Course: Working with Open Educational Resources (OERs)

Module 2: Working with Open Educational Resources (OERs)

Module Description

Nowadays there is a large amount of educational material available online for teaching and learning and research purposes. Open Educational Resources (OERs) provide a means to produce and share knowledge by taking advantage of the digital environment supported by the internet. Through using OER guided by open licenses, users can freely retain, reuse, revise, remix and redistribute content over the internet, thereby enhancing teaching and learning experiences. This module is aimed at providing the learner with basic guidance on OERs, including underlying concepts, and encouraging practical use of OERs.  The first topic covers the basic definition of OERs, their forms and repositories. Topic 2 introduces the learner to OER licensing and particularly Creative Commons licenses (CC). The third topic covers ways that OER can be adapted and produced. Topic 4 highlights the importance of an institutional OER policy and its associated formulation considerations.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this module learners are expected to have developed skills and knowledge related to:

- The OER concept and its importance in education
- Different OER repositories and OER searching techniques
- OER copyright and licensing
- Practicalities of using OER
- Institutionalization of OER

Your facilitators for this course are: <Hyperlink facilitator/s names to their Moodle Profile>

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Module 2 Resources

Online Learning Orientation: As some of you may not have participated in an online course previously, you may like to explore some basic pointers on engaging in online learning in general and Moodle in particular. Show more / hide

Some brief guidance to start you on your learning journey:

- Browse through the 'Online Etiquette' resource - this will guide you to some awareness of acceptable online behaviour
- Please introduce yourself in the 'Introductions forum' below. Guidance will be provided from within the forum on what is expected from you. The purpose of this is to establish your online presence
- The 'Moodle FAQ' forum is a space for questions and responses to support each other in using this online environment.
- Learning Journal (Reflective Blog): Please use the Blog facility to write your reflections periodically as we move through this course. You will find this in the 'Blog Menu' block on the right hand side of your screen. Simply click on the option to 'Add an entry about this course'.
- Please edit your profile by clicking on the 'My profile settings' in the Settings block menu on the left hand side of your screen.