What is an Open Educational Resource (OER)? Simon Kear Learning Technologist spk7@le.ac.uk 0116 229 7548
An OER can be … A simple text or PDF file A series of PowerPoint slides A video An audio file A Second Life artefact A self-contained XML site And so on …
Example 1. Text: The dissertation proposal planner Department of Politics and International Relations
Example 2. MUVEs: The Sami tent in Second Life Department of Archaeology and Ancient History An environment-specific OER
Example 3. Video: Using a Micropipette Virtual Genetics Education Centre, GENIE CETL A first-class resource. How about untethering it …
http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/beyond-distance-research-alliance/projects/otter/otter-images/iphone-sample.wmv
So which media format is most suitable? Content Delivery Re-usability Re-purposability End-user
What is available to you today? OER Commons http://www.oercommons.org/ And in the future? JorumOpen