Open Educational Resources (OER) to Support Adult STEM Teaching and Learning

LINCS Discussion ActivityMay 12-16, 2014Day 1: What is an OER?

WHAT IS AN OER? 2

What is an OER?

“Open educational resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits sharing, accessing, repurposing—including for commercial purposes—and collaborating with others.”

- Page 56, National Education Technology Plan, 2010

The 4 R’s • :

4Resource: About Creative Commons licensing www.creativecommons.org

Reuse: the right to reuse content

Redistribute: the right to share content

Remix: the right to combine content to make something new

Revise: the right to modify content

TYPES OF OER 5

Examples of OER

6

HOW TO INCORPORATE OER 7

Incorporating OER• Warm up• Modeling• Explanation• Practice opportunities• Assessment• Homework• Supplemental instruction• Flipped classroom

8

THE VALUE OF OER 9

OER help students and instructors+

OER are accessible and convenient+

OER enrich learning

OER increase the capacity for teaching and learning

in adult education 10

Value of OER

Open Author• Open Author provides a place where educators can build and

share high-quality OER• Can include: courses, units, lessons, activities and

presentations• OER created with Open Author reside in OER Commons

http://www.oercommons.org/open-author-about

11

Summary

• An OER is a learning object that is open. This means it can be reused, redistributed, revised and remixed.

• Remember the 4Rs – reuse, redistribute, remix and revise

• Development of learner specific materials that can be shared with other teachers to enhance teaching and learning.

12