UNISA Workshop: Designing a road map for OER implementation

Dr Andreia Inamorato dos SantosFluminense Federal University - OportUnidad Project

and Mackenzie University (Brazil)ainamorato@gmail.com

September 4th 2012 – University of South Africa

#UNISAOER12 @aisantos

Blog: Open Content Online

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What are OER?

OER are teaching, learning and research materials in any format or media that are in the public domain or open licensed allowing their use and adaptation by third parties. (UNESCO, 2002 e COL, 2011)

Who uses OER?

The 4 Rs of OER

ReuseReviseRemix

Redistribute

Creative Commons licenses

Open format for OER

.doc .docx are proprietary formats and depend upon commercial software (Microsoft Office and Mac packages)

.odt is an open format and is downloadable for free over the Internet: Open Office

OER business models

Adapted from Downes’ categories (2007)• Donation: funding body or foundation

provides funding for the production and provision of OER (ex. OpenLearn – first 2 years, Khan Academy)

• Subscription: institutions pay to become members of a consortium which manages the repository (ex. Connexions)

OER business models

• Contribution: the author of the OER is responsible for the costs of the production and promotion of the resources (ex. lecturers, students, teachers etc)

• Sponsorship: the cost of OER production and promotion is covered by a sponsor in exchange for visibility and publicity (ex. FGV – Brazil)

OER business models

• Institutional: the educational institution covers the cost for OER production and promotion

• Governmental: resources are created with governmental targets in mind, normally fully financed by the State

• Commercial : the user pays ( a symbolic amount) for parts of the contet, tutoring or certification (ex. OUNL, UnisulVirtual)

cnx.org

openlearn.ac.uk

labspace.open.ac.uk

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OER IMPLEMENTATION ROAD MAP TEMPLATE

In pairs please

• Use the template to think of your own context• Try and fill in the more you can please• Think of the main challenges• Think of any existing practices or examples• Post a question using Twitter or a comment

using the blog route• If not connected to the Internet: please write

it down or speak it up! Thanks

Thank you!

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Image credits (Creative Commons licensed)

• One laptop per child :wwnorm.com• Pregnant woman: offbeatmama.com• Young woman and retired man: georgecouros.ca• Open Licensed: thelicensingglawblog.com• Business woman: coachline• Handcuffs: muraldosescritores.ning.com• Access signal for the disabled: en.wikipedia.org• Business meeting: mmc.org