merit: discovering high-quality oer

advancing formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.

Una DalyCommunity College Outreach Manager

OCW ConsortiumJuly 20, 2012

Discovering High-Quality Open Educational Resources

(OER)

Welcome

Please introduce yourself, what you teach, and your interest in OER

– Una Daly, facilitator• Community College Outreach Manager at

the OCW Consortium

Agenda

• Open Education Movement• What is OER?• The Power of OER for Learning

• Finding OER with OER Commons• Other Sources of OER• Usage considerations

Community Colleges & OER

Dr. Martha Kanter

U.S. Undersecretary of Education (2009-12)

• Enhance teaching & learning

• Expand access to education

• Join global open education movement

Funded by William & Flora Hewlett Foundation

Open Courseware Mission“Advance formal and informal learning through the worldwide sharing and use of

free, open, high-quality education materials organized as courses.”

Over 250 institutions, 46 Countries,

18,000 Courses, 4000 Translated

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What are Open Educational Resources?

U.S. Dept. of Education

– 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 repurposing by others.

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Examples

Includes –

• Course materials• Lesson Plans• Modules or lessons• Open CourseWare (OCW)• Open textbooks• Videos• Images• Tests• Software• Any other tools, materials, or techniques used

to support ready access to knowledge

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Characteristics of OER

• Digital– Easily modified – free distribution

• Open License– Reuse, Revise, Remix, Redistribute

• Low cost– Lowers barriers to education

What is an Open License?

• Free: Free to access online, free to print

• Open: Shared, usable and re-usable: licensing that is less restrictive than standard copyright

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Creative Commons licensing

• Works with existing copyright law

• Promotes sharing

• Internationally recognized

• Author/creator can specify re-uses

Finding OER

• OER Repositories– Content is located at repository

• OER Referatories– Links to content contained in repositories

How to Search in OER Commons

Step 1: Go to http://oercommons.org

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Step 2: Click on Advanced Searchadapted from Judy Baker cc-by license

How to Search in OER Commons

Step 3: Type in Keywords for what you teach

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How to Search in OER Commons

Step 4: Using Additional Search Criteria

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How to Search in OER Commons

Step 5:

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Material Type

Grade Level

Subject

Media Format

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10 minute : Activity

• Find and select resources for your classroom

http://oercommons.org/oer

Evaluating OER• R1: Degree of Alignment to Standards• R2: Quality of Explanation of the Subject Matter• R3: Utility of Materials Designed to Support

Teaching• R4: Quality of Assessment• R5: Quality of Technological Interactivity• R6: Quality of Instructional Tasks and Practice

Exercises• R7: Opportunities for Deeper Learning• R8: Assurance of Accessibility

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Discipline-specific Sources

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K-12 OER Repositories

• Curriki• CK-12• PhET Interactive Simulations• Connexions• Khan Academy• Open High School of Utah

Creatiive Commons Wikihttp://wiki.creativecommons.org/OER_Case_Studies/United_States

Finding Images, Videos, Music

search.creativecommons.org

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How to Make Best Use of OER

• Enhance existing materials with OER

• Enhance an existing OER– E.g. Translations, Images, etc.

• Replace existing materials with OER

• Invite students to generate OER 

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Customize, Remix, and Organize

–Interoperability

–Accessibility

–License type

–Cultural relevance

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Why Customize and Remix?• Adapt the material to make it more accessible for

students with disabilities• Insert cultural specific references to it easier to

understand• Translate it into another language• Correct any errors or inaccuracies• Keep the OER up to date by adding recent discoveries• Insert more media or links to other resources• Adapt it for a different grade level• Insert a different point of view to that originally given in

the material

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Making OER Sustainable

• Openly license your own work• Contribute your work to OER

repositories• Mentor others in use of OERs

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Thank you for attending!

Contact InformationUna Daly unatdaly@ocwconsortium.org

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Photo credits:

Game Changer: Open Education Changes the Rules