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Elizabeth Washington

(Gainesville - United States)

Integrating Open Educational Resources in the Classroom: A Course for Teachers

Description:Based on a generous grant from the Hearst Foundation, Curriki worked with 6 distinguished professors to develop this course on integrating open educational resources into the classroom. The course is broken into 6 chapters that cover an introduction to OER, licensing, searching/finding OER, creating your own OER, using OER in the classroom and mixing and remixing with OER. The chapters can be used in sequence or independently.

Last Updated:Jan-10-2012

Subject(s):

Education
Educational Technology

Educational Level(s):

College & Beyond
Professional Development

Instructional Component Type(s):

Curriculum: Full Course

From: OERi - Open Educational Resources integration
Contributed By: Open Educational Resources OER

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Introduction: Getting Started with OER

Description:Introduction: Getting Started with OER is the first of six units developed for the professional development course, Integrating Open Educational Resources in the Classroom.

This unit is an Introduction to the Open Educational Resources movement. These first three sessions cover the 'elemental basics' and 'concepts' of the Open Educational Resources movement. You'll learn about Web 2.0, collaborative software like wikis, and the philosophy behind the OER movement.

Last Updated:Mar-15-2010

Subject(s):

Education
Educational Technology

Educational Level(s):

College & Beyond
Professional Development

Instructional Component Type(s):

Curriculum: Unit

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Licensing: Knowing Your Rights

Description:Licensing: Knowing Your Rights, is the second of six units in the professional development course, Integrating Open Educational Resources in the Classroom: A Course for Teachers.

Developed by David Wiley, the lessons contained in this unit about licensing explain the copyright issues related to open educational resources in detail. The lesson opens by discussing the general intent and function of copyright law and the complexities associated with the idea of "fair use." The lesson then turns to the Creative Commons licenses, the legal mechanisms most often used to license open educational resources. The lesson ends with an interactive game that lets you test your knowledge of open licenses.

Last Updated:Mar-15-2010

Subject(s):

Education
Educational Technology

Educational Level(s):

College & Beyond
Professional Development

Instructional Component Type(s):

Curriculum: Unit

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Find/Search: Making the Internet Your Best Friend

Description:Find/Search: Making the Internet Your Best Friend, is the third of six units contained within the professional development course Integrating Open Educational Resources in the Classroom.

The Finding and Evaluating Open Educational Resources module is based on the Open Educational Resources Handbook, and is designed to help pre-service teachers find and evaluate open educational resources.

In this module pre-service teachers will become more proficient in finding open educational resources. They will begin to understand the importance of evaluating open educational resources, and learn how to use advanced features of Google Search. They will also become familiar with dozens of open educational resources collections in several content areas.

Last Updated:Mar-15-2010

Subject(s):

Education
Educational Technology

Educational Level(s):

College & Beyond
Professional Development

Instructional Component Type(s):

Curriculum: Unit

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Create: Contributing Your Best Content

Description:Create: Contributing Your Best Content is the fourth of six units, part of the professional development course, Integrating Open Educational Resources in the Classroom.

Through Open Education Resources, you can “create” or develop curriculum as part of an emerging and rich collaborative environment, where educators at all levels share their resources. Creating through OER often requires skills as simple as adding an attachment to an email, and all OER environments, such as Curriki, provide easy directions on how to share your curriculum with the world. By contributing to the OER environment, you join a growing number of creative educators who make teaching and learning a truly 21st century experience.

Last Updated:Mar-15-2010

Subject(s):

Education
Educational Technology

Educational Level(s):

College & Beyond
Professional Development

Instructional Component Type(s):

Curriculum: Unit

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Use: Integrating OER into Your Classroom

Description:Use: Integrating OER Into Your Classroom is the fifth of six units developed for the professional development course, Integrating Open Educational Resources in the Classroom.

This unit explores the critical role of using technology in the transformation of education. It is designed as an introduction by following the creation and modification of an OER, with a special emphasis on the using and sharing of OERs for classroom use. Using information contained in the Open Educational Resources handbook, the components contained within this lesson will help you - and possibly your students - consider aspects of instructional design in order to create OERs for sharing with others. Its primary sections include:

Motivation - why use and share OERs?
Content - task definition, information seeking and review, instructional design of OERs
Reflection - using and sharing OERs
Assessment - using and sharing an OER
Self-Check - a case of using an OER to make OERs

Last Updated:Mar-15-2010

Subject(s):

Education
Educational Technology

Educational Level(s):

College & Beyond
Professional Development

Instructional Component Type(s):

Curriculum: Unit

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Remix/Reuse: Making It Your Own

Description:Remix/Reuse is the sixth of six units developed for the professional development course, Integrating Open Educational Resources in the Classroom.

It is designed for pre-service and in-service teachers. The purpose of the module is to understand the value of remixing OER content. You will explore examples of remixed content available online. There are opportunities to practice remixing content. Finally, you will share remixed content with others using Curriki.

Last Updated:Mar-15-2010

Subject(s):

Education
Educational Technology

Educational Level(s):

College & Beyond
Professional Development

Instructional Component Type(s):

Curriculum: Unit

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Baking the Creative Commons Cake - Understanding Creative Commons Open Licenses

Description:Ever wished it was easier to understand Creative Common's open licenses? Well so does Prof Randy Weasel - and luckily his good friend Dr Kooei Goose can explain it all - through the medium of baked goods.

Last Updated:Jan-10-2012

Subject(s):

Education
Educational Technology

Educational Level(s):

College & Beyond
Professional Development

Instructional Component Type(s):

Asset: Video/Presentation/Slides

Ever wished it was easier to understand Creative Common's open licenses? Well so does Prof Randy Weasel - and luckily his good friend Dr Kooei Goose can explain it all - through the medium of baked goods.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XiEQwfMojc&feature=player_embedded