 357
- 20. Useful Links • sideCAPwiki (with resources) http://sidecap.wetpaint.com • Courses on OpenLearn http://openlearn.open.ac.uk • The sideCAP report http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1267854 • Creating Open Educational Resources (a free, 15 hour online course) available on Openlearn at http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3636
- 21. Resources for onlinelearning (amazon.co.uk) Key Concepts Network ecology Web 2.0 applications
- 22. View this presentationagain at www.slideshare.net/frankrennie