Using OER for course design
Professor Frank Rennie
Lews Castle College UHI
sideCAP
• EU Funded project to improve the quality and flexibility of distance education provision on a sustainable basis.
• Includes UKOU, UHI, USP, UWI, & UM
• Practical training in new technologies and software
• Focus on Open Educational Resources (OER)
Pedagogic Styles
Distributed Learning
Blended Learning
Distance Education
elearning
f2fOpen Education
The essence of OER
• 1) Open access
• 2) Freely available
• 3) Shareable
• 4) Relatively discrete ‘chunks’
• 5)Saves needing to ‘re-invent the wheel’
• 6) Needs to be contextualised
• 7) You can add to the OER pool.
OER Template
Learning Resources
OER
OER
OER OEROER
OER
Certification
Award
Assessment
TMA
Exam
Tutorials
LMS
Peer-to-peer
Dboard
skype
1. Identify the main generic headings for course content (key topics for discussion
and learning)
2. Search for relevant
resources that can be re-used for
these headings
3. Write ‘wrap-around’ materials that
contextualise and support the learning
resources
3. Write ‘wrap-around’ materials that
contextualise and support the learning
resources
4. Add your new
materials to the common
pool (if required)
4. Add your new
materials to the common
pool (if required)
5. Select the format for
sharing (wiki etc)
5. Select the format for
sharing (wiki etc)
Using OER in Course Design
Useful Links• The Course Wiki
http://climatechangecourse.wetpaint.com
• sideCAP wiki (with resources)
http://sidecap.wetpaint.com
• The course on OpenLearn
http://openlearn.open.ac.uk
• The sideCAP report
http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1267854
