Open Educational Resources: What? Why? Where? How? Dr Julian Priddle Academic Development

At the end of this session you will: Understand what an Open Educational Resource (OER) is; Know why you might use OERs to support learning and teaching; Know where you might find suitable OERs for your area of practice, and Understand how you might prepare and release your own resources as OERs. Learning Outcomes Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013

What is an OER? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 What do you understand by Open Educational Resources?

What is an OER? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 What do you understand by Open Educational Resources? In what way are they ‘open’? What sort(s) of resources can be OERs? How can they be used?

What is an OER? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 What do you understand by Open Educational Resources? WikiEducator site definition of OERs: OER OER

“Open Education Resources (OER) are 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 re-purposing by others. Open educational resources include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge.” (Atkins et al. 2007, p 4) What is an OER? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 Atkins, D.E., Brown, J.S. & Hammond, A.L. (2007). A Review of the Open Educational Resources (OER) Movement:A Review of the Open Educational Resources (OER) Movement: Achievements, Challenges, and New OpportunitiesAchievements, Challenges, and New Opportunities.Report to The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Access at:

“...digitised materials offered freely and openly for educators, students and self-learners to use and reuse for teaching, learning and research. OER includes learning content, software tools to develop, use and distribute content, and implementation resources such as open licences. This report suggests that ‘open educational resources’ refers to accumulated digital assets that can be adjusted and which provide benefits without restricting the possibilities for others to enjoy them.” (OECD 2007, p 10) What is an OER? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). (2007). Giving Knowledge for Free: The EmergenceGiving Knowledge for Free: The Emergence of Open Educational Resourcesof Open Educational Resources. Paris: Centre for Educational Research and Innovation, OECD. Access at:

OERs are not simply educational resources that are accessible to all users. Although there continues to be debate about the nature of OERs, there are some common features that emerge from how OERs are disseminated and how they are used. In particular, OERs should be: Licensed in a way that allows use, usually under specified conditions, without infringing copyright; Accessible to a wide range of users; Independent of specialist software, and Capable to being adapted for use in other contexts. What is an OER? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013

Why use OERs? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 Why might you use Open Educational Resources? In what ways might their ‘openness’ be useful? Are OERs likely to be good resources? Will they work in your context?

Why use OERs? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 Why might you use Open Educational Resources? In what ways might their ‘openness’ be useful? Access to high quality resources free from copyright issues Unlike simply using a browser search to locate and download resources indiscriminately from the web, the use of OERs guarantees that you avoid IPR and copyright issues

Why use OERs? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 Why might you use Open Educational Resources? Are OERs likely to be good resources? Saving time and cost of resource development High-quality resources demand a large investment of effort for their development. It is better to concentrate this effort where it is needed most, and to use OERs where these are suitable

Why use OERs? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 Why might you use Open Educational Resources? Are OERs likely to be good resources? Access to a wider range of resource types By being able to access several different resources in the same subject area, students and teachers can use resources that meet their own requirements

Why use OERs? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 Why might you use Open Educational Resources? Will they work in your context? Innovative ideas for resource design Even if you do not use OERs directly, they provide a rich showcase of different approaches to learning and teaching that can inform your practice

Why use OERs? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 Why might you use Open Educational Resources? Will they work in your context? Option to re-purpose Most OERs are released in forms that allow them to be customised for different applications, either by changing them or adding context-specific material

Where can I find OERs? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 Where can you find Open Educational Resources? National repositories

Where can I find OERs? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 Where can you find Open Educational Resources?

Where can I find OERs? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 Where can you find Open Educational Resources? Jorum MERLOT Open Courseware Consortium Xpert

Where can I find OERs? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 Where can you find Open Educational Resources? National repositories Subject-specific repositories

Where can I find OERs? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 Where can you find Open Educational Resources?

Where can I find OERs? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 Where can you find Open Educational Resources? HumBox DeSTRESS page/ /Welcome CORE-Materials SimShare ndex.php

Where can I find OERs? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 Where can you find Open Educational Resources? National repositories Subject-specific repositories Open Courseware

Where can I find OERs? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 Where can you find Open Educational Resources?

Where can I find OERs? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 Where can you find Open Educational Resources? MIT Open Courseware OU OpenLearn African Virtual University U Now

Where can I find OERs? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 Where can you find Open Educational Resources? National repositories Subject-specific repositories Open Courseware Informal exchanges

How do I build and release OERs? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 How can you build and release your own Open Educational Resources?

How do I build and release OERs? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 How can you build and release your own Open Educational Resources? What are the design criteria? What is the the copyright situation? Where will they be released?

How do I build and release OERs? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 How can you build and release your own Open Educational Resources? What are the design criteria? Does your institution already have resource design criteria in place? What are the usability and accessibility issues? Will your resource be re-purposed?

How do I build and release OERs? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 How can you build and release your own Open Educational Resources?

How do I build and release OERs? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 How can you build and release your own Open Educational Resources?

How do I build and release OERs? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 How can you build and release your own Open Educational Resources? What is the the copyright situation? Does your institution have a copyright or IP policy that covers OERs? Are all parts of your resources copyright-free? How do you envisage your resources being used?

How do I build and release OERs? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 How can you build and release your own Open Educational Resources?

How do I build and release OERs? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 How can you build and release your own Open Educational Resources?

How do I build and release OERs? Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 How can you build and release your own Open Educational Resources? Where will they be released? What resource repository will be the best home for your resources? Do you have the supporting metadata for your resources? Is there a strong user community offering feedback and re-used resources?

Anglia Learning and Teaching Inspiring Academic Excellence Anglia Ruskin OER information Webinar: OERs: What? Why? Where? How?Dr Julian Priddle, April 2013 Find out more Anglia Learning & Teaching OER page and links: AL&T dedicated VLE site (under development):

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