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Introduction to e-Content
Prepared by Zoraini Wati Abas
Types of e-Content
OERs
RLOs
eBooks
Online Dictionaries
Encyclopedia
Increased access to knowledge
OERs
http://gettingsmart.com/blog/2011/10/has-the-oer-tipping-point-arrived/
http://www.col.org/resources/crsMaterials/Pages/OCW-OER.aspx#searchingoer
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Open Learning
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Open Educational Resources MIT Open Courseware (over 1,800
courses) http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/ho
me/home/index.htm OpenLearn
http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/ Creative Commons (Share, Remix,
Reuse) http://creativecommons.org/ http://learn.creativecommons.org/
Open access peer-reviewed journal http://www.jucs.org
MIT OpenCourseware
Unlocking Knowledge,Empowering Minds.
Free lecture notes, exams, and videos from MIT.
No registration required.
MIT in every home
http://www.slideshare.net/LindaMah/opener-4-the-world-is-open
http://www.slideshare.net/imranchen/the-world-is-open-opener-4
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iTunes U
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Other links Apple iUniversity
http://www.apple.com/education/mobile-learning
Einztein
http://www.einztein.com
Lecture Fox
http://lecturefox.com
Open Learning Initiative
http://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/forinstructors
OER Commons
http://www.oercommons.org
Video Lectures
http://freevideolectures.com
http://videolectures.net
World Public Library
http://worldpubliclibrary.net/Collections.htm
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Peer2Peer University http://www.p2pu.org/$70,000 seed grant from the Hewlett Foundation to launch its first 10 pilot courses. Opened for enrolment on 9-09-09
http://www.uopeople.org/
“The University of the People is an idea whose time has come".
Dr. Russell S. Winer
Computer and Business Programs
The OER University
http://www.col.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=130
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RLOs
Definition "an interactive WWW-based resource
based on a single learning objective which can be used in multiple contexts"Learning Object Repositories” (SONET, Nottingham University)
RLO Repositories http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nursing
/sonet/rlos/rlo_repositories.html
Source: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nursing/sonet/rlos/rlofaq.html
HEAL (Health Education Assets Library)http://www.healcentral.org/
RLOs vs CAL
What's the difference between RLOs and Computer-Assisted Learning (CAL)?
In principle, none: both RLOs and CAL are computer applications to support learning. In practice, RLOs are small, 'bite-sized' chunks of e-learning focussing on a particular narrow topic (eg drug half-life), containing typically 15-30 minutes of learning material. CAL applications are much larger, usually disk-based, packages containing many hours if not days of instructional content, exploring a particular topic (eg the autonomic nervous system) in detail. RLOs are more flexible than CAL applications and can be developed in much shorter timescales, but at the cost of depth of instructional content.
Source: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nursing/sonet/rlos/rlofaq.html
Why use RLOs?
As a teacher, you might find RLOs useful: to use in teaching sessions to
illustrate specific topics to present a topic already dealt with
in a course book in a multimedia format more engaging to some students
to incorporate into WebCT/Blackboard courses
as preparatory 'reading' for lectures or tutorials
Source: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nursing/sonet/rlos/rlofaq.html
E-books. What are they?
Digital version(s) of a typical hardcopy book
Defined by the Oxford Dictionary of English as
"an electronic version of a printed book which can be read on a personal computer or hand-held device designed specifically for this purpose"
Most are available online today
Example of E-book device: Kindle
Project Gutenberghttp://www.gutenberg.org/
Project Gutenberg offers over 36,000 free ebooks to download to your PC, Kindle, Android, iOS or other portable device. Choose between ePub, Kindle, HTML and simple text formats.We carry high quality ebooks: All our ebooks were previously published by bona fide publishers. We digitized and diligently proofed them with the help of thousands of volunteers.No fee or registration is required, but if you find Project Gutenberg useful, we kindly ask you to donate a small amount so we can buy and digitize more books.
Downloading books are becoming more and more common…
Read on here:http://cde.athabascau.ca/online_book/
http://www.ebooks.com/
Aim: To provide access and reflexive opportunities to the public so the content will always be improved over timeThink about it – With increasing platforms such as this to make all of us be part of the content making process, what impact will it have on the learning process?
http://globaltext.terry.uga.edu/
Wikibooks
What is Wikibooks?Wikibooks is a collaborative book authoring website, where users from all over the world work together to write textbooks and other types of instructional books on many topics. It is a Wikimedia project, operated by the same group of people who run Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation. You can edit this page, and almost all pages like it, at any time. That is the basic principle of Wikibooks. Anyone can edit it.
HistoryThe Wikibooks project was started in 2003, and has since become one of the largest free e-book websites in the world . . .
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page
Audiblebooks.comhttp://www.audible.com/
http://cnx.org//
Connexions is:a place to view and share educational material made of small knowledge chunks called modules that can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc. Anyone may view or contribute:authors create and collaborateinstructors rapidly build and share custom collectionslearners find and explore content
Some of the main players in the Book Digitalisation game
Open Library: http://www.openlibrary.org/
Questia: http://www.questia.com/Index.jsp
California Open Source Textbook Project (COSTP): http://www.opensourcetext.org/
Digital History: http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
Ebrary: http://www.ebrary.com/corp/index.jsp
Today’s authors…
Realise the return-of-investment of their books do not come in the form of dollars and cents
Are becoming easily accessible to their readers
Recognize the ‘middle-man factor’ can be deleted in the publishing process
Appreciate the lower costs needed to publish content (with the availability of today’s user-friendly publishing tools)
Understand that digital publishing is the way to go!
Online Dictionaries
Oxford Dictionaries http://oxforddictionaries.com/
Cambridge Dictionaries http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
Merriam-Webster Online http://www.merriam-webster.com/
Longman English Dictionary Online http://www.ldoceonline.com/
Encyclopedia
http://www.encyclopedia.com/
http://www.britannica.com/
http://www.britannicaindia.com/
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html
http://www.wikipedia.org/
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