Hunting, Gathering, Hunting, Gathering, and Growing Open and Growing Open

Educational ResourcesEducational ResourcesJohn Hilton IIIJohn Hilton III

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OER QuizOER Quiz1.1. What are “open educational resources?”What are “open educational resources?”

2.2. What is meant by “OCW?”What is meant by “OCW?”

3.3. Why would a person/organization want Why would a person/organization want to to use use open educational resources?open educational resources?

4.4. What would a person/organization want What would a person/organization want to to create create open educational resources?open educational resources?

5.5. Where could I go if I wanted to find Where could I go if I wanted to find some open educational resources?some open educational resources?

6.6. What are Creative Commons Licenses?What are Creative Commons Licenses?

What Are Open Educational What Are Open Educational Resources?Resources?

Open -- the resource is freely Open -- the resource is freely available to others to available to others to reusereuse in in different contexts.different contexts.

Educational Resources -- books, Educational Resources -- books, lesson plans, syllabi, learning lesson plans, syllabi, learning objects, videos, slide shows, objects, videos, slide shows, etc. etc.

How Could I Use OER as a How Could I Use OER as a Teacher?Teacher?

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What Are Open Educational What Are Open Educational Resources?Resources?

Open -- the resource is freely Open -- the resource is freely available to others to available to others to reusereuse in in different contexts.different contexts.

Educational Resources -- books, Educational Resources -- books, lesson plans, syllabi, learning lesson plans, syllabi, learning objects, videos, slide shows, objects, videos, slide shows, etc. etc.

4 R’s of Openness4 R’s of Openness(Wiley, 2009)(Wiley, 2009)

ReuseReuse—This is the most basic level of openness. —This is the most basic level of openness. People can use all or part of the work for their People can use all or part of the work for their own purposes (e.g. download an educational own purposes (e.g. download an educational video for later use).video for later use).

RedistributeRedistribute—People can share the work with —People can share the work with others (e.g. email a digital article to a colleague). others (e.g. email a digital article to a colleague).

ReviseRevise—People can modify, translate, or change —People can modify, translate, or change the form the work (e.g. take vocabulary the form the work (e.g. take vocabulary exercises and add new words). exercises and add new words).

RemixRemix—Take two or more existing resources and —Take two or more existing resources and combine them to create a new resource (e.g. combine them to create a new resource (e.g. take audio lectures from a course and combine take audio lectures from a course and combine them with a slideshow from another course to them with a slideshow from another course to create a new course).create a new course).

Licensing: A Key Licensing: A Key Determinant of the 4 R’sDeterminant of the 4 R’s

4 R’s4 R’s

Looking at OER as a Looking at OER as a Curriculum CreatorCurriculum Creator

Advanced Google SearchAdvanced Google Search

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4 R’s4 R’s

Looking at OER as a Looking at OER as a Creator of OERCreator of OER

Help People Discover It!Help People Discover It!

Alms AnalysisAlms Analysis(Wiley, 2009)(Wiley, 2009)

Access Access to editing tools: to editing tools: Level Level of expertise: of expertise: Meaningfully Meaningfully editable: editable: Self-Self-sourced:sourced:

ALMS AnalysisALMS Analysis

ALMS AnalysisALMS Analysis

Questions? Go to the handbook…Questions? Go to the handbook…http://www.lulu.com/items/volume_63/3597000/3597933/3/print/oerhandbookfinal-gray2.pdf http://www.lulu.com/items/volume_63/3597000/3597933/3/print/oerhandbookfinal-gray2.pdf

Hunting, Gathering, Hunting, Gathering, and Growing Open and Growing Open

Educational ResourcesEducational ResourcesJohn Hilton IIIJohn Hilton III

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