By Ann Gerrity, Kilgore College
Instructor - Speech
Co-presenter: Shital Chheda
American Honors Instructional Designer
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2. Agenda
OER defined and explored
Benefits and challenges
Course Examples
Strategy Session
Questions
3. Education is evolving
• Reaching today’s tech savvy students
will draw larger numbers to institutions
utilizing innovations in education.
• Easy access to resources available
online
• The move toward OER is prevalent in
higher education students benefit from
minimal costs for course resources.
• OER allows more freedom for instructors
in developing course content.
4. What is OER
Who owns the material found on OER sites?
Are all OER free to instructors?
What about the author’s copyright protection?
How will
students
benefit
from
OER?
Will OER
be too
hard for
students
to use?
for
How do I design classroom materials
without published textbook resources
Does
the
college
have to
pay for
OER
access?
What is my intellectual
property?
What requires licensing
or permission to use?
5. OER are:
● Format: materials in any
medium, digital or otherwise
● Conditions: that either
o reside in the public
domain or
o have been released
under an open license,
● Nature: which permits its
free use and re-purposing by
others.
6. What is an open license?
However, when it comes to open educational
resources the most typical and common open
licenses used are Creative Commons Licenses
8. What is a public domain?
• The term of copyright for the
work has expired.
• It never had copyright
protection.
• The work was explicitly
donated to the public domain.
• The work is a work of the U.S.
Government.
9.
10. Benefiting students through OER
• Lower cost for resources
• Access to more quality
choices
• Helps preparation for course
and retention of knowledge
after course
• Today’s students rely on
technology
• Employer’s value proficiency in
current technology
• Unique courses, designed for
them, and meeting their
learning needs
11. Benefiting faculty through OER
• Course Design Freedom
• Transform learning experience
• Allows for peer review
• Maximizes the use and increases availability of educational
materials
• Raises standard of educational resources by gathering more
contributors
• Technology applicable to student goals
• Enhances a university’s reputation as well as that of the teacher
or researcher
• Showcases research to widest possible audience
12. Challenges:
• Quality Assurance
• Sustainability of OER
• Lack of public
understanding in OER
• Non-revocable nature of
Creative Commons
licenses
18. What I learned…
• Orientation session crucial at start of course
• OER are supplemental resources
• Discussion forums like Tech Café and Ask my
Professor critical
• Showing in class how students can access OER
resources
• Very supportive verbally throughout course
• OER enriched overall course experience
19. Format of the AH course and
what worked (and didn’t) with
Public Speaking face to face
classes
20. Three classes using OER
– KC (May-Jul, 2016 ) – Ann Gerrity instructor
• May mini HS Dual Credit Course – Sabine ISD (May,
2016)
• Summer I 8 am – KC main campus (Summer I,
2016)
• Summer I 10:10 am – KC main campus(Summer I,
2016)
26. References:
Creative Commons. (2012). http://www.creativecommons.org.
Hylen, J. (2007) Giving knowledge for free: The emergence of open
educational resources. Paris, France: OECD.
http://www.oecd.org/dtaoecd/35/7/48654317.pdf
Olcott, Don, Jr. “Beyond open access: leveraging OER for university
teaching and learning, Distance Learning 9.3 (2012): 11+ Opposing
Viewpoints in Context. Web. 11 May 2016.
Educause (2010): 7 things that you should know about open educational
resources. Retrieved from
http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELi7061.pdf
Boyoung Chae, Ph.D., Instructure training course. Open education
resources. Retrieved from
https://training.instructure.com/courses/1276118