OPEN IMAGE Tom Magliery, @ Flickr Creative Commons BY NC SA

Introduction to OER

Introduction to Open Educational ResourcesDr Viv RolfeDe Montfort University UKThis resource is CC BY SA (with the exception of some images where stated)

What are open educational resources?OERs?

What are OER?

Catherine Casserly (2008), Hewlett Foundation. “Open Educational Resources“.Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjajtXb1PYQ

Catherine Casserly’s Definition

OERs are high quality educational content that isfreely available on the web.

They are available in all languages

Accessible

Reusable remixable

Available on any device or platform

Catherine Casserly (2008) “Open Educational Resources“Start at minute 2http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjajtXb1PYQ

Catherine’s Definition

Timeline2000 – Charles Vest MIT President promotes open content2001 – (MIT) Open Courseware2001 – Creative Commons Licensing2001 – Wikipedia2005 – Open Courseware Consortium (global organisation)2006 – OpenLearn (OU, UK) (out of www.hewlett.org)2007 – iTunesU2007 – OER Commons Network (out of www.hewlett.org)2009 - Youtube Edu2010 – JorumOpen (UK)

http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

MIT OpenCourseware

http://www.oerafrica.org/ CC BY

OER Africa

http://ocw.korea.edu/ocw CC BY

Korea

http://www.jocw.jp/ CC BY NC SA

Japan

Catherine Casserly (2008) “Open Educational Resources“.

Open Courseware Consortium

http://www.openhighschool.org/uncategorized/why-are-students-excited-about-open-high-school/

Open High School Utah

UK OER

UNDERGROUND Gerard McGovern @ Flickr BY

• HEFCE “OER” Programme run by JISC / HEA - to promote the open release and sharing of high quality learning materials worldwide.

• JorumOpen National Repository launched 2010

• Pilot phase Apr 2009 – Mar 2010

• Phase two Sept 2010 – August 2011

UK OER Programme

• OER @ De Montfort University

• Pilot PhaseVAL (Faculty of HLS) #OERVALLaboratory skills open resources

• OER2SCOOTER (Faculty of HLS) #SCOOTEROEROERs on sickle cell anaemia and thalassaemia.

• OER2 – TIGER (HLS Jacqui Williams)

OER at De Montfort University

Visit the SCOOTER Project website to find out moreabout Sickle Cell Anaemia and Thalassaemia, to jointhe forum and come and ask questions. Visitwww.sicklecellanaemia.org

Visit VAL for laboratory skills resources atwww.tinyurl.com/oerval

Email: scooterdmu@gmail.comTwitter #DMUVivTags SCOOTEROER, OERVAL

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