The document outlines the steps to publish open educational resources (OER) which include determining materials to publish openly, choosing an open license, reworking materials, clearing copyrights, adding metadata, and publishing. It provides tips at each step such as looking for expert support, collaborating with colleagues, and using tools from Creative Commons and other sites to decide on licenses and find open resources. The overall goal is to make educational materials more accessible and reusable through opening them with appropriate licenses and metadata.

1. Roadmap OER
Robert Schuwer
Fontys University of Applied Sciences

2. Activities
1. Determine which learning materials are to be
published open
2. Determine which open license to use
3. Rework the learning materials
4. Clear copyrights
5. Add metadata to make learning materials
retrievable
6. Publish the learning materials
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3. Tip
• Look for expert support for specific tasks (e.g.
educational technology or copyright clearing).
• Look for collaboration with colleagues to profit of each
other strengths.
• Several collections of background materials are
available
– http://oerafrica.org/understanding-oer/resources-oer
– http://www.oeconsortium.org/resources/toolkits/ (will get a make-
over very soon!)

4. 1. What to publish open
• Considerations
– Policy
– Context
– Expected effort
– Expected cooperation from stakeholders
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5. 2. What open license
• Creative Commons
• Share-Alike or not?
• Commercial or Non-Commercial use allowed?
– If so: what does commercial mean?
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6. Tip
• The website of Creative Commons
(http://creativecommons.org/choose/?lang=en) provides
a neat tool to decide which license is the best use in your
context.
• Useful background documents:
– http://media.lanecc.edu/users/keene-wilsonm/oer/
– http://lanecc.libguides.com/content.php?pid=568436&sid=4686816

7. 3. Rework
• Selfcontained unit
• Instructions for use
• Inventory of copyright issues
• Testing
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8. Instructions for use
• When: the position in the curriculum
• Who: the characteristics of the target group
• Vision: the educational viewpoint and pedagogical approach
• Topics: what topics are discussed in the learning materials.
• Learning activities: which types of learning activities are
expected from the learner.
• Role of the teacher: the role of the teacher using the learning
materials
• Time: the study load of the learning materials.
• Assessment: type of assessment assumed for the learning
materials.

9. Tip
• Search engines for OER
– http://search.creativecommons.org/
– http://bit.ly/searchOER
• Overview of directories with free images
– http://bit.ly/searchImage
– My favorite: http://pixabay.com/
• Lessons from project TESSA (Teacher Education in Sub
Saharan Africa)
– http://oerafrica.org/resource/oer-adaptation-and-reuse-across-
cultural-contexts-sub-saharan-africa-lessons-tessa-teacher

10. Exercise
• Search for some OER or images using the search
engines
• Discuss the experiences you gained (good or bad)

11. 4. Clearing copyrights
• Acquire permission from owner
• If not possible / not acquired for a component
– Replace by open version or create one yourself
– Determine value of component within the context: can it be done
without the component?
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12. Tip
• OER Copyright and Licensing Toolkit
– http://oerafrica.org/resource/oer-copyright-and-licensing-toolkit
• Checklist for Fair Use
– http://www.lanecc.edu/library/don/checklist.pdf

13. 5. Add metadata
• Improves retrievability
• Elements:
– Title
– Description
– Language
– Keywords
• Role librarian!
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14. Tip
• The following standards for metadata are commonly
used:
– Dublin Core: http://dublincore.org/
– Learning Object Metadata (LOM):
http://www.imsglobal.org/metadata/mdv1p3/imsmd_bestv1p3.html

15. 6. Publish OER
• Website institution
• Platform maintained by community
– MERLOT, OERCommons, Curriki
• ITunesU
• Youtube
• Provide adequate marketing
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robertschuwer.nl
+31 - 6 1446 9300
r.schuwer@fontys.nl