Open EducationDr Vivien Rolfevrolfe@dmu.ac.ukTwitter #DMUVivSchool of Allied Health Sciences,Faculty of HLS, DMU

Tom Magliery, @ Flickr Creative Commons BY NC SA

Aim of this talk

• This talk was part of a 2 hour introductory session given to the PGCert group at De Montfort. It provides an introduction to open education and some questions and interactive elements to promote discussion.

Open educational resources(OER) and open practice.

What does this mean?

Open educational resources(OER) and open practice.

By the end of this session you should be able to:

Understand what OER and open practice are.Find and use OER within your academic practice.Understand some tools and tips for USING OER.Be aware of a framework for PRODUCING OER.

Catherine Casserly (2008) “Open Educational Resources“. Minute 2.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjajtXb1PYQ

Timeline2000 – Charles Vest MIT President promotes open content2001 – (MIT) Open Courseware2001 – Creative Commons Licensing2001 – Wikipedia2005 – Open Courseware Consortium (global organisation)2006 – OpenLearn (OU, UK) (out of www.hewlett.org)2007 – iTunesU2007 – OER Commons Network (out of www.hewlett.org)2009 - Youtube Edu2010 – JorumOpen (UK) now Jorum

Global OER Projectshttp://ocw.mit.edu/index.htmhttp://www.oerafrica.org/http://ocw.korea.edu/ocw

http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

http://www.oerafrica.org/CC BY

http://ocw.korea.edu/ocwCC BY

Gerard McGovern @ Flickr CC BY

• HEFCE-funded OER Programme (2009 -).

• Run by JISC / HEA - to promote the open release and sharing of high quality learning materials worldwide.

• JorumOpen National Repository launched 2010.

• Wealth of expertise and practice to be shared – Twitter #UKOER.

Gerard McGovern @ Flickr CC BY

Where do you currently look for learning materials?

Where do you think your students go?

1. Institutional repositories – growing number of these! E.g. OpenLearn

2. Subject repositories e.g HumBox – check out new HEA centres and JISC OER Projects.

3. General repositories – Jorum, MERLOT and others.

4. Network / portal – emphasis on community e.g. Open Coursework Consortium.

5. Social networks – SlideShare, YouTube, Flickr, Picassa.

6. Search Engines

Google search (Advanced tab)

Google ImagesYahooXpert - searches Xerte resources.

Let’s look for some stuff!

JISC Projects, Google Images, Jorum

What do we need to consider to USE these resources?

Gerard McGovern @ Flickr CC BY

1. Copyright ©

Sally London @ Flickr CC BY NC ND

• © help at DMUhttp://www.library.dmu.ac.uk/Support/Copyright/index.php?page=422

• © help elsewhere Web2Rightshttp://www.web2rights.org.uk/navigator/index.php?cid=1

1. Copyright ©

David Campbell @ Flickr CC BY NC ND

Creative Commons free the way….

• http://creativecommons.org/licenses/

• Simple signposting of what you can use / not use.

• Can search by licence (e.g. Google / Google Images).

1. Check the level of licence.2. Make a judgement on the authenticity of the author.3. Grab the attribution / reference details.4. If images are of medical nature or contain people,

artwork or other © items, be confident that the relevant permissions were gained.

Creative Commons free the way….

• Checklist for producing good quality electronic resources from RLO CETL:

• http://www.sicklecellanaemia.org/OER/resources/scooter1-9/SCOOTEROER9b_OER_Production_Flow_Diagram_20Jan11.htm

2. Quality

• “Open” ERs! Projects publish in a range of formats (e.g. DOC, PDF, animations with audio and transcripts, video for PC and MAC).

• Inclusive design tips can be found at TechDis. http://www.jisctechdis.ac.uk/techdis/home

3. Accessibility and Interoperability

• Need to attribute the work as specified by the author altho’ not always apparent.

• “SA” – you can adapt but need to share it back – not always specified how.

• “ND” – you can’t make derivatives.

• Use referencing principles.

• USEThe Open University: Creating open educational resources. http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=3636. Licence: Creative Commons BY NC SA.

• REUSEThis material was adapted from…..

4. How to use an OER?

Gerard McGovern @ Flickr CC BY

OER @ De Montfort University(Faculty of HLS)

Arts Project – Tina Barnes – Powell.

VAL #OERVALLaboratory skills open resourceshttp://hlsweb.dmu.ac.uk/ahs/elearning/RITA/index.html

SCOOTER #SCOOTEROEROERs on sickle cell anaemia and thalassaemiahttp://www.sicklecellanaemia.org/

TIGER - Jacqui WilliamsInterprofessional learninghttp://www.library.dmu.ac.uk/Services/Research/

Tom Magliery, @ Flickr BY NC SA

The Future?

http://www.openhighschool.org/

‘OER university’ to cut cost of degree (Feb 2011)

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=415127

• Involving students and staff in OER

• Students producing content / assessments

• OER to improving discussion within module / programme teams – staff sharing

• OER increases sharing globally – collaboration and discussion

Open Practice

• Our SCOOTER OER Training materials.http://www.sicklecellanaemia.org/OER/

• Welcome to Open for Learning. http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/toolkits/play_2588

• Opening up the World of Learning. http://ostrich.bath.ac.uk/node/44

Resources

“It is excellent to see such hard work being distributed throughout the world for free. These resources are of very high quality and are valuable adjuncts to the lives of thousands. I feel proud of the fact that I study at DMU”

Dr Vivien Rolfevrolfe@dmu.ac.ukTwitter #DMUViv