academic oer use and reuse: case studies and evidence of good practice

Academic OER use and reuse: Case studies and evidence of good practice

Dr Ming Nie, University of Leicester

Background

• Evolvement OER (EVOL-OER) project• Funded by SCORE

• Aims:– Deep understanding of OER reuse– Reuse patterns– Drivers and barriers

Have you used/reused OERs?Yes No

Reuse in Higher EducationThe JISC OER Impact Study

JISC OER Impact Study

The landscape of reuse

JISC OER Impact Study

Methods• Qualitative methods• 12 interviews, case studies from• Experiences from individual academics and projects

Design Low-cost Enhancement

Strategic Enhancement

Delivery Rapid Enhancement

PlannedEnhancement

Used as is(Just-in-time)

Repurposed(Structured)

OER

Curr

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OER-enhanced curriculum

Barriers and drivers

• Share back• Localisation• Digital literacy skills • Motivations and challenges

Finding OERs

1. OER Commons: www.oercommons.org 2. JorumOpen: http://open.jorum.ac.uk 3. Xpert: http://xpert.nottingham.ac.uk 4. Open Courseware Consortium: www.ocwconsortium.org5. OU Learningspace: http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/ 6. Google Advanced Search:

http://www.google.com/advanced_search 7. Or any repository listed at:

http://wikieducator.org/OER_Handbook/educator/Find/General_repositories

Thank you!

Email: ming.nie@le.ac.uk