OER overview and how to create open content / August 2009 / UWC Except where otherwise noted, this work is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License © 2009 Regents of the University of Michigan Copyright © 2009 The Regents of the University of Michigan Kathleen Ludewig Adapted from earlier presentations by Garin Fons and Peter Kleymeer

A Pre-Assessment: How much do you know about OER already?

Pre-assessment Q1: What is the distinction between open educational resources and free educational resources? A. You do not have to pay for free resources and you may have to pay for open resources. B. Open resources are available only online and free resources can be electronic or paper. C. Open resources are free resources but free resources are not necessarily open resources. D. There is no difference between the two.

Pre-assessment Q2: What is the relationship between eLearning and OER? A. They are names for the same thing: free online learning resources. B. All OER are eLearning resources but not all eLearning resources are OER. C. OER is openly licensed and eLearning resources may or may not be openly licensed.

Pre-assessment Q3: What does the symbol CC BY-NC mean? A. Conventional Copyright By News Corporation B. Creative Commons Attribution Non- commercial license C. Creative Commons Attribution license D. Creative Copyright Burn New Copies

Creative Commons Suite CC Zero (most liberal) (waiver, not a license) CC BY CC BY NC CC BY SA CC BY NC SA (most restrictive)

Pre-assessment Q4: True or False: Any presentation slides that I would use in the classroom I could also publish as OER simply by posting them online. A. True B. False

Pre-assessment Q5: You are a professor who is creating an open educational resource. You are searching for images, articles, and presentations that you can include in your program. Can you use the following in your OER module?: A scanned photo from a textbook that says © 1989 on the cover page A. Yes B. No C. It depends

Pre-assessment Q6: You are a professor who is creating an open educational resource. You are searching for images, articles, and presentations that you can include in your program. Can you use the following in your OER module?: A free, online article with no copyright notification (©) A. Yes B. No C. It Depends

Pre-assessment Q7: You are a professor who is creating an open educational resource. You are searching for images, articles, and presentations that you can include in your program. Can you use the following in your OER module?: An instructional video with a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial license A. Yes B. No C. It Depends

Pre-assessment Q8: You are a professor who is creating an open educational resource. You are searching for images, articles, and presentations that you can include in your program. Can you use the following in your OER module?: A set of presentation slides developed by a colleague A. Yes B. No C. It depends

Examples of OER in Michigan and in Ghana

CC BYCC BY Regents of the University of Michigan Source:

CC BYCC BY Regents of the University of Michigan Source: Also available on iTunesU

ß CC BYCC BY Regents of the University of Michigan Author: Dr. Jonathan Trobe Source:

CC BY NC CC BY NC University of Ghana Author: Dr Richard Adanu

let’s generate OER

The OER life cycle. Authoring Clearing Editing Archiving Publishing

post production clearing... Authoring Clearing Editing Archiving With post-production clearing, the system gets clogged up and becomes less efficient Publishing Slide by: Peter Kleymeer CC BYCC BY: Regents of the University of Michigan

Pre-production clearing - stages Authoring + Clearing use content created locally from your institution choose 3rd party content from open sources that give explicit open licenses (or content that is in the public domain) document all 3rd party content with pertinent source information Slide by: Peter Kleymeer CC BYCC BY: Regents of the University of Michigan

Editing display a clear notice of how others may use your work (e.g. CC license) edit the resource to include 3rd party licenses and source citations Pre-production clearing - stages. Slide by: Peter Kleymeer CC BYCC BY: Regents of the University of Michigan

dScribe process is one method to verify that the resources are open

let’s generate OER :: ask the question - how can I (and others) use this content? : while searching for and generating content : while interacting with colleagues :: discover where to find openly licensed content : open content repositories : your colleagues & students :: create resources using openly licensed content : and other techniques for annotating content See PDF on how to create open content Slide by: Garin Fons CC BYCC BY: Regents of the University of Michigan

Where to find content for OER

Hmm… BY: betsyjean79 (flickr) flickr

Where to find content for OER Start from scratch Build upon your own material Build upon someone else’s OER

Finding open health content to adapt Source: Gray’s Anatomy –

Finding open health content to adapt Source:

Finding open health content to adapt CC BY NC SA CC BY NC SA Stanford Medicine

Finding other content to adapt See PDF on Open Content Search for some recommended search engines

Marking your OER What distinguishes your OER from a closed electronic learning resource…

33 create resources :: for third party content include... : author : license information : link to content : link to license :: for your own content include... : title slide with license & other info : links to content; sources : learning objectives : keywords – discoverability in searches

Some examples

create resources: This is the original slide with a third-party drawing.

36 create resources: This is the converted OER slide.

Orchis galilaea Learning about Orchids phalaenopsis CC:BY audreyjm529 (flickr) Phalaenopsis orchis galilaea CC:BY-SA judy_breck (flickr) Angraecum viguieri Angraecum viguieri GNU free documentation orchi (wikipedia)

38 Checklist for published resources All published resources must have: 1. A Creative Commons license 2. The name of the Copyright Holder 3. The name of author(s) 4. Institutional Branding 5. General contact person 6. Acknowledgements of those who contributed (funders, collaborators) 7. Proper citation for third-party objects 8. Necessary disclaimers (see next slide)

39 Disclaimers There are 4 Disclaimers that a material may have. The first one should be included on all. The rest are only included if relevant. They are contained in the OER HTML templates. 1. Medical images and general liability 2. Medical patients 3. Third-party content 4. Student actors

Questions for discussion :: What resources do you have that could (easily?) be converted into OER? Are they any upcoming presentations or materials that could be designed as OER from the start? :: Considering access and connectivity constraints, what file formats, file sizes, etc. are best? :: Is there a quality assurance process after an OER module is finished to ensure that a material is reviewed for policy issues (e.g. dScribe)? Is the module also peer-reviewed for content? :: Once an OER module is finished and reviewed, where is it stored? Who uploads it to the server? What is the process for updating materials?