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An OER Repository in Action

TLA Conference

April 19, 2016

Cathy Swift

cathy@merlot.org

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Slide 2 Agenda

OERs Defined

Types of OERs

MERLOT

Browse

Simple Search

Advanced Search

Search Other Libraries

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Slide 3 OER Defined "Open Educational Resource(s)" refers to educational resources…

lesson plans

quizzes

syllabi

instructional modules

simulations, etc.

that are freely available for

use

reuse

adaptation

sharing

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Slide 4 Open Educational Resources

July 2002 - UNESCO workshop on open courseware in developing countries

Wikipedia

MIT OpenCourseWare project

Many initiatives followed, focused on:

free textbooks for primary and secondary schools;

licensing of resources for authors and educators – Creative Commons

indexing educational materials so they are easier to find and use;

fostering online communities for teachers and authors

promoting open education as a field and a movement.

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Slide 5 Why OERs?

Goal of OERs is to improve access to

learning opportunities by sharing

knowledge

save time

cut costs

contribute to improving the quality of

learning materials

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Slide 6 Stages of Participation in OERs

Find: start by looking for suitable resources

Create: with a collection of resources, start

piecing them together to form a learning

resource for yourself

Adapt: while composing OER, it will help to adapt

components to your local context.

Use: the actual use of OER in the classroom

Share: make it available for the open education

community to re-use

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Slide 7 MERLOT

Multimedia Educational

Resource for Learning and

Online Teaching

A free collection of open educational resources (OER)

An educational community organized into contributors, peer reviewers and editorial boards

A curated set of learning materials that are triaged and peer-reviewed for quality, ease of use and potential for learning

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Slide 8 Types of Materials

Animations

Assessment Tools

Assignments

Case Studies

Collections

Development Tools

Drill and Practice Tools

E-Portfolios

Learning Object Repositories

Online Courses

Online Modules

Open Journal Articles

Open Textbooks

Presentations

Reference Materials

Simulations

Social Networking Tools

Tutorials

Quizzes or Tests

Workshop/Training Materials

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Slide 9 DISCIPLINES

Agriculture and Environmental Sciences

Biology

Business

Chemistry

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Criminal Justice

Engineering

English

Fire Safety

Health Sciences

History

Information Technology

Mathematics

Music

Physics

Psychology

Sociology

Statistics

Teacher Education

World Languages

Faculty Development

Library and Information Services

MERLOT Editorial Boards

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Slide 37 Discipline Browse

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https://www.merlot.org

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Slide 49 Open Textbook Resources

E-Books on the Web – http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/ft/EBooks.html

Making of America – http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moagrp/

Manybooks.net – http://manybooks.net/

Intratext – http://www.intratext.com/

WikiEducator– http://www.wikieducator.org/Free_Textbooks

Textbook Revolution – http://textbookrevolution.org/

Free High School Science Texts – http://www.fhsst.org/

Wikibooks – http://www.wikibooks.org/

The Assayer – http://www.theassayer.org/

Bookboon.com – http://www.bookboon.com/

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Slide 50 OER Repositories The Internet Archive – http://archive.org/

itrainonline – http://www.itrainonline.org/Open Clip Art Library

Project Gutenberg - http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

Connexions - http://cnx.org/

Curriki - http://www.curriki.org/

Citizendium - http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Main_Page

Wikiuniversity - https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Introduction

ccMixter - http://ccmixter.org/MIT OpenCourseWare

OpenLearn - http://www.open.edu/openlearn/

Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/

Learn Out Loud - http://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video

iBerry - http://iberry.com/

World Lecture Project - http://www.world-lecture-project.org/

Exemplary Collection -http://wikieducator.org/Exemplary_Collection_of_Open_eLearning_Content_Repositories

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