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Tim Leonard, Assistant Librarian, Lancaster University LibraryOpen Educational resourcesOlashore Staff Development Session

For further information about this presentation contact t.leonard@lancaster.ac.uk.

For more information on Lancaster University Library see http://www.library.lancaster.ac.uk. 1

Open Educational Resources what are they?How can OERs be shared/reused?Good sources of OERsOERs for Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

What well be looking at

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Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that are freely available online for anyone to use

OER is also a process of engaging with the materials. This process involves sharing materials that you have created, either individually or in groups with other teachers and/or learners; using and adapting others materials for your own use; and sharing back modifications to or comments about others materials so that future users can benefit.

OER Commons; http://wiki.oercommons.org/index.php/Why_OER%3F

What are OERs?

This UK Higher Education Academy report provides a very useful introduction to OERs: https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/sites/default/files/resources/OER%20Toolkit_0.pdf

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Creative Commons are a non-profit organisation

CC Licenses help creators retain copyright while allowing others to copy, distribute, and make some uses of their work

There a range of different CC licenses that give different rights

CC Licenses are helping to build a digital commons of material that can be shared, reused and modified. How can OERs be shared?http://creativecommons.org

Creative Commons logo and CC-BY Button by Creative Commons are licenced under CC BY 4.0.

https://stateof.creativecommons.org/

Growth of Creative Commons

State of the Commons by Lemonly is licenced under CC-BY 4.0

Free does not mean openMOOCs (Massively Open Online Courses) are free* to students

But their content remains the property of the owner/institution (so cant be modified/edited).

*there may be a charge for certification or some elements of the course.

For more information on MOOCs see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course

Lancaster has offered a number of MOOCs via FutureLearn (the primary MOOC provider in the UK): https://www.futurelearn.com/partners/lancaster-university6

OER Repositorieshttp://www.jorum.ac.uk/

Search by discipline/level/ keyword, etcUK-based

https://www.oercommons.org/

Search by discipline/level/ keyword, etcInternational in scope, though primarily US-based

Pan-African initiative of 12 Universities73 modules in three languages (English, French, Portuguese)Modules on Maths & Sciences, ICT Skills, Teacher Education and moreAccompanying text books for studentsAll released under CC-BY-SA license

OER @ African Virtual Universityhttp://oer.avu.org

Basic Mathematics by Jairus M. Khalagai is licensed under CC-BY-SA (3.0)

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http://www.collegeopentextbooks.org/

Network of US Colleges who have peer reviewed Open Textbooks

Links to a range of Open Textbooks, including a number of STEM titles

Textbooks published under a variety of CC licences

Open College Textbooks

OpenStax CollegeOpenStax College is an open ebook platform created by Rice College (Houston, Texas).

All textbooks published under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY)

Textbooks in Biology, Physics, Physiology (Chemistry coming soon)

http://openstaxcollege.org

Information for Educators at: http://openstaxcollege.org/faculty

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Open Source Physicshttp://www.opensourcephysics.org

Simulations and modelling

Curriculum resources

Code licenced via GNU General Public Licence (v.2)

Many Curriculum packages licenced under Creative Commons licences

Double pen diagram by Tom Dooling is released under GNU Public Licence V.3.

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PhEThttp://phet.colorado.edu/

Interactive research-based simulations

Accompanying teachers guides and activities for students

Materials licensed under CC-BY/CC GNU licenses

Molecules and Light by Kelly Lancaster, et al is licensed under CC-BY 3.0 US

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Open Yale Courseshttp://oyc.yale.edu/

MIT Open Coursewarehttp://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

Oxford University Open Spireshttp://openspires.it.ox.ac.uk/

OERs from major Universities

Image from http://openspires.it.ox.ac.uk/

Open Yale Courses and MIT Open Courses provide free courses for students (much like MOOCs) but the course content is licenced via a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US licence, so it can be shared, adapted and modified.

Open Spires is a gateway to a range of projects from Oxford University. Some materials are published under CC licences, others are free to use but cannot be modified.

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See: https://wiki.creativecommons.org/Best_practices_for_attribution

Always consult the licenceCheck on the guidance on creativecommons.org if unsure of rightsContact the creator/rights-holder if in doubtFollow the guidance of the licence with regards to reuse and attribute appropriately

Using Creative Commons Licensed Material

A number of the resources we looked at allow you to contribute

See Things to know before Licencing and Choose a Licence for guidance re: Creative Commons

OER Commons has guidance about how to contribute or join a group

Other resources/repositories also offer guidanceShare your own work

Questions?

Thanks for listening!Open Educational Resources: Olashore Staff Development SessionbyTim Leonardis licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.