Instructional Technology at SCC: Tech Talk- Thinking Outside the Box- Introduction to Open Educational Resources

Thinking Outside the Box- Intro to Open Educational Resources (OER)

A recording of this presentation is available at https://youtu.be/LwhWRD_-qKY

How do you currently find your curricular resources? Are you a searcher or a browser? Do you read the index of a catalog or do you look at the cover and open to page 1 and start leafing through it? Do you get suggestions from a colleague or a professional group?

The intent of this Tech Talk was to introduce the attendees to what OER are available: how to find them; and considerations for using OER.

This Tech Talk was originally presented March 3, 2016.

It provided a macro view of the topic of OER.

In future Tech Talks we plan to target particular resources and drill deeper into those resources.

Today's Topics:

What are OER?
Why should we care about OER?
A Sample of OER
What are the challenges for OER in higher ed
How to find what you are lookin g for?
How to share OER content?
Success Stories
Getting Started

What are OER?

"high-quality, openly licensed, online educational materials that offer an extraordinary opportunity for people everywhere to share, use, and reuse knowledge"

Why should we care about OER?

http://tech.ed.gov/open-education/

**7 Things to Know About OER

https://goo.gl/uc84ZH

Samples of OER

OER include open textbooks, classroom materials such as handouts, audio/video recordings, images, and other media.

The following are samples of all these types of OER.

**OER- Educause

https://library.educause.edu/topics/teaching-and-learning/open-educational-resources-oer

This page lists 10 sources of OER.
A good introduction to OER resources.

iTunes U

iTunes U can be accessed from Mac or Windows. Resources on iTunes such as lectures, videos, and books can be downloaded. Over 1000 higher ed institutions share resources via iTunes U.

**How to use iTunesU

https://www.apple.com/support/itunes-u/using/
iTunes U is free service where educational institutions share resources such as lectures, classroom materials

iTunes U on Windows:

https://www.it.umass.edu/support/general/access-itunes-u-windows