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Open education resource database
This resources database is an open database of resources about OER; for example, papers in academic publications, newspapers articles about OER, interviews, etc. This is not a database of OER, although we do encourage resources about OER to themselves be open. A list of OER blogs can be found on the News in Open Education page.
The Open University has published a research report
The Open University has published a research report which is now available online The report evaluates the impact OpenLearn has had internally and externally and the challenges that lie ahead in open content and establishing open learning networks.
“OpenLearn has been a really fascinating research opportunity. We wanted to find out what the impact was on us as an organisation; how we could help other people who wanted to provide their material available for free; and perhaps most importantly, what learners got out of having access to all this open material”
Open Education | Open Educational Resources | Open Courseware | OER
A brief appeal to any readers who write blogs related to online learning, open source business models, or the general collaborative possibilities of the Web: Once you have read the following, consider posting something on open education and open educational resources. This is a phenomenon that, in my experience, has still not captured the broader awareness it deserves.
ibiblio: the public's library and digital archive
ibiblio's goals include expanding and improving the creation and distribution of open-source software; continuing UNC programs to develop an online library and archive; hosting projects that expand the concepts of transparency and openness; and serving as a model for other open-source projects.
Curse: Open Educational Resources
Open Educational Resources course is an elective course in the Certificate of Emerging Technologies for Learning. The course facilitator is Peter Tittenberger, (tittenbe@cc.umanitoba.ca) Director of the Learning Technologies Centre at the University of Manitoba.
Guidelines For Authors Of Learning Objects
This guide explores the what, why and how of learning objects. It offers practical advice for designing for usability — and reusability; for keeping your learning objects learner-centered and learner-driven; for aligning with current metadata standards; and for making your objects accessible. It includes tips for “marketing” your finished work and points you to resources for follow-up information.
OpenLearn - The Open University
The OpenLearn website gives free access to Open University course materials.
Free Webinar: Exploring Open Educational Resources by Nellie Deutsch
The Internet provides unique opportunities for educators to access, use, modify, and share educational materials. Open Educational Resources (OER), as these free materials are called, can include "full courses, textbooks, streaming videos, exams, software, and any other materials or techniques supporting learning"http://www.hewlett.org/oer . The OER movement shows considerable potential to reduce cost, improve quality and widen access to educational opportunities. WikiEducator was launched in 2006 to turn tomorrow's promise for OER into today's reality for teachers, lecturers, and trainers around the world.
WikiEducator is an international community of educators committed to the development of OER at all levels of the education system. WikiEducators are returning to the core value of education, namely to share knoweldge freely. In this session, experienced WikiEducators will share what the concept of "OER" and explore ideas on how to get the most from this rewarding project.
The Ultimate Guide to Using Open Courseware: 70+ Apps, Search Engines and Resources for Free Learning - College Degree.com
While you can't get college credit for taking open courseware classes, you can make the most of the information and education they offer both in personal and professional aspects of your life. After all, even if you're not working towards a degree, taking
Free Learning - Educational Resources
Here you will find FREE TO USE learning resources that you can use to supplement your own course materials or learning. Some of these are from BC-based projects while others are from Open Educational Resource projects from around the world.
ACE Maths Project Developing and using quality learning resources in an Open Educational Resources environment
Developing and using quality learning resources in an Open Educational Resources environment: The aim of SAIDE ACEMaths project was to pilot a collaborative process for the selection, adaptation and use of OER materials for teacher education programmes in South Africa.
Squizzing through OER Commons for free maths textbooks
Open Education Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials freely available online for everyone to use, whether you are an instructor, student, or self-learner. Examples of OER include: full courses, course modules, syllabi, lectures, homework assignments, quizzes, lab and classroom activities, pedagogical materials, games, simulations, and many more resources contained in digital media collections from around the world.
Raisins, Raisins, Raisins: Statistics lesson plan LO4
This lesson involves students in collecting data, organizing data into a line plot, discussing statistics, calculating mean, median and mode and consumer awareness.
Social Content and Netwroking for schools SCNS
The UWC Social Network is a Shuttleworth Foundation-funded project that extends the existing tuXlab radio network to enable schools running the solution to connect to the University of the Western Cape and interact with purpose built content servers house
Main Page - WikiEducator
The WikiEducator is an evolving community intended for the collaborative:
planning of education projects linked with the development of free content;
development of free content on Wikieducator for e-learning;
work on building open education resources
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