1. Open Education Resources (OER)
Presented by: Sandy Johnson, M.S. & M.A., OTLGC & drum roll ABD!!(Stay tuned!!) Susie Bussmann, Ph.D. & OTLGC NMSU Main Campus

2. What does OER mean to you?
What are some examples?
Note: There will be a quiz and prizes
at the end of this presentation !!

3. What is OER? Open Educational Resources (OERs) Are free
Openly licensed
Educational materials that can be used for teaching, learning, research, and other purposes
Open Educational Resources (OERs)
Are free
Openly licensed
Educational materials that can be used for teaching, learning, research, and other purposes

4. OER Includes Tools for creating educational content
Content repositories
Learning management systems
On-line learning communities
And so much more!!!
OERs includes tools for delivering educational content
Tools - Web 2.0 tools – Screencastomatic, Vokis, wikis etc.
Content Repositories - Merlot II, Open Culture, wikis, blogs,
LMS- Moodle, Edmodo, Schoology, Canvas, Blackboard
Online Learning Communities – Diigo, Pinterest, LinkedIn,
Software that supports the creation, delivery, use and improvement of open learning content
Searching and organization of content
Content and learning management systems
Content development tools
On-line learning communities

5. OER Includes Full courses Open textbooks E-books Lesson plans Videos
Music
Learning objects
Educational games
Assessments
Software
Anything that supports learning
Courses
Course materials
Content modules
Learning objects
Collections
Journals

6. Your Turn!
Please raise your hand if you’ve used OER?
If so, what have you used and how?

7. History of OERs “Learning object” term coined in 1994 by Wayne Hodgins
Idea digital materials for easy reuse in a wide range of teaching and learning situations- Open source
“Open Education Resources” term adopted by educators and instructional designers
Long history to OER over 20 years
Technology advances have supported expansion OER concept to include collaboration, creation, reuse, revision, etc.

8. History of OERs
Movement originated from developments in open and distance learning (ODL)
Culture of open knowledge and open source
Believes in free sharing and peer collaboration
Movement originated from developments in open and distance learning (ODL)
Culture of open knowledge and open source
Believes in free sharing and peer collaboration
Education available “Open” in terms of access and learning!!!
Issue of Internet to Everyone! But that a whole other conversation for another day!

9. Audience Participation Time
Please raise your hand if you have heard of Creative Commons.
Who knows the year Creative Commons was started?

10. Creative Commons
Creative Commons licensing provides a framework to provide guidelines for the “4 Rs” of sharing resources:
Reuse: copying verbatim with attribution
Redistribution: sharing with others
Revision: adapting and reusing
Remixing: combining with other resources
Organization, manages OER licensing, public domain tools, repository, do research, have a network, etc.

11. Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/choose/

12. Physics Education Technology (PhET) Open Culture (OC)
Our Top OER Picks
OER Commons
MERLOT II
Physics Education Technology (PhET)
Open Culture (OC)
OER Commons
Merlot
Physics Education Technology (PhET)
Khan Academy
Open Culture (OC)
Open Learning Initiative (OLI)
Open Course Ware (OCW)

13. OER Commons Details Across all subject areas
Lots of different resource types
Flexible search features
Quality rating system
Clearly labeled “Conditions of Use”
Short abstract
Review resource
Easy to curate resources in account
Search on terms assessment 983 results, narrow my search, assessment for learning, 378 items.
Refine search with Post-secondary (Grade Level) 277 items
Actions – Save directly to your collection, Can TAG items!

14. OER Commons http://www.oercommons.org/
Large digital repository with 41K+ items and continually growing of Free to Use Teaching and Learning Content for K-20+ spectrum
Create account, very much like Amazon, you can curate materials to your account for easier access.
Very easy to search, filter, and drill down to find what’s available or what you’re looking for 1) Subject Areas, Grade Level, (see number of resources), Material Type, Media Format, Condition of Use (?, Pop Up definitions), Content Source

15. MERLOT II Details Online learning materials in different disciplines
Peer review opportunities – can review and add to the content collection
Awards – submitted content is reviewed and can be recognized by consortium
Guest Speakers – content specialists are available for guest speaking to your students
Online learning materials in different disciplines
Peer review opportunities – can review and add to the content collection
Awards – submitted content is review and can be recognized by consortium
Guest Speakers – content specialists are available for guest speaking to your students

16. MERLOT II http://www.merlot.org

17. PhET Details
Interactive labs- manipulations, cause and effect opportunity, and collection of data
Researched-based simulations – continually being revised and improved
Connections- real-life phenomena focusing on the underlying science
Quantitative exploration - measurement instruments including rulers, stop-watches, voltmeters and thermometers
Interactive labs- manipulations, cause and effect opportunity, and collection of data
Researched-based simulations – continually being revised and improved
Connections- real-life phenomena focusing on the underlying science
Quantitative exploration - measurement instruments including rulers, stop-watches, voltmeters and thermometers

18. PhET http://phet.colorado.edu/

19. OC Details Use resources to enhance your courses
Materials are vetted and added to regularly
You can & suggest content to add
Easy to search & integrated content
Mobile friendly
No registration! Subscribe or Follow
Ads a Con but funds resource
No donation requested

20. Open Culture http://www.openculture.com/
Focus on high quality educational and cultural media
Centralize and curate content to provide ease of access
Audio books (450 books, categorized by Fiction & Literature, Poetry & Non-Fiction then alphabetized by authors’ last name. Also Audio Book Podcast Sites. different formats/sources MP3, iTunes, Audible, links to ebook version if available), Online courses (540 courses, materials from courses taught originally as f-2-f courses, variety of providers Oxford Univ., Yale, Pratt Institute, Penn State, in addition to Harvard, Stanford & others) Certificate courses (chunked chornologically by month/provider/length/type of certificate) See there’s a variety of Movies (500), Languages (40), eBooks (375) Offers a different selection of OER
Robust community of users with 150K+ subscribers

21. BEWARE! Quality of OER Research basis for product Time management
Updating and currency
Ads!!!

22. Have you visited the OCIP Resources wiki?
What OCIP resources have you used?

23. Thank you for attending!
Next Steps!
Visit the wiki!
Questions!!
Thank you for attending!