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Demystifying Open Educational Resources
The document outlines a workshop on Open Educational Resources (OER), emphasizing their significance in enhancing access to educational materials and promoting collaborative teaching practices. Participants are encouraged to define OER, understand their importance, and explore how to adopt and produce these resources for effective education. The workshop includes interactive exercises and discussions to foster engagement and practical application of OER principles.
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- 1. 1 DEMYSTIFYING OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES Brandon Muramatsu and Jean Runyon Citation: Muramatsu, B., & Runyon, J. (2012, February). Demystifying open educational resources. Preconference workshop at eLearning 2012, Long Beach, CA. Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 2. Outline 2 Howdy y’all By the end of the workshop… Thinking about OERs differently What’s the big deal about OERs? The mechanics of OER An OER walks into a bar… Set them freeee… They’re just looking for a good home Wrapup Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 3. 3 Howdy Y’All Introductions and Expectations Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
- 4. Expectations 4 I know nothing, I expect to learn a lot Finding current material (MBA in Sustainability) Beg, borrow, steal great ideas Started exploring, felt like dove into ocean, so much out there—how to control it, where is the quality Developing workshops to help faculty understand some of the newer things to help engage students How to find OERs Leverage open resources Liberal arts degree—resources to support Leverage OERs—try not to recreate the wheel, quality for accreditation and transferability Faculty culture is to buy courses, find more than what she found on her own Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 5. 5 By the end of the workshop… Outcomes Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
- 6. Workshop Outcomes 6 Develop a working definition of OERs Understand the implications and importance of OERs Take it with you… How will you adopt, produce, or encourage the use of OERs? Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 7. 7 Thinking about OERs differently What are OERs? Interactive Exercise Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
- 8. How do youdefine 8 “Open Educational Resources”? Something puts out in the “open” Not contained, not password protected Interoperable, use in a number of systems Open = “not copyrighted”? Creative Commons Easy to find, reusable learning objects Free or low cost Available Digital, assumed to be online Idea generating Modifiable Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 9. OER: l’innovation dujour? 9 What are Open Educational Resources? We’re going to talk about OER writ large. We’re not going to bore you with definitions! (Well, we’ll try!) We’re not going to get all religious about OERs! Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 10. OER: l’innovation dujour? 10 We’d like you to think about OER as an entrée to a conversation A conversation about teaching, crafting courses, & sharing course materials A conversation about collaborating with peers and even students This doesn’t sound like it’s specific to OERs does it? Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 11. Poll: Do you(or your faculty)… 11 Talk about courses with peers? Borrow course materials, teaching techniques, sources? Share materials back with your peers? Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 12. OER is allof these things! 12 At it’s heart, OER is about doing these sorts of things! And, it’s about encouraging sharing of materials and practices… And, it’s clearly communicating what others are allowed to do with the materials… Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 13. Ok, let’s geta bit more formal 13 Photo: Flickr @mringlein, cc-by-nc-nd Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 14. OER: A Definition 14 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, Daniel E., John Seely Brown, Allen L. Hammond. (2007-02). “A Review of Open Educational Resources (OER) Movement: Achievements, Challenges, and New Opportunities.” Menlo Park, CA: The William and Flora Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United Foundation. p. 4. Hewlett
- 15. U.S. Department ofEducation 15 Open Educational Resources (OER) are an important element of an infrastructure for learning. Department of Education. (2010). National Education Technology Plan: Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology. http://www.ed.gov/technology/netp-2010/open-educational-resources Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 16. OERs in theModern Era 16 “Open Educational “Open Content” Resources” Open University OpenCourseWare Open Course Library David Wiley Coined By UNESCO OpenLearn Consortium MITx 1998 2002 2006 2008 2011 2001 2000s 2007 2009 Wikipedia William and Flora Hewlett Cape Town Open High School of Utah Creative Commons Foundation Declaration American Graduation Initiative MIT OpenCourseWare Support & $2B in funding University of the People Unless otherwise specified, this work WikiEducator. (2012). OER Timeline. http://wikieducator.org/OER_timeline Source: is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 17. OERs are apart of Open 17 Education OERs focus on resources They have been getting a lot of attention at the federal and state levels They are primarily course materials and open textbooks Open Education is the bigger concept Sharing, availability and access Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 18. 18 What’s the big deal about OERs? Importance of Open Educational Resources Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
- 19. Importance of OERs 19 Cost / cost savings Flexibility: mix and match, select pieces, you’re in control Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 20. b2s.aacc.edu Impact of OERson Bridge to Success
- 21. 21 The mechanics of OERs Understanding licenses Demonstration Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
- 22. Poll: When borrowing 22 resources… Do you look at the license or terms of use? Do you provide attribution for those resources? Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 23. What are youallowed to do? What might you allow others? 23 Instead of “All Rights Reserved” Can someone else use the materials? Can someone build upon or modify the materials? Can they use those materials commercially? Do they have to share any materials they develop the same way the materials were originally shared? Do these sound familiar? Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 24. Creative Commons: Enabling 24 OER Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 25. creativecommons.org Creative Commons Licenses 25 A “standard” way providing permissions to your work The easiest way of communicating your resource is “open” Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 26. Applying a licenseto this 26 presentation Ok, so how do I do it? Select a license Add Creative Commons logo to the title slide Add a license statement to the title slide (and notes field) Add an attribution statement Add metadata to Presentation properties Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 27. Creative Commons: Picka 27 License Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 28. Creative Commons: Attribution 28 Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 29. Creative Commons: CC-byLicense 29 Deed
- 30. 30 An OER walks into a bar… Finding and Recognizing OERs Demonstration / Interactive Exercise Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
- 31. Finding OERs 31 How do you find out about them? Talking to peers in your department? Through ITC? Other professional organizations? Looking through digital repositories? Google searches? Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 32. Recognizing OERs: Examples 32 Flickr (www.flickr.com) MIT OpenCourseWare (ocw.mit.edu) MERLOT (www.merlot.org) OER Commons (www.oercommons.org) Open Course Library (www.opencourselibrary.org) Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org) Crowd choice (what will it be?) Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 33. Pattern 33 1. Check out the site 2. Search for resources 3. Look at detailed results 4. Review the resource itself 5. Is it an OER? Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 34. Have you usedFlickr? 34 Did you know that Flickr allows photo sharers to indicate a license? And that you can search for Creative Commons licensed photos? Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 35. Searching for OpenlyLicensed 35 Photos at Flickr Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 36. Flickr Search Results 36 Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 37. CC-Licensed Math Photo 37 Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 38. MIT OpenCourseWare 38 ocw.mit.edu Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 39. MERLOT 39 www.merlot.org
- 40. OER Commons 40 www.oercommons.org Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 41. Open Course Library 41 www.opencourselibrary.org Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 42. Wikipedia 42 www.wikipedia.org Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 43. Audience Choice? 43 Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 44. Examples of OERs 44 Flickr (www.flickr.com) Some CC-licensed, find via Advanced Search MIT Open CourseWare (ocw.mit.edu) One of the granddaddy’s of OERs, CC-by-nc-sa MERLOT (www.merlot.org) Wide range of resources, complex licensing OER Commons (www.oercommons.org) Wide range of resources, nearly all CC-licensed Open Course Library (www.opencourselibrary.org) Open Textbooks, 42 published, more coming, CC-by Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org) Probably the biggest OER, support for attribution Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 45. Discussion Questions 45 What makes a site an OER? Did any of the sites surprise you? What features make some sites better than others? Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 46. OER Smörgåsbord OER as a conversation: Sharing, access, materials, practice OER as a continuum Individual Standalone Course Materials Whole Courses Images Modules Open Textbooks Flickr Open Course Library OpenLearn Saylor B2S Courses Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 47. Selected additional resources Bridge to Success (shameless plug), b2s.aacc.edu CK-12, www.ck12.org College Open Textbooks, www.collegeopentextbooks.org Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources, www.oerconsortium.org Flat World Knowledge, www.flatworldknowledge.com Kaleidoscope Project, www.project-kaleidoscope.org Open High School of Utah, ocw.openhighschool.org Open University OpenLearn, www.open.edu/openlearn P2PU, www.p2pu.org Saylor Foundation, www.saylor.org WikiEducator, wikieducator.org Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 48. 48 Set them freeee… Producing OERs Demonstration Photo: Patrick McAndrew, cc-by Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
- 49. Let’s make anOER 49 Apply license, citation, metadata Share the presentation via Slideshare Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 50. Slideshare.net 50 Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 51. 51 They’re just looking for a good home… Adopting OERs Interactive Exercise Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
- 52. Your turn toadopt an OER 52 From a course you teach, or one that you’ve helped a faculty member with… What’s an area for which a learning resource might help explain something, improve student understanding, etc.? Look for a resource that’s an OER that might meet your needs. Describe the problem and the OER to the workshop. Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 53. 53 Wrap-Up Revisiting Outcomes Interactive Exercise Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
- 54. Outline Revisited 54 By the end of the workshop… Thinking about OERs differently What’s the big deal about OERs? The mechanics of OER An OER walks into a bar… Set them freeee… They’re just looking for a good home Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 55. Workshop Outcomes 55 Develop a working definition of OERs Understand the implications and importance of OERs Take it with you… How will you adopt, produce, or encourage the use of OERs? Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 56. Discussion of OERs 56 It *is* an ocean! Conversations: more than materials, opportunities for sharing and learning together Parameters under which you have to work, it’s a system This should be part of what we do when we work with faculty to publish courses Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 57. Why are OERsImportant? 57 Because…??? Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 58. What are someof the 58 challenges? Accreditation issues: faculty responsible for creating materials, and teaching and ensuring student learning outcomes Document success, have metrics Make sure we serve our students Using modern tools and techniques -> transform faculty practices? Brown-bag lunches, faculty development Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
- 59. Contact Us 59 Brandon Muramatsu, MIT Jean Runyon, AACC mura@mit.edu jmrunyon@aacc.ed @bmuramatsu u Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United
Editor's Notes
- #2 Citation: Muramatsu, B., & Runyon, J. (2012, February). Demystifying open educational resources. Preconference workshop at eLearning 2012, Long Beach, CA.Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.
- #33 Some of the largest collections of OERs (aka Creative Commons licensed resources)
- #35 Did you know that Flickr allows photo sharers to indicate a license?And that you can search for Creative Commons licensed
- #60 Citation:Muramatsu, B. & J. Runyon. (2012). Demystifying open educational resources.Preconference workshop at eLearning 2012, Long Beach, CA.Unless otherwise specified, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.