open educational resources and libraries
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Commonwealth Educational
Media Centre for Asia
Open Educational
Resources and Libraries
Sanjaya MishraDirector, Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia
A Childhood riddle…
What is it that does not
get reduced after sharing
with someone else?
KNOWLEDGE
Role of LIS Professionals
Collect, organise and
disseminate
information
In a library, procure,
classify, index and
retrieve books/
information for the
users
Information
intermediary
Collection building
Classifier
Cataloguer
Indexer
Reference Librarian
Serials Librarian
Others…
What we actually do?
Bibliographic control (knowledge about
where you can find knowledge)
Process knowledge in various formats to help
easy retrieval
Optimise available resources (through
collaboration)
Create enabling environment for learning and
research
Changing Roles… Changing Times…
Collector
Curator
Communicator
Creator
… of KNOWLEDGE Resources
Knowledge Resources Formats
Books
Periodicals
A/V Media
Online Web Resources
– Text
– Audio
– Video
– Graphics
– Animation
Learning
Objects
Knowledge Commons
Who owns knowledge?
Researcher stands on the shoulder of giants
Previous research is necessary for new
research
Knowledge is Free – Information is not.
Data Information Knowledge
OER: History and Developments
MIT OpenCourseWare, 2001
UNESCO Forum on the Impact of Open
Courseware for Higher Education in
Developing Countries, 2002
OLI-CMU, 2002
OER Paris Declaration 2012
OER: Definition
teaching, learning and research materials in any
medium, digital or otherwise, that reside in the
public domain or have been released under an
open license that permits no-cost access, use,
adaptation and redistribution by others with no
or limited restrictions. Open licensing is built
within the existing framework of intellectual
property rights as defined by relevant
international conventions and respects the
authorship of the work.
What is “Open”?
It’s about open license used to share
educational material
– Reuse (copy verbatim)
– Revise (adapt and edit)
– Remix (combine with other materials)
– Redistribute (share with others)
– Retain (make, own and control copies)
No permission required as long as the open
license is respected
Technology and Platforms
Wikipedia, WikiEducator, Wikivarsity
Wikispaces, etc.
Connexions
MIT OpenCourseware
OLI-CMU
OpenLearn
OER Commons
Directory of OER
OER Paris Declaration 2012:
Recommendations related to
Government Promote awareness and use of OER
Bridge digital divide by developing infrastructure (broadband, mobile, electricity)
Develop national policy for OER
Promote use of Open licencing frameworks
Support capacity building initiatives on OER
Encourage and support research on OER
Adopt open standards and technologies for interoperability
Encourage open license for materials produced using public funds
OER Paris Declaration 2012:
Recommendations related to
Institutions
Promote awareness and use of OER
Improve media and information literacy
Develop institutional policies for OER
Educate stakeholders on open licenses and copyright
Promote quality assurance and peer review of OER
Develop strategic partnerships to avoid duplication of work as well as technologies
Encourage and support research on OER
Develop tools to facilitate access to OER
OER Paris Declaration 2012:
Recommendations related to
Teachers
Promote awareness and use of OER
Develop and use OER
Engage in peer review of OER
Promote quality of OER
Develop OER in local languages
Contextualize OER
Conduct research on OER
Share learning materials prepared
Role of Librarians in OER Projects
Copyright and Licensing
Evaluate and select OER
Management of OER repositories
Discovery of OER sources
Preservation of OER
Tagging, Description and classification
Creation of OER
Source: http://publications.cetis.ac.uk/2012/492
How Librarians can Promote OER?
Collect OER for the library users
Curate OER materials
Include OER in the OPAC
Create OER Repositories
Educate users about OER
Create OER in different disciplines
THANK YOU