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Introduction to OERs
What 
are…
Open Things… 
• Open Access 
• Open Content 
• Open Course ware 
• Open Source Software 
• Open Education / e-Learning 
• Open Educational Resources 
• …and many more things
4 
Change in philosophy towards an “Open 
Movement” 
Open Source Software 
Open Access 
Open Licences 
Open Society 
Open Science 
Open Educational 
Resources 
Open Data
5 
Affordances of the Internet 
Title : File:Internet map 1024.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 
Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Internet_map_1024.jpg 
license : Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
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Available to other 
faculties, students and 
institutions. 
Other educators can now 
discover and reuse. 
…sharing beyond the classroom 
Traditional sharing of 
teaching materials 
Learning activity 
or resource 
Creates 
Designated as 
OER on web 
Adapted from Conole, G., McAndrew, P. & Dimitriadis, Y., 2010 
Shares 
with students 
and other 
faculty 
Sharing educational 
resources as OER 
Additional considerations: 
• Clearing of copyright issues 
• Formatting for web and accessibility for reuse 
• Addition of descriptive metadata 
• Publishing in repository, referatory or on the web 
Educator
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What has enabled OER? 
• Alternative 
copyright 
Licensing 
• A range of 
financial 
models 
• Affordances 
of the 
Internet 
• Change in 
philosophy 
Social Technical 
Financial Legal
Beginning… 
The term was first used at a 
UNESCO conference in 2002, 
although OERs were being 
produced and used before 
that time. For instance, the 
MIT OpenCourseWare project, 
which began in 2001, was one 
of the first major initiatives of 
the OER movement.
Lets see how it all started… 
• In 1994 Wayne Hodgins coined the term “learning object,” 
and this term quickly entered the vernacular of educators 
and instructional designers. 
• One role of learning objects in the history of OER is its 
popularization of the idea that digital materials can be 
designed and produced in such a manner as to be reused 
easily in a variety of pedagogical situations. 
• Along with its emphasis on reuse, the learning object 
movement spawned several standards efforts aimed at 
detailing metadata, content exchange, and other standards 
necessary for users to find and reuse digital educational 
content (ARIADNE, IMS, IEEE LTSC / LOM, SCORM, &c.). 
http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/247
Open Content 
• In 1998 David Wiley 
coined the term “open 
content,” and while 
targeted at the 
educational community 
(and learning object 
creators specifically), 
the term quickly 
entered the vernacular 
of internet users.
Open Source…FOSS… 
• One role of open content in the history of OER 
is its popularization of the idea that the 
principles of the open source / free software 
movements can be productively applied to 
content, and the creation of the first widely 
adopted open license for content (the Open 
Publication License).
Creative Commons… 
• In 2001 Larry Lessig and others founded the 
Creative Commons and released a flexible set of 
licenses that were both a vast improvement on 
the Open Publication Licenses™ confusing license 
option structure and significantly stronger legal 
documents. 
• One role of Creative Commons in the history of 
OER is the increase in credibility and confidence 
their legally superior, much easier to use licenses 
brought to the open content community.
2001 MIT announced its 
OpenCourseWare initiative 
• to publish nearly every university course for 
free public access for noncommercial use. MIT 
OpenCourseWare has played many roles in 
the history of OER, including being an example 
of commitment at an institutional level, 
working actively to encourage similar projects, 
and lending the MIT brand to the movement.
2002: UNESCO 
• As the number of 
institutions offering free or 
open courseware 
increased, UNESCO 
organized the 1st Global 
OER Forum in 2002 where 
the term Open Educational 
Resources (OER) was 
adopted.
2005: OER Community wiki 
• With the support of the Hewlett Foundation, 
UNESCO created a global OER Community wiki 
in 2005 to share information and work 
collaboratively on issues surrounding the 
production and use of Open Educational 
Resources.
Feb 2006: WikiEducator domain name 
registered
2006 October: OpenLearn of UKOU
2006 November 
• FLOSS4Edu launches for African OER 
• 2008: OER Africa launched
What is an 
OER? 
Image source: http://www.bihardays.com/
Open Educational Resources (OER) are 
‘materials offered freely and openly to use 
and adapt for teaching, learning, 
development and research’. 
- The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) 
http://www.col.org/resources/crsMaterials/Pages/OCW-OER.aspx
Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and 
learning materials that are freely available online 
for everyone to use, whether you are an instructor, 
student or self-learner. Examples of OER include: 
full courses, course modules, syllabi, lectures, 
homework assignments, quizzes, lab and classroom 
activities, pedagogical materials, games, 
simulations, and many more resources contained in 
digital media collections from around the world. 
- OER Commons 
http://www.oercommons.org/
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 and 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. 
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Open Educational Resources 
free and openly licensed educational materials that can be used for 
• teaching, 
• learning, 
• research, and 
• other purposes.
“Open” in Open Content 
5Rs Framework 
• Reuse 
• Revise 
• Remix 
• Redistribute 
• Retain 
"A door can be wide open, mostly open, cracked slightly open, or completely 
closed. So can your eyes, so can a window, etc.“ – David Wiley 
http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/1123 
http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/1123[ 
Image Source: http://wikieducator.org/Educators_care/Defining_OER
Types of Open Educational Resources 
• Courses 
• Course materials 
• Content modules 
• Learning objects 
• Collections, and 
• Journals
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Open Educational Resources 
Open Content / Open educational resources (OER) / Open 
Courseware are educational materials which are discoverable 
online and openly licensed that can be: 
Shared 
Shared freely 
and openly to 
be… 
Used 
Improved 
Redistribute 
d 
… used by 
… redistribute 
and share 
… adapt / repurpose/ anyone to … 
improve under some 
type of license in order 
to … 
again.
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Alternative copyright Licensing
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A range of financial models 
• Donor funding – e.g. Hewlett Foundation 
• Marketing budget – e.g. Open University 
• Commission – e.g. MIT and Amazon 
• Endowment – e.g. Stanford Encyclopedia of 
Philosophy 
• Membership – e.g. Sakai Consortium, OCWC 
• Government – e.g. NROER – Govt of India 
funding
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Recap: What makes an OER? 
• Educational curriculum, materials or mixed 
media 
• Discoverable online as they are shared freely 
and openly 
• Openly licensed (usually Creative Commons) 
• Can be legally used by anyone to repurpose/ 
improve and redistribute
Strategies…
Open Educational Practice (OEP) 
A characteristic of Open 
Educational Practice, 
compared with 
conventional forms of 
professional practice, is 
that it changes the 
nature of relationships… 
- Allison Littlejohn, Lou McGill, Isobel Falconer, Jay Dempster 
http://littlebylittlejohn.com/do-oer-funded-initiatives-impact-professional-practice/
What this change is? 
• Between academics and support staff (as people work 
in multi-disciplinary teams, sharing areas of expertise); 
• Amongst academics (as teaching practice shifts from 
individual practice to cross-institutional and inter-institutional 
collaboration); 
• Between academics and students (as teachers and 
learners (who may not be registered with a university) 
interact in new ways); 
• Between academics and organisations {including the 
university where they are employed} (as university 
activities open up).
What further we can do?
Explore… find… search… 
Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education 
http://www.iskme.org
Collaborate for content creation… 
Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education 
http://www.iskme.org
Collaborate for content creation…
Author: 
Document, remix, license, and share OER 
http://wikieducator.org/User:Kalpanagupte/My_Projects
Curate… 
Create a specific collection of OER for easy access and sharing 
http://www.scoop.it/t/open-learning-news 
http://www.scoop.it/t/open-educational-resources-oer
Share… 
http://wikieducator.org/User:Rashkath
Join 
OER 
Foundation…
Beome a 
proud member 
of 
WikiEducator
http://wikieducator.org/Main_Page
WikiEducator - India 
http://wikieducator.org/India
Free professional development 
opportunity from the OER Foundation
OER Project: Guide for newly enrolled 
distance learners
Thank You !

Introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER)

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    Open Things… •Open Access • Open Content • Open Course ware • Open Source Software • Open Education / e-Learning • Open Educational Resources • …and many more things
  • 4.
    4 Change inphilosophy towards an “Open Movement” Open Source Software Open Access Open Licences Open Society Open Science Open Educational Resources Open Data
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    5 Affordances ofthe Internet Title : File:Internet map 1024.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Internet_map_1024.jpg license : Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
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    6 Available toother faculties, students and institutions. Other educators can now discover and reuse. …sharing beyond the classroom Traditional sharing of teaching materials Learning activity or resource Creates Designated as OER on web Adapted from Conole, G., McAndrew, P. & Dimitriadis, Y., 2010 Shares with students and other faculty Sharing educational resources as OER Additional considerations: • Clearing of copyright issues • Formatting for web and accessibility for reuse • Addition of descriptive metadata • Publishing in repository, referatory or on the web Educator
  • 7.
    7 What hasenabled OER? • Alternative copyright Licensing • A range of financial models • Affordances of the Internet • Change in philosophy Social Technical Financial Legal
  • 8.
    Beginning… The termwas first used at a UNESCO conference in 2002, although OERs were being produced and used before that time. For instance, the MIT OpenCourseWare project, which began in 2001, was one of the first major initiatives of the OER movement.
  • 9.
    Lets see howit all started… • In 1994 Wayne Hodgins coined the term “learning object,” and this term quickly entered the vernacular of educators and instructional designers. • One role of learning objects in the history of OER is its popularization of the idea that digital materials can be designed and produced in such a manner as to be reused easily in a variety of pedagogical situations. • Along with its emphasis on reuse, the learning object movement spawned several standards efforts aimed at detailing metadata, content exchange, and other standards necessary for users to find and reuse digital educational content (ARIADNE, IMS, IEEE LTSC / LOM, SCORM, &c.). http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/247
  • 10.
    Open Content •In 1998 David Wiley coined the term “open content,” and while targeted at the educational community (and learning object creators specifically), the term quickly entered the vernacular of internet users.
  • 11.
    Open Source…FOSS… •One role of open content in the history of OER is its popularization of the idea that the principles of the open source / free software movements can be productively applied to content, and the creation of the first widely adopted open license for content (the Open Publication License).
  • 12.
    Creative Commons… •In 2001 Larry Lessig and others founded the Creative Commons and released a flexible set of licenses that were both a vast improvement on the Open Publication Licenses™ confusing license option structure and significantly stronger legal documents. • One role of Creative Commons in the history of OER is the increase in credibility and confidence their legally superior, much easier to use licenses brought to the open content community.
  • 13.
    2001 MIT announcedits OpenCourseWare initiative • to publish nearly every university course for free public access for noncommercial use. MIT OpenCourseWare has played many roles in the history of OER, including being an example of commitment at an institutional level, working actively to encourage similar projects, and lending the MIT brand to the movement.
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    2002: UNESCO •As the number of institutions offering free or open courseware increased, UNESCO organized the 1st Global OER Forum in 2002 where the term Open Educational Resources (OER) was adopted.
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    2005: OER Communitywiki • With the support of the Hewlett Foundation, UNESCO created a global OER Community wiki in 2005 to share information and work collaboratively on issues surrounding the production and use of Open Educational Resources.
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    Feb 2006: WikiEducatordomain name registered
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    2006 November •FLOSS4Edu launches for African OER • 2008: OER Africa launched
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    What is an OER? Image source: http://www.bihardays.com/
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    Open Educational Resources(OER) are ‘materials offered freely and openly to use and adapt for teaching, learning, development and research’. - The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) http://www.col.org/resources/crsMaterials/Pages/OCW-OER.aspx
  • 21.
    Open Educational Resources(OER) are teaching and learning materials that are freely available online for everyone to use, whether you are an instructor, student or self-learner. Examples of OER include: full courses, course modules, syllabi, lectures, homework assignments, quizzes, lab and classroom activities, pedagogical materials, games, simulations, and many more resources contained in digital media collections from around the world. - OER Commons http://www.oercommons.org/
  • 22.
    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 and 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. - The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
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    Open Educational Resources free and openly licensed educational materials that can be used for • teaching, • learning, • research, and • other purposes.
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    “Open” in OpenContent 5Rs Framework • Reuse • Revise • Remix • Redistribute • Retain "A door can be wide open, mostly open, cracked slightly open, or completely closed. So can your eyes, so can a window, etc.“ – David Wiley http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/1123 http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/1123[ Image Source: http://wikieducator.org/Educators_care/Defining_OER
  • 25.
    Types of OpenEducational Resources • Courses • Course materials • Content modules • Learning objects • Collections, and • Journals
  • 26.
    26 Open EducationalResources Open Content / Open educational resources (OER) / Open Courseware are educational materials which are discoverable online and openly licensed that can be: Shared Shared freely and openly to be… Used Improved Redistribute d … used by … redistribute and share … adapt / repurpose/ anyone to … improve under some type of license in order to … again.
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    28 A rangeof financial models • Donor funding – e.g. Hewlett Foundation • Marketing budget – e.g. Open University • Commission – e.g. MIT and Amazon • Endowment – e.g. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy • Membership – e.g. Sakai Consortium, OCWC • Government – e.g. NROER – Govt of India funding
  • 29.
    29 Recap: Whatmakes an OER? • Educational curriculum, materials or mixed media • Discoverable online as they are shared freely and openly • Openly licensed (usually Creative Commons) • Can be legally used by anyone to repurpose/ improve and redistribute
  • 30.
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    Open Educational Practice(OEP) A characteristic of Open Educational Practice, compared with conventional forms of professional practice, is that it changes the nature of relationships… - Allison Littlejohn, Lou McGill, Isobel Falconer, Jay Dempster http://littlebylittlejohn.com/do-oer-funded-initiatives-impact-professional-practice/
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    What this changeis? • Between academics and support staff (as people work in multi-disciplinary teams, sharing areas of expertise); • Amongst academics (as teaching practice shifts from individual practice to cross-institutional and inter-institutional collaboration); • Between academics and students (as teachers and learners (who may not be registered with a university) interact in new ways); • Between academics and organisations {including the university where they are employed} (as university activities open up).
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    Explore… find… search… Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education http://www.iskme.org
  • 35.
    Collaborate for contentcreation… Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education http://www.iskme.org
  • 36.
  • 37.
    Author: Document, remix,license, and share OER http://wikieducator.org/User:Kalpanagupte/My_Projects
  • 38.
    Curate… Create aspecific collection of OER for easy access and sharing http://www.scoop.it/t/open-learning-news http://www.scoop.it/t/open-educational-resources-oer
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    Beome a proudmember of WikiEducator
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    WikiEducator - India http://wikieducator.org/India
  • 45.
    Free professional development opportunity from the OER Foundation
  • 46.
    OER Project: Guidefor newly enrolled distance learners
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