open educational resources

Open Educational Resources

Tips for Introducing Active Learning Activities Using OER and Sharing Your Own Content

Spring 2014 Teaching Effectiveness InstituteBeyond the Textbook: Using Open Educational ResourcesJanuary 10, 2014

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How are students already using OER?

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Photo credit: ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2013, https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1302/ERS1302.pdf

2013 Educause Study of Undergraduate Students

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71% of students have used OERs in past year

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For every 10 students…

Source: ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2013, https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1302/ERS1302.pdf

Student Quote

“Sometimes taking notes and listening to a lecture [by] the same person can be like bashing yourself over the head with a textbook if it doesn’t make sense. But it’s nice to listen to other styles of teaching like Khan Academy. It gives a valuable perspective.”

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Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/departmentofed/9610353582

Study Recommendations

“Students recommend that their instructors use freely available course content, we found that most identified, at least vaguely, ways that they imagined bringing free course content into their studies: as learning aids, as supplemental information sources, and as providers of different perspectives on topics.” Te

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Source: ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2013, https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1302/ERS1302.pdf

Students Seeking Out OER

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Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hackny/8049783061

Khan Academy

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khanacademy.org

Stats Available on Progress

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MIT Open Courseware

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ocw.mit.edu

MOOCs (example: EdX)

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edx.org

Open Textbooks

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collegeopentextbooks.org

Tips for Introducing Active Learning Activities in Your

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Keep Your Course Objectives in Mind

•What is it students should be able to do by the end of your course?•What performance gaps or patterns do

you recognize among your students?•What activities or resources will better

help them develop necessary skills, knowledge, or attitudes?

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What’s Working?

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Identify activities and resources you currently use to create key learning moments

Keep Your Eyes Open

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Look for activities or resources that might further enhance the learning experience

Be Explicit

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Provide clear guidelines and expectations for students on assigned resources and activities

Show Relevance of Resources to Learning Outcomes

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Help students realize why resources and activities assigned aren’t “busy work”

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Keep Accessibility in Mind

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Whenever possible select resources and activities that all students can access

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Provide Options and Alternatives When Possible

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If multiple resources or activities are available, let students choose from among several options

Let Students Contribute

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Consider incorporating activities where student-generated content can be a resource for future classes

Sharing Your Content with a Wider Community

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How Widely You Want to Share?

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Choose the level of access you’d like to grant other users and how envision your resources will be shared

Share within NIU

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The Blackboard Content Collection can be used to share resources with other NIU faculty

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Coming soon will be the ability to share easily with faculty from other institutions who also use Blackboard

Post Your Resources Online

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Upload your resource to a publicly-available online site and apply the desired creative commons license

External Repositories

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Consider submitting a resource you’ve created with one of the many creative commons repositories

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