Finding & Using OERPaul Stacey

February 3, 2011

Hands-on Workshop Agenda

1. Open license types and responsible use

2. Benefits – student, instructor, institution

3. Use cases - course supplement, component, whole course, entire curricula

4. Aggregators, search engines, repositories

5. Search criteria - academic level, domain, field of study, …

6. Technical format, instructional design, quality7. Videos that show what a set of OER would look like in a

range of UNBC delivery methods. eg. Wordpress, Blackboard, etc.

8. Current trends and directions

Activities designed for f2f and online.

Guided exploration on finding and usingopen educational resources.

Attribution

Attribution is given to IDRC and Wawasen Open University for the online OER Workshop:

http://oerworkshop.pbworks.com

Some activities in this UNBC workshop reuse elements of the OER Workshop.

License Types & OER Benefits

Guided Explore Activity #1 - License Types & OER Benefits

1. Go to:– http://oerworkshop.pbworks.com– Check out Module 1 - Understanding the benefits of digitization– Also have a look at http://www.bccommons.ca

2. Reconvene for group discussion around observations, discoveries, questions, ...

– Benefits: social, economical, quality improvement, collaboration & partnerships, academic planning, public relations & advertising

– http://scope.bccampus.ca/mod/forum/search.php?search=OER+benefits&id=8

Use Cases & OER Types

Guided Explore Activity #2 – Use Cases & OER Types

1. Option 1 Digital Images Go to:– http://oerworkshop.pbworks.com

– Check out Module 3 - Finding free or open-licensed digital images

– Also have a look at http://www.archive.org/

Option 2 Open Textbooks Explore:– http://oerconsortium.org

– http://www.collegeopentextbooks.org

– http://chemwiki.ucdavis.edu

– http://www.coursesmart.com

– http://www.flatworldknowledge.com

2. Reconvene for group discussion around observations, discoveries, questions

Finding OER

Guided Explore Activity #3 – Aggregators, Search Engines, Repositories

1. Go to:– http://oerworkshop.pbworks.com– Check out Module 2 - Examining sample OER projects and materials

2. Reconvene for group discussion around observations, discoveries, questions, ...

– search criteria - academic level, domain, field of study, …– OER size/type - course supplement, component, whole course, entire

curricula

Technical Format, ID, Quality

Guided Explore Activity #4 – Quality OER

1. Explore the following:– The Opal Initiative http://oer-quality.org– eCampusAlberta's e-Learning Rubric

http://www.ecampusalberta.ca/index.php?q=rubric– Standards for Digital Learning Content in British Columbia

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/dist_learning/docs/digital_learning_standards.pdf– Standards for K-12 Distributed Learning in BC

http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/dist_learning/docs/dl_standards.pdf– European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning

http://www.qualityfoundation.org/

2. Reconvene for group discussion around observations, discoveries, questions, …

– 3 dimensions of quality 1. academic, 2. pedagogical, 3. technical

OER @ UNBC In Context

Guided Explore Activity #5 – OER @ UNBC

1. Explore the following:– Videos that show what a set of OER would look like in a

range of UNBC delivery methods. eg. Wordpress, Blackboard, etc.

– Grant Potter activity & demo

1.Discussion

Current Trends & Directions

Guided Explore Activity #6 - Trends1. Explore the following:

– U.S. Department of Labor and Department of Education Commit $2 billion to Create Open Educational Resources for Community Colleges and Career Traininghttp://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/26100

– Collaborate to compete - Seizing the opportunity of online learning for UK higher education http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2011/11_01/

– State of Washington to Offer Online Materials, Instead of Textbooks, for 2-Year Colleges http://chronicle.com/article/State-of-Washington-to-Offer/125887

– OER University http://wikieducator.org/OER_University

2. Final thoughts

Q&A – Followup

• Paul StaceyDirectorCommunications, Stakeholder & Academic Relations

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