TM-slideCSP-2003

Open Educational Resources

Digital Media in Italy

Torino, 18 novebre 2005 Eleonora Pant

Sommario

Cosa sono le OER

Prospettive dei fornitori legate alla produzione di OER

Problematiche dei fruitori

OER

Open Educational Resources promote the sharing of knowledge worldwide to increasehuman intellectual capacityUNESCO can encourage the development of OER in education, culture and religion to enhance mutual understanding for international peace.

OER versus FOSS

One can compare the concept of Open Educational Resources with that of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Just as FOSS allows users to modify software as needed, OER allow users to adapt content to suit their own needs. [...]

OER applies that concept to teaching materials and tools.

OER versus FOSS

The open provision of educational resources, enabled by information and communication technologies, for consultation, use and adaptation by a community of users for noncommercial purposes,

http://www.wcet.info/resources/publications/unescofinalreport.pdf.

OER includes

learning resources;

courseware, content modules, learning objects, learner support and assessment tools, online learning communities;

resources to support teachers;

tools for teachers and support materials to enable them to create, adapt and use OER, as well as training materials for teachers; and other teaching tools;

Resources to assure the quality of education and educational practices.

OER Repository

Opencoursware project MIT http://web.mit.edu/ocw/

China Open Resources for Education; http://www.core.org.cn/en/

Japan OCW Alliance http://www.jocw.jp/sub2.htm

The Connexions project of Rice University in Texas http://cnx.rice.edu/

Open Learning Initiative at Carnegie Mellon University http://www.cmu.edu/oli

OER Repository

Wikipedia http://www.wikipedia.org/

Edutools http://www.edutools.info

African Digital Library http://www.africaeducation.org/adl

Knowledge Commons

http://www.edclicks.com/

Open Content Alliance

http://www.opencontentalliance.org/

OER Provider - Lesson learnt

Demand

Impact

Reuse

Cost and Ease

OER Providers KEY CHALLENGES

Faculty involvement/Staff motivation

Intellectual property

Financial support/sustainability

Quality assessment/pedagogical approach

Value to worldwide users/producers

Integration of oer with teaching and learning process

Access

Building and supporting communities of learners

OER Users

UNIVERSITE FRANAISE DEGYPTE

AFRICAN VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSIA

CHINA OPEN RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION

OER Users KEY CHALLENGES

Mirror sites = access

Awareness

Modularity

Adaptability

Ownership

Translation/localization= Preserving cultural diversity

OER Users KEY CHALLENGES

Mirror sites = access

Awareness

Modularity

Adaptability

Ownership

Translation/localization= Preserving cultural diversity

OER - MAP