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Open Educational Resources Miley Grandjean & Jed Duggan Online Course Improvement Program Feb. 7, 2014
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Open Education Matters: Why is it important to share content? Open Education Matters: Why is it important to share content? 1. Write down 2-3 things about OER that you feel are positive. 2. Write down at least one challenge or issue you still seem to have about OER.
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Open Education Resources “Open educational resources provide a learner- centered platform that authentically marries technology with education and provides access and equity to education resources for all.” -Lisa Petrides from Web ComputingWeb Computing
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What is OER? Are free Openly licensed Accessible Educational materials that can be used for teaching, learning, research, and other purposes
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What do OER’s Include? Courses Course materials Content modules Learning objects Collections Journals
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OERs and Tools OERs also comprise tools for delivering educational content 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
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History of OERs The term learning object was coined in 1994 by Wayne Hodgins Shared the idea that digital materials can be designed to allow easy reuse in a wide range of teaching and learning situations Term was adopted by educators and instructional designers
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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
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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
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Creative Commons
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Today’s Session Resources and links for today’s session can be found on- ◦ Pinterest ◦ Learni.st ◦ OCIP Resource Wiki A follow-up email will be sent to you with links to resources from this presentation.
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Miley and Jed’s Top Picks 1. OER Commons 2. Open Course Ware (OCW) 3. Merlot II 4. Khan Academy 5. Open Learning Initiative (OLI) 6. Connexions 7. Diigo 8. Twitter 9. Youtube 10. Facebook
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OER Commons http://www.oercommons.org/
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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 Variety of actions Easy to curate resources in account
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Open Course Ware(OCW) Search http://www.ocwsearch.com
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OCW Details Search in a variety of ways Helpful example searches Advanced Search-customized search with operators Link to web-based course OR zip file Download – full course load access via index.html Do you want all materials on your desktop/laptop?
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MERLOT II http://www.merlot.org MERLOT II http://www.merlot.org http://www.merlot.org 17
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MERLOT Details Online learning materials in different disciplines Peer review opportunities – can review, create, and add to the content collection Awards – submitted content is review and can be recognized by consortium Translation variety languages Guest Speakers – content specialists are available for guest speaking to your students
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Khan Academy http://www.khanacademy.org/ Khan Academy http://www.khanacademy.org/
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Khan Academy Details Instruction – math, science, some humanities, test prep Practice - materials provided for student practice with feedback Teacher/Coach - teachers can be associated with their students to monitor progress or completion Assessment – quizzes and tests provided Collaborative opportunities- teachers are invited to add and improve the collection
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Open Learning Initiative http://oli.cmu.edu/
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OLI Details Students use independently, choose level of access – register or not Textbook independent, embedded practice questions, hands on practice, virtual labs, videos Faculty create custom courses using OLI materials Learning Dashboard tracks student progress
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Connexions
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Connexions Details
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Diigo
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Diigo Details
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Twitter
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Twitter Details
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YouTube
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Youtube Details
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Facebook
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Facebook Details
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Desktop Share Hold on while we share our desktop!
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OER Challenges Quality Accuracy Potential use restrictions Availability in particular disciplines Time Management multiple accounts Competition faculty textbook income
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OER Benefits Wide variety of resources Free High quality Open access Savings on course materials Course enhancement User communities
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Where you should start! Academic Earth http://academicearth.orghttp://academicearth.org Connexions http://cnx.orghttp://cnx.org Coursera https://www.coursera.org/https://www.coursera.org/ Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/http://creativecommons.org/ iTunesU http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u Khan Academy http://www.khanacademy.orghttp://www.khanacademy.org Merlot http://www.merlot.orghttp://www.merlot.org MIT http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htmhttp://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm National Academies Press http://www.nap.eduhttp://www.nap.edu
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Where you should start! OCW Search http://www.ocwsearch.com/http://www.ocwsearch.com/ OER Commons http://www.oercommons.org/http://www.oercommons.org/ Open Courseware Consortium http://www.ocwconsortium.org http://www.ocwconsortium.org Open Culture http://www.openculture.com/http://www.openculture.com/ Open Learning Initiative http://oli.cmu.edu/ (Carnegie Mellon)http://oli.cmu.edu/ Peer to Peer University https://p2pu.org/en/https://p2pu.org/en/ PHET http://phet.colorado.eduhttp://phet.colorado.edu Udacity http://www.udacity.com/http://www.udacity.com/ Wiki Books http://en.wikibooks.orghttp://en.wikibooks.org
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