finding & using oer
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Paul Stacey University of Northern BC 3-Feb-2011 hands on workshop guided exploration of open educational resourcesTRANSCRIPT
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
• BCcampus555 Seymour Street, Suite 200Vancouver, BCV6B 3H6
• web site: http://www.bccampus.ca phone: 604-412-7736blog: http://edtechfrontier.com