Academy Conference 2010 - Skills for Scientists talk

1. Open Educational Resources:
the future of sharing
Tracey Madden
UK Physical Sciences Centre

2. Project Partners
http://www.wordle.net/
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/

3. Aims & Objectives
Aim
■ promote awareness and active involvement in OER in
the physical sciences community;
Objectives
■ develop a supported approach for people wanting to
develop OER;
■ provide a range of OER for the physical sciences
community.

4. Project Process
RESOURCE
Accessibility
Licensing
Metadata
Sharing
OER

5. Project Process - Accessibility
RESOURCE
Accessibility JISC TechDis
• www.techdis.ac.uk
Licensing • Accessibility Essentials
Metadata
Sharing
OER

6. Project Process - Licensing
RESOURCE
Accessibility
Licensing Establishing ownership
Dealing with 3rd party material
Metadata • permission to use
• replacement
Sharing • removal
Selection of open license
• CreativeCommons.org
OER

7. Project Process - Metadata
RESOURCE
Accessibility
Licensing
Metadata Data about the resource
• Program tag: ukoer;
Sharing • Project tag: sfsoer;
• How would someone find
your resource?
OER

8. Project Process - Sharing
RESOURCE
Accessibility
Licensing
Metadata
Sharing Repositories
• JorumOpen open.jorum.ac.uk
• eDocs edocs.hull.ac.uk
OER Web 2.0 sites
• SlideShare, Scribd

9. Skills for Scientists - wiki
http://skillsforscientists.pbworks.com/

10. Skills for Scientists - repositories
http://open.jorum.ac.uk
sfsoer
https://edocs.hull.ac.uk

11. Skills for Scientists - Web 2.0
http://www.slideshare.net/skillsforscientists

12. Skills for Scientists – OER (I)
Mathematics for Chemistry
Workbook
(University of Manchester)

13. Skills for Scientists – OER (II)
Law-Forensic Science Crime
Scenario
(Staffordshire University)

14. Skills for Scientists – OER (III)
Interdisciplinary Science -
Habitable Worlds
(University of Leicester)

15. Skills for Scientists – OER (IV)
ChemTube3D
(University of Liverpool)

16. Skills for Scientists – OER (V)
Interactive Screen Experiments -
How to Use a Vernier Scale
(Open University)

17. Skills for Scientists - Summary
Project website:
http://bit.ly/ck3LJm
All OER tagged:
sfsoer
Thank you
Any questions?