Overview of Open Educational Resources (OERs) [faculty presentation]

Eureka! Discovering Rich Sources of Open Educational Content: a primer for faculty ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],By Rick Reo ( [email_address] ) Copyright and Public Domain, by Rosemary Chase George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

Eureka! Discovering Rich Sources of Open Educational Content: a primer for faculty ,[object Object],[object Object]

Creative Commons 3.0 License ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Notice of Use Restrictions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Outline ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Image Source: Lewis Hine, 1920, Wikimedia Commons Learning Objects belong to an industrial era model

Web-based digital media has become highly fluid. (OLCOS, 2007) Open Learning Content Observatory Services Image Source: Dali, Rafael Nogueira's photostream, Flickr , Retrieved 2007

“ Web 2.0 is about collaboration and remix, and syndication of data in such a way that anyone, anywhere can use the results.” Blog Post: http://heyjude.wordpress.com/2006/10/13/99/ Web 2.0 Context “ Commons-based peer production” “ digital technology provides new opportunities for rich reuses of content in many educational contexts…” Source: Berkman Center White Paper, August 2006 Source: Tim O’Reilly, Sept. 2005

Why is this important to us? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Copyleft Traditional Copyright © All rights reserved Exclusive restrictions on redistribution and modification Creative Commons licensing Some rights reserved Choice of restriction on redistribution and modification and Share-Alike Public Domain No rights reserved Unrestricted redistribution and modification

Public Domain? ,[object Object]

What is Copyright? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],A Set of Exclusive Rights

To be copyright…able ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

NOT-COPYRIGHT … ABLE ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

PUBLIC DOMAIN ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

PUBLIC DOMAIN? ,[object Object],[object Object],Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, 1503-07

§ 106: Protected Rights of Copyright Owner: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Registration & Notice ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The University Channel: Princeton University http:// uc.princeton.edu /main/ a collection of public lectures from universities around the world, dealing with International Affairs and Environmental Studies. Public Domain example ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Public Domain Film & Video Resources ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],

Public Domain Tunes ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

“ Free” Image Resources ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Copyleft? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Thomas Jefferson, 1813: “He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine;

License Your Work ,[object Object],[object Object],Provides voluntary "some rights reserved“ copyright licenses for authors and artists Creative Commons (CC) Licensing

Online Book Tales from the Public Domain: BOUND BY LAW Deed : BY-NC-SA 2.5 Example CC Licensed Work http:// www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics/digital.html

ccPublisher Tool http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CcPublisher ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Tools for CC Licensing Your Work

Search #1 Find CC licensed materials ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],CC Search Tools Search the Public Web (2.0)

Find CC licensed materials ,[object Object],ccLearn

What are OERs? Learning Content Implementation Resources Software Tools ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Definition of open educational resources: http://wikieducator.org/Open_Educational_Content/olcos/introduction#Open_content_for_open_learning Search #2 Open Educational Resources (OERs)

I Can’t Believe It’s Butter ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Open Content ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Advantages of Using OERs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Proof of Concept for Open Content ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Multiple OER Models ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

OERs The Mother Lode ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Open Educational Resources – Gateway & Portal Sites See also: http:// wikieducator.org/Special:Search/Exemplary

OER Commons http://www.oercommons.org/ Called, "A WorldWide Learning Network", this site contains over 8000 resources Open Educational Resources – Commons Portal Site

Connexions , Rice University grassroots development model for OERs All content is free to use and reuse under the CC attribution license Open Educational Resources – Connexions

Open Educational Resources – OpenCourseWare Portal Source: Downes, S. 2007. Places to Go: OpenCourseWare Consortium. Innovate 3 (3). Clearinghouse for Courseware site contains high quality course materials available for use and adaptation under an open license… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],See also: Open CourseWare Finder http:// opencontent.org/ocwfinder /

Other Educational Projects Audio Lectures / Podcasts ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Other Academic Projects and Initiatives

Wikimedia Foundation “ a community for the creation and use of free learning materials and activities” ,[object Object],[object Object],Social Organizations / Non-Profits

Wikiversity “ a community for the creation and use of free learning materials and activities” Social Organizations / Non-Profits

GNU Free = CC: SA-NC-BY Social Organizations/Non-Profits GNU Free Documentation License

Open Access Journals ,[object Object],[object Object],Social Organizations / Non-Profits

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Commercial

Microsoft’s Live Search Academic Beta http://academic.live.com/ Commercial

[object Object],[object Object],Commercial

Flickr: Free Photo Archive Makes available 6 different kinds of CC-licenses Some Rights Reserved Commercial

Novell OCW http://ocw.novell.com/ Commercial

Reference Management / Social Bookmarking Tools ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Open Content Tools

MOCSL: Making Open Content Support Learning last modified 2007-01-25 12:07 http:// cosl.usu.edu/projects/mocsl / ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Open Content Tools

Educational Software Free and/or Open Source Software ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Open Content Tools

MISC. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Open Content Tools

Wikieducator Tutorials Can you find what you need? At the level of granularity you need? More often, you want to create own materials by re-mixing what you find. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Finding Tools Open Content Tools http:// en.wikieducator.org / OLCOS , the Open Learning Content Observatory Services

Open Education 2007: Localizing and Learning September 26-28, 2007 http://cosl.usu.edu/conferences/opened2007/call-for-papers ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Open Content Tools

Questions?? Turracher Schwarzsee (Austria) Source: Wikimedia Commons

Pitfalls / Challenges for Implementing or IT staff ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Benefits for Implementing or IT staff ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Sample Course or Professional Development project A slide from Leigh Blackall's presentation, Networked Learning

Overview of Open Educational Resources (OERs) [faculty presentation]

Recommended

Recommended

More Related Content

What's hot

What's hot (19)

Similar to Overview of Open Educational Resources (OERs) [faculty presentation]

Similar to Overview of Open Educational Resources (OERs) [faculty presentation] (20)

Recently uploaded

Recently uploaded (20)

Overview of Open Educational Resources (OERs) [faculty presentation]

Editor's Notes