3. http://www.guardian.co.uk/higher-education-
network/blog/2011/oct/17/open-educational-resources-
collaboration
• “Still, you can see that many academics are not
so happy sharing their teaching resources, even
within their own institutions, which leads to a
sort of time wasting process for academics who
keep writing and creating materials, producing
tons of Power Points and podcasts, but barely
sharing them in their communities and
externally, and scarcely reusing OERs. We all talk
about the importance of collaborative
learning, but we don't talk about collaborative
production of learning materials and the ideas
adapting or reusing open educational resources.”
7. http://www.oercommons.org/
Open Educational Resources (OER) are
teaching and learning materials that you
may freely use and reuse, without
charge. Open Educational Resources are
different from other resources a teacher
may use in that OER have been given
limited or unrestricted licensing rights.
That means they have been authored or
created by an individual or organization
that chooses to retain few, if
any, ownership rights. For some of these
resources, that means you can download
the resource and share it with colleagues
and students. For others, it may be that
you can download a resource, edit it in
some way, and then re-post it as a
remixed work. OER often have a Creative
Commons or GNU license that state
specifically how the material may be
used, reused, adapted, and shared.
9. http://www.openeducationweek.org/
• “Open education is about sharing, reducing
barriers and increasing access in education. It
includes free and open access to platforms, tools
and resources in education (such as learning
materials, course materials, videos of
lectures, assessment tools, research, study
groups, textbooks, etc.). Open education seeks to
create a world in which the desire to learn is fully
met by the opportunity to do so, where
everyone, everywhere is able to access
affordable, educationally and culturally
appropriate opportunities to gain knowledge.”
26. Social Bookmarking
• PROS
– 20 people can achieve more than 1 alone
– Commenting on ‘bookmarks’
– Staff build resources together
– Research students/supervisors together
• CONS
– Software bought out/bookmarks lost
– Equity of effort?
32. Thoughts from the session:
• Schools have become adept at sharing
resources online, and sites such as e.g.
Guardian Gateway encourage this, but there
seems to be a dearth at HE level. Is Humbox
the first of many, or who is going to curate
content?
• In the pursuit of the new, we must think about
how we preserve old/relevant resources,
which demonstrate the development of ideas,
etc.
33. Photo Credits
• http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1285842
• http://www.sxc.hu/photo/825533
• http://www.sxc.hu/photo/903450
• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/9045012/Inside-Apple-
one-of-the-most-secretive-organisations-in-the-world.html
• http://deehaigh.co.uk/dee/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/recipes.gif
• http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/11/bando-teams-up-with-aston-
martin-but-thats-not-why-were-smili/
• http://cache.lifehacker.com/assets/images/34/2007/12/cc.gif
• http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-16572419-expert-highlighted-
in-green.php
• http://www.sxc.hu/photo/1379469
All other images are screenshots or logos.
Notas del editor
E-Tools for Sharing Resources Why share your work online?As belts tighten, academics can either draw into themselves and protect their Intellectual Property by placing walls around it, or seek to share resources, ideas, and move debates forward as re-invention of the wheel is taken out of the picture. With the option to apply ‘Creative Commons’ to your work, you can upload materials into online spaces, encouraging interest and debate in your academic work. What will I learn in this session?This session will consider some simple online resources which allow the sharing of materials, best practice for protecting your Intellectual Property whilst sharing your work in order to encourage discussion, debate, encourage others to build upon your work – and even potentially find joint funding opportunities. We will look at tools which have been suggested and/or used for assessment and feedback. Exactly what will be covered will depend upon recent research, but is anticipated to cover: Jing (for screencasting)Delicious (online bookmarking)Slideshare (for uploading PowerPoints)Humbox (for uploading resources specific to the academic Humanities community) The session will also give a brief overview of Creative Commons licences, and will open up space for conversational debate regarding pros/cons, specific elements to think about if sharing your work online, amongst the delegates. There is no expectation that this session will provide any legal advice. What do I need before I attend?No specific requirements, but it would be helpful if you considered your own experiences of sharing work (whether in the online or offline spaces), and any particular benefits/concerns that you’d like to bring to the table. When are the sessions?Thursday 22nd March 2012 (12-2) MB1 Facilitators: Dr Bex Lewis and Yaz El-Hakim
Yaz… Intellectual property – is it mine, or do we offer it to others to ‘play’ with (Cornish Pasties)… OER?