Training the trainer at SNDT Women's University, Mumbai

1. Introduction to
e-Content
Prepared by
Zoraini Wati Abas

2. Types of e-Content
 OERs
 RLOs
 eBooks
 Online Dictionaries
 Encyclopedia

3. OERs
 http://gettingsmart.com/blog/2011/10/has-
the-oer-tipping-point-arrived/
 http://www.col.org/resources/crsMaterials/Pa
ges/OCW-OER.aspx#searchingoer

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Open Learning
Open Educational Resources
 MIT Open Courseware (over 1,800
courses)
 http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/h
ome/index.htm
 OpenLearn
 http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/
 Creative Commons
(Share, Remix, Reuse)
 http://creativecommons.org/
 http://learn.creativecommons.org/
 Open access peer-reviewed journal
 http://www.jucs.org
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5. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/
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6. MIT OpenCourseware
 Unlocking Knowledge, Empowering
Minds.
 Free lecture notes, exams, and videos
from MIT.
 No registration required.

7. MIT in every home
 http://www.slideshare.net/LindaMah/opener-
4-the-world-is-open
 http://www.slideshare.net/imranchen/the-
world-is-open-opener-4

8. http://www.oercommons.org/ 8
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10. http://openlearn.open.ac.uk 10
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11. http://www.apple.com/education/mobile-learning/
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iTunes U
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12. http://academicearth.org/
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13. http://academicearth.org/
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14. Other links
 Apple iUniversity
 http://www.apple.com/education/mobile-learning
 Einztein
 http://www.einztein.com
 Lecture Fox
 http://lecturefox.com
 Open Learning Initiative
 http://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/forinstructors
 OER Commons
 http://www.oercommons.org
 Video Lectures
 http://freevideolectures.com
 http://videolectures.net
 World Public Library
 http://worldpubliclibrary.net/Collections.htm

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Different kind of universities (in the future)
Peer2Peer University
http://www.p2pu.org/
$70,000 seed grant from the Hewlett
Foundation to launch its first 10 pilot courses.
Opened for enrolment on 9-09-09
http://www.uopeople.org/
Computer and Business Programs
Dr. Russell S. Winer
“The University of the People is
an idea whose time has come".
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16. The OER University
 http://www.col.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.asp
x?ID=130
 http://www.col.org/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.asp
x?ID=130

17. in memory of Steve Jobs
Apple University
http://www.knowyourmobile.in/news/1083207/apple_univers
ity_to_be_set_up_in_memory_of_steve_jobs.html

18. RLOs
 Definition
 "an interactive WWW-based resource
based on a single learning objective which
can be used in multiple contexts"Learning
Object Repositories” (SONET, Nottingham
University)
 RLO Repositories
 http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nursing/sonet
/rlos/rlo_repositories.html
Source: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nursing/sonet/rlos/rlofaq.html

19. HEAL (Health Education
Assets Library)
http://www.healcentral.org/

20. RLOs vs CAL
 What's the difference between RLOs and
Computer-Assisted Learning (CAL)?
 In principle, none: both RLOs and CAL are
computer applications to support learning. In
practice, RLOs are small, 'bite-sized' chunks of
e-learning focussing on a particular narrow
topic (eg drug half-life), containing typically 15-
30 minutes of learning material. CAL
applications are much larger, usually disk-
based, packages containing many hours if not
days of instructional content, exploring a
particular topic (eg the autonomic nervous
system) in detail. RLOs are more flexible than
CAL applications and can be developed in
much shorter timescales, but at the cost of
depth of instructional content.
Source: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nursing/sonet/rlos/rlofaq.html

21. Why use RLOs?
 As a teacher, you might find RLOs useful:
 to use in teaching sessions to illustrate
specific topics
 to present a topic already dealt with in a
course book in a multimedia format more
engaging to some students
 to incorporate into WebCT/Blackboard
courses
 as preparatory 'reading' for lectures or
tutorials
Source: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nursing/sonet/rlos/rlofaq.html

22. E-books. What are they?
 Digital version(s) of a typical hardcopy book
 Defined by the Oxford Dictionary of English as
"an electronic version of a
printed book which can be
read on a personal computer
or hand-held device designed
specifically for this purpose"
 Most are available online today
 Example of E-book device: Kindle

23. Project Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.org/
Project Gutenberg offers over 36,000 free
ebooks to download to your
PC, Kindle, Android, iOS or other portable
device. Choose between
ePub, Kindle, HTML and simple text
formats.
We carry high quality ebooks: All our
ebooks were previously published by bona
fide publishers. We digitized and diligently
proofed them with the help of thousands of
volunteers.
No fee or registration is required, but if you
find Project Gutenberg useful, we kindly
ask you to donate a small amount so we
can buy and digitize more books.

24. Downloading books are
becoming more and more
common…
Read on here:
http://cde.athabascau.ca/online_book/

25. http://www.ebooks.com/

26. http://globaltext.terry.uga.edu/
Aim: To provide access and reflexive opportunities to the
public so the content will always be improved over time
Think about it – With increasing platforms such as this
to make all of us be part of the content making
process, what impact will it have on the learning
process?

27. Wikibooks
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page
What is Wikibooks?
Wikibooks is a collaborative book authoring website, where users
from all over the world work together to write textbooks and other
types of instructional books on many topics. It is a Wikimedia
project, operated by the same group of people who run
Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation. You can edit this page, and
almost all pages like it, at any time. That is the basic principle of
Wikibooks. Anyone can edit it.
History
The Wikibooks project was started in 2003, and has since
become one of the largest free e-book websites in the world . . .

28. Audiblebooks.com
http://www.audible.com/

29. http://cnx.org//
Connexions is:
a place to view and share educational material made of
small knowledge chunks called modules that can be
organized as courses, books, reports, etc. Anyone may
view or contribute:
authors create and collaborate
instructors rapidly build and share custom collections
learners find and explore content

30. Some of the main players in
the Book Digitalisation game
 Open Library: http://www.openlibrary.org/
 Questia: http://www.questia.com/Index.jsp
 California Open Source Textbook Project
(COSTP): http://www.opensourcetext.org/
 Digital History:
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
 Ebrary: http://www.ebrary.com/corp/index.jsp

31. Today’s authors…
 Realise the return-of-investment of their
books do not come in the form of dollars
and cents
 Are becoming easily accessible to their
readers
 Recognize the ‘middle-man factor’ can be
deleted in the publishing process
 Appreciate the lower costs needed to
publish content (with the availability of
today’s user-friendly publishing tools)
 Understand that digital publishing is the
way to go!

32. Online Dictionaries
 Oxford Dictionaries
 http://oxforddictionaries.com/
 Cambridge Dictionaries
 http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
 Merriam-Webster Online
 http://www.merriam-webster.com/
 Longman English Dictionary Online
 http://www.ldoceonline.com/

33. Encyclopedia
 http://www.encyclopedia.com/
 http://www.britannica.com/
 http://www.britannicaindia.com/
 http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclo
pedia.html
 http://www.wikipedia.org/
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