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Information about Reusable Learning Objects (RLO) and Open Educational Resources (OER)
RLOs and OERs offer educators the opportunity to embed pre-created applicable learning content directly into the course material. Their use is becoming ever more widespread as universities benefit from the advantages of both creating learning objects and repurposing existing material; enriching the student experience and impacting positively on recruitment, retention and progression within the institution.
Via Gust MEES, Elizabeth E Charles
Gust MEES's curator insight,
March 23, 2013 5:50 PM
RLOs and OERs offer educators the opportunity to embed pre-created applicable learning content directly into the course material. Their use is becoming ever more widespread as universities benefit from the advantages of both creating learning objects and repurposing existing material; enriching the student experience and impacting positively on recruitment, retention and progression within the institution.
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One of the leading benefits of OER is that they are free and open to educators all over the globe. The information can be used by any student or teacher and ease out their teaching and sharing by simply visiting a website to access the material.
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Discover thousands of free online courses, audio books, movies, textbooks, eBooks, language lessons, and more.
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I spent 12-13th April at the CETIS conference, with a focus on OER and open practice, and 19th-20th April at Beyond the PDF 2 conference with a focus on open access and open research. I feel very l...
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RT @dkernohan: A few links around the work of the ever-amazing #ukoer community http://t.co/Zj5oqZ94tH (JISC eL blog)
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How to make research intelligible | Stephen Curry (@Stephen_Curry discusses the future of open access publishing of #research.
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OER refers to "the open provision of educational resources, enabled by ICT, for consultation, use and adaptation by a community of users for non-commercial purposes" (UNESCO, 2002). Important to note that those resources are not limited to content, but comprise also "the creation of open source software, development tools and the development of standards and licensing tools" (OLCOS, 2007). It is acknowledged by policymakers and researchers that a fundamental transformation of education and learning throughout Europe is needed to address the new skills and competences required if Europe is to remain competitive, overcome the current economic crisis, grasp new opportunities and insure social justice and cohesion. In order to provide stakeholders with evidence on the contribution of Open Education to those aims, and in pursuance of promoting the use of OER in school education, higher education and adult education, the Open Educational Resources in Europe (OEREU) project will provide a critical assessment of OER initiatives and practices in Europe, develop sector-specific foresight scenarios to illustrate the benefits, carry out a representative survey on the use of OER, identify challenges across all sectors and, jointly with stakeholders, develop, discuss and propose recommendations for the further development and mainstreaming of OER in Europe.
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Presentation given with Clare Brett as part of Master of Teachers Tech Day at OISE, Oct 20 2010. Abstract: Open Access (OA) and Open Educational Resources (OER' Via Ana Cristina Pratas
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From 1 April 2013, all academics funded by Research Councils UK (RCUK) need to be compliant with a new open access policy.
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What is a Drupal? #drupal #jiscdiglit #ukoer process.arts http://t.co/0lxvCaO7L0
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The Trend Report: Open Educational Resources 2013 describes trends in open educational resources (OER) and open education in the Netherlands and elsewhere, from the perspective of Dutch higher education.
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The MERLOT Content Builder is a web page and website development tool that is integrated into MERLOT. It is directly accessible by registered and logged-in members from the MERLOT homepage or from a members profile page. Web pages are easily created using Content Builder's templates. These include a variety of designs including e-portfolio structures, lesson plans, pedagogical analysis, student reflection, online course, tutorial, presentation, community website, etc. You can view some of these examples on the MERLOT Effective Uses of the MERLOT Content Builder Tool web site (which was created by using Content Builder). For more information on MERLOT Authoring Strategies, go to http://taste.merlot.org/Programs_and_Projects/authoringstrategies.html. ... To begin using the Content Builder Go to the MERLOT the home page (www.merlot.org), and log in to MERLOT. If you are not a member of MERLOT, membership is free. Register at http://www.merlot.org/merlot/join.htmFrom the home page or your profile page, click on "Access the Content Builder." (See figures below). At the "Content Builder Toolkit " start creating webpages.Information on using the MERLOT Content Builder to create webpages can be found by, downloading the QuickStart Guide Via Heiko Idensen
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Open educational resources can be change agents leading to the release of creativity for organisations, for teachers and for learners. Here are 8 research publications that observed the evidences a...
Elizabeth E Charles's insight:
Here are 8 research publications that observed the evidences and best practices.
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The Open Video Project - http://t.co/nA4Xki2v75 #OER #OERmkd
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When developers, designers, statisticians, librarians and members of the public in 120 cities around the world come together for a day-long themed event, as they did for the 2013 International Open Data Hackathon in late February, it’s safe to say that ‘open data’ is an idea that is getting a lot of people interested. ‘Open data’ is the belief that information should be freely and easily available for everyone to use and re-use as they wish without the need to comply with complex licensing requirements.
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Open Educational Resources repositoryOpen Educational Resources (OER guidance for LeedsMet staff: http://t.co/GEUVOMAEeb #ukoer #oer13 #abs88)
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The first Australian free online education platform has been launched in Canberra today, by tertiary education minister Chris Bowen.Open Universities Australia, a private distance and online education… (The Aussie Coursera?
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The recent emergence of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) has sparked agitation in the academia especially in Western Europe and North America. Constraints raised by MOOCs vary depending on prof...
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Thanks @Educause for this great list of #OER http://t.co/Cbpqdjk0IA #edtech #onlineed
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http://youtu.be/LgC0zZ30kh8?t=20m27s Perhaps you haven't given Ralph Ellison any thought since reading Invisible Man in high school. Watch the interview.
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With great pleasure and more relief I can now announce the availability of Into the wild - technology for open educational resources, a book of our reflections on the technology involved in three years of the UK OER Programmes.
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Not all licenses are compatible with each other. This OER License Generator is designed to help you explore the different combinations of licenses when combining two different resources and the Creative Commons license information to display in your new work.
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While mainstream attention has been focused on MOOCs, the Open Educational Resource university (OERu) has been developing a parallel education offering which is distinctively open.