advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.
Una DalyCommunity College Outreach Manager
OCW ConsortiumJuly 20, 2012
Discovering High-Quality Open Educational Resources
(OER)
Welcome
Please introduce yourself, what you teach, and your interest in OER
– Una Daly, facilitator• Community College Outreach Manager at
the OCW Consortium
Agenda
• Open Education Movement• What is OER?• The Power of OER for Learning
• Finding OER with OER Commons• Other Sources of OER• Usage considerations
Community Colleges & OER
Dr. Martha Kanter
U.S. Undersecretary of Education (2009-12)
• Enhance teaching & learning
• Expand access to education
• Join global open education movement
Funded by William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
Open Courseware Mission“Advance formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of
free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.”
Over 250 institutions, 46 Countries,
18,000 Courses, 4000 Translated
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What are Open Educational Resources?
U.S. Dept. of Education
– Teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use or repurposing by others.
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Examples
Includes –
• Course materials• Lesson Plans• Modules or lessons• Open CourseWare (OCW)• Open textbooks• Videos• Images• Tests• Software• Any other tools, materials, or techniques used
to support ready access to knowledge
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Characteristics of OER
• Digital– Easily modified – free distribution
• Open License– Reuse, Revise, Remix, Redistribute
• Low cost– Lowers barriers to education
What is an Open License?
• Free: Free to access online, free to print
• Open: Shared, usable and re-usable: licensing that is less restrictive than standard copyright
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Creative Commons licensing
• Works with existing copyright law
• Promotes sharing
• Internationally recognized
• Author/creator can specify re-uses
Finding OER
• OER Repositories– Content is located at repository
• OER Referatories– Links to content contained in repositories
How to Search in OER Commons
Step 1: Go to http://oercommons.org
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Step 2: Click on Advanced Searchadapted from Judy Baker cc-by license
How to Search in OER Commons
Step 3: Type in Keywords for what you teach
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How to Search in OER Commons
Step 4: Using Additional Search Criteria
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How to Search in OER Commons
Step 5:
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Material Type
Grade Level
Subject
Media Format
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10 minute : Activity
• Find and select resources for your classroom
http://oercommons.org/oer
Evaluating OER• R1: Degree of Alignment to Standards• R2: Quality of Explanation of the Subject Matter• R3: Utility of Materials Designed to Support
Teaching• R4: Quality of Assessment• R5: Quality of Technological Interactivity• R6: Quality of Instructional Tasks and Practice
Exercises• R7: Opportunities for Deeper Learning• R8: Assurance of Accessibility
Achieve.org
Discipline-specific Sources
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K-12 OER Repositories
• Curriki• CK-12• PhET Interactive Simulations• Connexions• Khan Academy• Open High School of Utah
Creatiive Commons Wikihttp://wiki.creativecommons.org/OER_Case_Studies/United_States
Finding Images, Videos, Music
search.creativecommons.org
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How to Make Best Use of OER
• Enhance existing materials with OER
• Enhance an existing OER– E.g. Translations, Images, etc.
• Replace existing materials with OER
• Invite students to generate OER
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Customize, Remix, and Organize
–Interoperability
–Accessibility
–License type
–Cultural relevance
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Why Customize and Remix?• Adapt the material to make it more accessible for
students with disabilities• Insert cultural specific references to it easier to
understand• Translate it into another language• Correct any errors or inaccuracies• Keep the OER up to date by adding recent discoveries• Insert more media or links to other resources• Adapt it for a different grade level• Insert a different point of view to that originally given in
the material
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Making OER Sustainable
• Openly license your own work• Contribute your work to OER
repositories• Mentor others in use of OERs
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Share http://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/4424154829/in/photostream/IMG_4591 http://www.flickr.com/photos/bionicteaching/4700979984/ cc-by-saLa belle tzigane http://www.flickr.com/photos/joyoflife/21063837 cc-by-sa
Asian Library Interior 5 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ubclibrary/453351638/ cc-by-nc-saPetru http://www.flickr.com/photos/joyoflife/23724427/ cc-by-nc-sa Opensourceways http://www.flickr.com/photos/opensourceway/4371000710/ cc-by-sa
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