Open Educational Resource slide show presented at NIU Open Access Week on October 21, 2014.

1. Using Open Educational Resources
in an Open Access World
October 21, 2014
What is OER?
Textbooks & Libraries to Creative Commons & Repositories

2. Note from mom
“Tracy is normally much more creative. She
learned how to share when her sister was borne.
But, for the most part she liked to do her own
thing. Definitely more of a original fort builder
than a Barbie Townhouse kind of gal. Today I’ve
given her the okay to be “less” original.”
Tracy’s mom

3. What is Open Educational Resources?
• Combine
with other
OER
• Share with
others
• Adapt,
modify,
improve
• Make a
copy and
use it
Reuse Revise
Redistribute Remix
Open Educational Resources are educational materials that
provide users with the “4R permissions.”
“What are Open Educational Resources” http://www.lumenlearning.com/oer

4. Why should I care about it?
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Someone may have already created just what you are looking for!

5. Questions to Ask Yourself First
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6. Curation: Finding & Evaluating
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Search
Find
Evaluate
Repurpose

7. Search
• Key words
• What sort of resource
• What’s going to be reliable
Search
Find
Evaluate
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8. Find
Search
• Don’t just share – add context
• Provide relevance to your students
• Make sure you evaluate it
Find
Evaluate
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9. Search Evaluate
Find
Evaluate
Below Expectations Meets Expectations Exceed Expectations
Learning Objectives The resources is not aligned or
marginally aligned with the
learning objectives or needs of the
students
The resource is aligned with
the learning objectives or
needs of the students
The resource is ideally
matched to the learning
objectives or needs of the
students
Conditions of Use The copyright / fair use do not
meet the requirements for my use
of this resource
The copyright / fair use does
meet my requirements for my
use of this resource. More
open would be preferable
The copyright / fair use is
ideal for my requirements for
my use of this resource
Accessible The resource is not accessible for
my students with or without
modifications.
The resource is accessible for
my students, with
modification with tools I have
available
The resource is accessible as
it and will not require any
additional modification
Rated or Endorsed Rating or endorsements are
missing or negative
Rating or endorsement are
present and positive
Rating or endorsements are
positive from reliable sources
Easy as 1, 2, 3. . .
4?

10. Red Flags
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What makes you the most nervous about OER?

11. Permissions?
www.masternewmedia.org
Graphic Credit: http://itg.emerson.edu/word/tag/fair-use/

12. Where do I start?

13. Characteristics of an OER
Repository

14. Exploration OER
• Find some video, presentation or graphic that will enhance a
learning objective of yours.
• Students will learn how salt effects the freezing point of water
• Students will learn some of the classic causes and effects of
hypothermia
• Students will be able to explain the difference between Active
and Passive Voice
• Use the How to Evaluate a Good Open Educational Resource
rubric to select the best ones!

15. OER at NIU
• Images, Media, Presentations, Primary Sources, etc
• Blackboard Mashups – YouTube, Flickr, Slideshare
• Content Collection

16. Tips for Introducing Active Learning
Activities Using OER
and Sharing Your Own Content

17. How are students
already using OER?
Photo credit: ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2013, https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1302/ERS1302.pdf

18. 2013 Educause Study of
Undergraduate Students
Population
description
States
represented
Implementation
sites
Countries
represented

19. 71% of students
have used OERs in past year
For every 10 students…
Source: ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2013,
https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1302/ERS1302.pdf

20. Student Quote
“Sometimes taking notes
and listening to a lecture
[by] the same person can
be like bashing yourself
over the head with a
textbook if it doesn’t make
sense. But it’s nice to listen
to other styles of teaching
like Khan Academy. It gives
a valuable perspective.”
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21. Study Recommendations
“Students recommend that their instructors
use freely available course content, we
found that most identified, at least vaguely,
ways that they imagined bringing free
course content into their studies: as
learning aids, as supplemental information
sources, and as providers of different
perspectives on topics.”
Source: ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2013,
https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1302/ERS1302.pdf

22. Students Seeking Out OER
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23. Khan Academy
khanacademy.org

24. Stats Available on Progress

25. MIT Open Courseware
ocw.mit.edu

26. MOOCs (example: EdX)
edx.org

27. Open Textbooks
collegeopentextbooks.org

28. Tips for Introducing Active
Learning Activities in Your
Course

29. Keep Your Course
Objectives in Mind
• What is it students should be able to do
by the end of your course?
• What performance gaps or patterns do
you recognize among your students?
• What activities or resources will better
help them develop necessary skills,
knowledge, or attitudes?

30. What’s Working?
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Identify activities and resources you currently use to create
key learning moments

31. Keep Your Eyes Open
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Look for activities or resources that might further enhance
the learning experience

32. Be Explicit
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Provide clear guidelines and expectations for students on
assigned resources and activities

33. Show Relevance of Resources
to Learning Outcomes
Help students realize why resources and activities assigned
aren’t “busy work”
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34. Keep Accessibility in Mind
Whenever possible select resources and activities that all
students can access
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35. Provide Options and
Alternatives When Possible
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If multiple resources or activities are available, let students
choose from among several options

36. Let Students Contribute
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Consider incorporating activities where student-generated
content can be a resource for future classes

37. Sharing Your Content
with a Wider Community

38. How Widely You Want to Share?
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Choose the level of access you’d like to grant other users and
how envision your resources will be shared

39. Share within NIU
The Blackboard Content Collection can be used to share
resources with other NIU faculty

40. Blackboard xpLor
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Now Available -the ability to share easily with faculty from
other institutions who also use Blackboard

41. Post Your Resources Online
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Upload your resource to a publicly-available online site and
apply the desired creative commons license

42. External Repositories
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Consider submitting a resource you’ve created with one of
the many creative commons repositories

43. Q&A
What additional questions do you have or comments would
you like to share?