free, open, and digital reading resources
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A presentation for IRA 2012 by Karen Fasimpaur Licensed CC BY - Please share!TRANSCRIPT
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What I believe and why I got involved in OER
Differentiating instruction is essential to improving education.
Textbooks are not a good tool for this. Technology coupled with high quality content is. Teachers and students need high quality
resources that they can use legally to build and share interactive lessons, podcasts, multimedia presentations, etc.
Sharing is good and is a part of new literacies.
What is OER?
Digital, free, and OPEN for anyone to use, adapt, and redistribute
Tools, content, and implementation resources
For teachers, students, and lifelong learners
How is OER relevant to education?
Suitable for “remixing” for differentiation Examples
Increases equity FREE Modelling 21st century skills as a source of
content for teachers and students to build from legally
Wise use of public funds
Traditional copyright -
all rights reserved
Public domain - unrestricted
use
Copyright with open licenses -
some rights reserved
Attribution (BY) ▪ Non-commercial (NC) ▪
No derivatives (ND) ▪ Copyleft - Share-Alike (SA)
Recommended for education:
CC BY
Creative Commons: CC BY – You can use however you want; just cite
the source.
CC BY SA – You can use however you want, but you must cite the source AND license your work under a sharing license.
CC BY NC – You can use only if it is noncommercial (you can’t charge $); cite the source.
CC BY ND – You can use the work but you can’t change it or put it into a bigger work; also cite the source.
Others:
GFDL – Share-alike license used by Wikipedia and others.
Public domain – not copyrighted; you can use however you like.
Custom licenses (e.g. morguefile and Teacher’s Domain)
Citing Sources
ALWAYS cite sources; attribution required by CC
Can be under the image or at the end in credits Screen names are ok (optional) Include source URL
More Formal Citation Formats
MLA
Author’s name, the name of the work, publication/site, the date of creation, and the medium of publication
Bronayur. “Hershey, PA sign.” Wikipedia, Jan. 9, 2007. JPG file.
APA
Name of the organization, followed by the date. In brackets, provide a brief explanation of what type of data is there and in what form it appears. Finally, provide the project name and retrieval information.
Hershey, PA sign. (Jan. 9, 2007). [Photo of Hershey, PA sign, JPG]. Wikipedia. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hershey_Pennsylvania_1.JPG
Where to find the best OER
http://content.k12opened.com
Multimedia “Building Blocks”
Over 221 million
open-licensed photos
Reading Intervention
Ebooks and Audiobooks
Credit: Evan-Amos
Open Dictionaryfor Kids
Resources for Teachers
.
How You Can Open License Your Own Work
Just write “licensed under Creative Commons CC BY” on the work
Use the Creative Commons “License Your Work” tool Will provide you with artwork Optional code you can put on a web site to be
accessed by open search engines
.
How You Can Contribute
If you publish something you are willing to share, open license it.
Post photos (to Flickr or elsewhere) with an open license.
Publish on an open platform like Wikispaces. If you see a mistake on a wiki like Wikipedia,
FIX IT! Tell three people you know about open
content and Creative Commons
Conclusion
Questions, comments, and sharing of experiences and resources
www.k12opened.com/IRA2012 Thank you for coming!
Thank you.
Karen Fasimpaur
First screen image credits:
Linux computer lab – Michael SurranLinux penguin - Larry Ewing <[email protected]> with the GIMPBooks - TizzieGlobe – NASACloud background - Anca Mosoiu