the road ahead open educational resources touting the benefits while recognizing the challenges
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Identifies key challenges and benefits for instructors and students using Open Educational Resources (OER).TRANSCRIPT
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PAT PICKERING, RN, MSN, PNP
THE ROAD AHEAD
OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
TOUTING BENEFITSWHILE
RECOGNIZING CHALLENGESDream Road by James Dolan licensed CC BY NC
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Open educational resources (OER) are educational materials that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others (definition by Hewlett Foundation).
For educators, students and others, courses utilizing OER offer many benefits that can lead to success in a variety of ways. However, the road to development, implementation and ongoing monitoring of these courses provides challenges, some of which could derail the process and even lead to failure.Crossroads: Success or Failure by Chris Potter licensed by
CC
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Question Mark Yield Sign by One Way Stock licensed CC BY ND
What are the key
benefits and challenges of
OER?
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OER BENEFITSFOR STUDENTS
• Money saved• Gone are expensive textbooks
and access codes• Access increased
• Internet-based work expands accessibility (location and tech tools used)
• Resources broadened• Exposure to a wide variety of
information, materials and tools both for course and future use
• Review available• Ability to go back and review
course material at a later date• Engagement increased
• Allows for a course design that incorporates more student interaction, involvement and engagement (For example, students do the research to find the answer)
FOR INSTRUCTORS• Eliminates course startup delay
• Students have immediate access to course materials; no waiting for textbooks resulting in late starts
• Eliminates frequent textbook updates• Gone are the increasingly
frequent textbook updates and associated course revisions
• Constantly current• By not having to rely on
textbook content, some of which is outdated before print, course materials can be kept updated in real time; also helps/encourages instructors to keep current!
• Expanded learning and sharing network• Affords the opportunity to learn
from and share with other educators outside the college’s “walls”
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OER CHALLENGESFOR STUDENTS
• Forces use of Internet-based materials – no more printed texts• A surprising number of
students prefer printed textbooks
• Barriers to access• Some students are still on
dialup; military students or those using government/work computers cannot upload documents
• Here today, gone tomorrow• Information on the Internet
may be available today and disappear overnight
• Chronic hardware glitches• Some students are operating
outdated computers that may not be able to handle the course materials
• Varying technology skills• Not all students have adequate
technology knowledge and skills
FOR INSTRUCTORS• Time!
• Developing an OER course will take time and effort. It also will require ongoing maintenance and updating
• Demystifying licensure• Though the course has helped
begin the understanding of licensure, there are still questions; going the wrong direction on licensure could be a problem
• Fighting fear of the unknown• Reality is, in some ways this is
just a tad bit scary as it seems there is a lot that could go so very wrong
• Lurking reluctance• Many are ready and willing;
others do not want to share their work for a variety of reasons
• Wildly varying quality of material• Some materials are well done
and valid; others not so much
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WITH OER THERE IS GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS AND
INSTRUCTORS
Follow Path by Marsmettn Tallahassee licensed CC BY-NC-SA
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Stop Sign by Danielle Scott is licensed under CC BY SA