Discover Open EducationFinding Open Educational Resources

JR DingwallInstructional Designer

Unless otherwise noted, this presentation is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.

For more information about this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/

Presentation available at https://module13.ca/oer-tools/

Find Adopt Modify

Find Adopt Modify

Objectives for Today’s SessionBy the end of today’s session you should be able to:

● describe Open Educational Resources;

● discuss why instructors might consider using OER in their classes;

● select relevant OER from recommended repositories for review and possible adoption;

● Try out a few OER related activities

● identify upcoming OER related opportunities.

Up first…

What are OER?

A Brief Review of “Open” in EducationOpen Access free, immediate availability of research articles

Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition

Open Data freely used, re-used, and redistributedOpen Data Handbook

Open Source use, sharing, and collaboratively creating of software; licenses meet 10 criteriaOpen Source Initiative

Open Content licensed work that enables the 5Rs: retain, reuse, revise, remix, redistributeDefining the “Open” in Open Content

Open Educational

Resources

licensed teaching, learning, and research resources that permit free use and re-purposing by othersHewlett Foundation

Creative Commons Licenses

Adapted from: https://creativecommons.org/examples/ https://creativecommons.org/about/downloads/

Open Educational ResourcesOpen Courses Open Textbooks

Open Course Materials Open Assessment Instruments

Why use OER?

OOPS, Something Went Wrong

Slide Not Found

404

Why use OER?● Increase timely access to materials for all students

○ ‘my textbook is on back-order/in the mail/out of stock’

○ ‘I can’t get my textbooks until my student loan arrives’

○ ‘I’ve got an old edition’

● Flexibility to customize your course● Vanishing resources (5Rs: OER enables portability)● Not bound to a specific textbook/print limitations● Allows for easy updating

How is OER being used?Most frequently cited purposes for faculty using OER (BCCampus 2016)● for ideas and inspiration● to supplement existing coursework● to prepare for teaching● to broaden the range of resources available to learners● as assets within a lesson

Ok I’m interested. Now where do I

find OER?

Where do I find OER?Open Courses Open Textbooks Other Materials

BC Open TextbooksOpenStax CollegeOrange Gove TextCollege Open TextbooksGlobal Text ProjectOpen SUNY TextbooksOpen Textbook LibraryBoundlessOpenTextBook Store

ConnexionsMIT OpenCourseWareLumen LearningThe Saylor FoundationOpen Course LibraryOpen Math (U Waterloo)

MERLOT IICreative Commons SearchOER CommonsShareable Online Learning Resources (SOL*R)JorumPhysics Education TechnologyLibrivox

Guide to using Creative Commons Search

Upcoming Opportunities

(HE) Instructional Evaluation Service Course: Gain Experience For Good. Designers for LearningCanvas Network

Introduction to Open EducationUniversity of Texas ArlingtonEdX

ReferencesFischer, L., Hilton, J., Robinson T. J., & Wiley, D. (2015). A Multi-institutional Study of the Impact of Open Textbook Adoption on the Learning Outcomes of Post-secondary Students. Journal of Computing in Higher Education. 10.1007/s12528-015-9101-x

Hilton, J., Robinson T. J., Wiley, D. A., & Ackerman, J. (2014). Cost-Savings Achieved in Two Semesters Through the Adoption of Open Educational Resources. International Review of Research on Distance and Open Learning.

Hilton, J., Gaudet, D., Clark, P., Robinson, T. J. & Wiley, D. (2013). The Adoption of Open Educational Resources by One Community College Math Department. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 14(4).

Jhangiani, R. S., Pitt, R., Hendricks, C., Key, J., & Lalonde, C. (2016). Exploring faculty use of open educational resources at British Columbia post secondary institutions. BCcampus Research Report. Victoria, BC: BCcampus.

Micheels, E. (2014, October 20). USask Professor Adopting Open Textbook [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://words.usask.ca/gmcte/2014/10/20/usask-professor-adopting-open-textbook/

Wiley, D. (2016, January 29). The Consensus Around “Open” [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/4397

Find Adopt Modify

This presentation was adapted from Discover Open Education by JR Dingwall, Educational Developer, University of Alberta, originally published under a CC BY 4.0 license.

This presentation is available for use under a CC BY 4.0 license.