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Definitions of OER

According to the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation: "OER are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others. Open educational resources include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge."

UNESCO similarly defines OERs as"teaching, learning and research materials in any medium, digital or otherwise, that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions."

Definitions retrieved from: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/What_is_OER%3F

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    Open Professionals Education Network

    - Published on 17 March 2014, 11:39 PM
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    Wikibooks

    - Published on 09 September 2013, 11:56 AM
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    OER Resources for K-12

    - Published on 09 September 2013, 11:46 AM
  4. Publishing from Captivate to YouTube

    Publishing from Captivate to YouTube

    - Published on 08 August 2013, 3:09 PM
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    Udacity - Our Courses

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Last updated on 20 April 2024, 3:00 AM
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Saylor Courses

The Saylor Foundation has created a large number of fully open courses in a wide array of subject areas.  The material is pretty traditional, but all materials are OERs. Some courses are tied to credentials as well.

www.saylor.org

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Coursera

If you are interested in full courses, Coursera is a possibile resource.  Some would not call their resources true OERs ebcause they are not reusable.  You have to register and use from their site.  But, there are some quality resoures there from major universityies.

www.coursera.org

 

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List of OER Resources

The link below gives a comprehensive list of places to find OERs, with a description of each:

http://onlineanddistancelearning.com/open-educational-resources

Another resource funded by the Gates foundation:

http://open4us.org/about/

And, for a general paper on OERs from Educause, check out this link:

http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELi7061.pdf

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Connexions

Connexions is by topic area.  You may have to cehck out a number of resources before finding what you like, but it could well be worth it!

cnx.org

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Some CML Resources

Thse are from the CML Resource page:

The Virtues of Openness," Metropolitan Center and Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Center for Labor Studies presentation featuring Dr. Michael Peters

"Fostering Creativity in Learning: How to Effectively Incorporate OERs into Assignments," Rhianna Rogers, Niagara Frontier Center

"Open Educational Resources," Kathleen Stone, Center for Distance Learning (PowerPoint slides)

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Examples of Resource Pages

Here are some Mahara pages:

Survey of Art History:

https://mahara.esc.edu/view/view.php?id=22117

Mathematical Journey:

http://wikieducator.org/Mathematical_Journey

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