Topic outline

  • Day 2: Introduction to OER


    • D2S1: Introduction to Open Education (Prof Asha Kanwar)

      Please follow the presentation during the morning session delivered by Prof Asha Kanwar. For your convenience and reference download the presentation below.

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      Kanwar, A. (2025). Open Educational Resources File
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    • D2S2: Creative Commons (Andrew Moore)

      In the presentation Prof provided an overview of the Creative Commons licensing. Do you think you know them? An understanding of the CC licenses helps you evaluate the usefulness of OER. Andrew Moore will take you through a Quizzez test to see the extent of your knowledge. :-)

    • D2S3: Finding Open Resources

      So you now understand the value proposition of OER. You know how to decipher CC licences but where exactly can you find them? Sadly there is no one stop shop when it comes to identifying OER you might use for your course. Use the interactive tutorial below to find out how to use common search tools to identify OER.

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      SCORM package
      Find Open Content SCORM package
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    • D2S4 Evaluating OER 

      Once you have found OER that appear to be what you have been looking for, how might you determine if they are useful? What criteria should you use to determine the quality of an open resource? Use the checklist below to work it out.

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      NBA. (2023). OER Quality Checklist File
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    • D2S5 Adapting OER 

      What can you do with the OER you have found and determined useful? Use this tutorial below for some tips on how to adapt OER.

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      SCORM package
      Adapt Open Content SCORM package
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