1. Open Educational Resources (OER) to
Support Adult STEM Teaching and Learning
LINCSDiscussionActivity
May12-16,2014
Day1:WhatisanOER?

2. WHAT IS AN OER? 2

3. What is an OER?
“Open educational resources (OER) are
teaching, learning, and research resources
that reside in the public domain or have
been released under an intellectual
property license that permits sharing,
accessing, repurposing—including for
commercial purposes—and collaborating
with others.”
- Page 56, National Education Technology Plan, 2010

4. The 4 R’s
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Resource: About Creative Commons licensing
www.creativecommons.org
Reuse: the right to reuse
content
Redistribute: the right to
share content
Remix: the right to combine
content to make something new
Revise: the right to modify
content

5. TYPES OF OER 5

6. Examples of OER
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7. HOW TO INCORPORATE OER 7

8. Incorporating OER
• Warm up
• Modeling
• Explanation
• Practice opportunities
• Assessment
• Homework
• Supplemental instruction
• Flipped classroom
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9. THE VALUE OF OER 9

10. OER help students and instructors
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OER are accessible and convenient
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OER enrich learning
OER increase the capacity for
teaching and learning
in adult education 10
Value of OER

11. Open Author
• Open Author provides a place where educators can build and
share high-quality OER
• Can include: courses, units, lessons, activities and
presentations
• OER created with Open Author reside in OER Commons
http://www.oercommons.org/open-author-about
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12. Summary
• An OER is a learning object that is open. This means it
can be reused, redistributed, revised and remixed.
• Remember the 4Rs – reuse, redistribute, remix and
revise
• Development of learner specific materials that can be
shared with other teachers to enhance teaching and
learning.
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