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Open Educational Resources (OER) @ EDUCAUSE

Open Educational Resources (OER) @ EDUCAUSE | Open Educational Resources | Scoop.it
Explore this resource site—a collection of all EDUCAUSE resources related to open educational resources (OER) in higher education.
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Rodríguez: Alternatives to paying for pricey textbooks

Rodríguez: Alternatives to paying for pricey textbooks | Open Educational Resources | Scoop.it
For first-time college students, the start of their first term is often a time of great excitement. Getting familiar with their campus and all it offers, meeting classmates, making new friends and learning from expert faculty in their chosen field of study all provide unique and stimulating experiences. One aspect of the college experienc
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OER adoption has the power to give students agency, report argues

OER adoption has the power to give students agency, report argues | Open Educational Resources | Scoop.it

-Awareness of OER has grown in recent years, with some institutions throwing their full support behind such materials for their ability to drive down college costs for students. In the new report, Achieving the Dream argued that using OER can also lead to the development of innovative teaching strategies centered on equity and inclusion.The report calls these methods open educational practices, or OEP.


Researchers identified five common characteristics associated with this type of education: 

1- Student agency or ownership over courses.
2- Inclusive content tailored to students' backgrounds. 
3- Student collaboration on new theories or content that can be used in future assignments. 
4- Assignments meant to boost critical consciousness, which involves developing students' ability to identify and address power imbalances. 
5- Classroom culture that fosters respect between students and instructors. 

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Recognizing and Overcoming Obstacles: What It Will Take to Realize the Potential of OER

Recognizing and Overcoming Obstacles: What It Will Take to Realize the Potential of OER | Open Educational Resources | Scoop.it
Despite the benefits of open educational resources, their adoption in higher education is hampered by real but solvable barriers.
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OER for Workforce Development

OER for Workforce Development | Open Educational Resources | Scoop.it
SkillsCommons provides a massive but navigable repository for the workforce development pipeline — supporting programs with affordable, openly licensed training and education materials.
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Melbourne Museum Pictures - Download Free Images on Unsplash

Melbourne Museum Pictures - Download Free Images on Unsplash | Open Educational Resources | Scoop.it
Download the perfect melbourne museum pictures. Find over 100+ of the best free melbourne museum images. Free for commercial use ✓ No attribution required ✓ Copyright-free ✓
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Paris Museums Put 100,000 Images Online for Unrestricted Public Use

Paris Museums Put 100,000 Images Online for Unrestricted Public Use | Open Educational Resources | Scoop.it

Paris Musées, a collection of 14 museums in Paris have recently made high-res digital copies of 100,000 artwo

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Affordable Learning Georgia Releases Interactive OER Lab Manual

Affordable Learning Georgia Releases Interactive OER Lab Manual | Open Educational Resources | Scoop.it
Two faculty members from the University of Georgia have developed a lab manual for anatomy and physiology and made it available as an open educational resource.
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Open Educational Resources –

Open Educational Resources – | Open Educational Resources | Scoop.it
Open Educational Resources (OER) have been in development for more than a decade. New content is being created and published every day at all educational levels and in a variety of online repositories. There are also a wealth of free, open source tools that educators can use for free.  A list of some resources -…
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Free Professional Development and Certification Opportunity for WCOL2019 Participants

Free Professional Development and Certification Opportunity for WCOL2019 Participants | Open Educational Resources | Scoop.it

Free Professional Development and Certification Opportunity for WCOL2019 Participants
The 2019 World Conference on Online Learning (WCOL2019) has partnered with OERu to provide free and unrestricted access to an online micro-course on Open education, copyright, and open licensing in a digital world (LiDA103).

Commencing on 7 October 2019, the UNESCO / ICDE Chair in Open Educational Resources (OER) in New Zealand will facilitate a cohort offering of LiDA103 over two weeks. Registered WCOL2019 participants will also receive a free access code to take an online competency test to earn the Certificate of Competency in Copyright and Creative Commons Licensing.
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New partnership between SUNY and Lumen aims to take open educational resources to scale

New partnership between SUNY and Lumen aims to take open educational resources to scale | Open Educational Resources | Scoop.it
State University of New York system strikes deal with Lumen Learning to expand and fill gaps in systemwide platform to deliver open educational resources free to students.
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16 Open Learning Resources that Go Beyond the Textbook

The concept of "open learning" encompasses far more than what's found in a textbook. These sources provide other kinds of resources that will boost your students' learning.
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A quick look at the Future of OER

A quick look at the Future of OER | Open Educational Resources | Scoop.it

This talk looks at the impact of new technologies – specifically, open data, cloud technologies, AI and distributed ledgers (blockchain) – on the future shape of OER – what they will look like, how they will be used, and what skills and knowledge will be needed to develop and use them. Seminar, Mar 05, 2019.


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Open Education Resources supporting university entry

Open Education Resources supporting university entry | Open Educational Resources | Scoop.it
I am looking forward to a new role in enabling engagement in new Open Education Resources (OER) currently being developed by RMIT University. In 2022 Federal Government HEPPP funds are being made…
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Getty opens access to 30,000 images of black diaspora in UK and US

Getty opens access to 30,000 images of black diaspora in UK and US | Open Educational Resources | Scoop.it
Photos dating back to 1800s made free to allow telling of black history stories beyond enslavement and colonisation
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Using Open Education Resources (OERs) to make a real-world impact: The Sustainable Global Food Systems MOOC

Using Open Education Resources (OERs) to make a real-world impact: The Sustainable Global Food Systems MOOC | Open Educational Resources | Scoop.it
In this fifth post for the Mini-series “Open for Good: Five Years of Open Education Resources at the University of Edinburgh” Lizzy Garner-Foy, Instructional Designer in the Educational Design and …
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As OER Grows Up, Advocates Stress More Than Just Low Cost

As OER Grows Up, Advocates Stress More Than Just Low Cost | Open Educational Resources | Scoop.it
Open educational resources hit a turning point in 2018. For the first time ever, the federal government put forward funds to support initiatives aroun
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The H5P OER HUB

The H5P OER HUB | Open Educational Resources | Scoop.it
H5P empowers everyone to create, share and reuse interactive content - all you need is a web browser and a web site that supports H5P.
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Open Educational Resources Are ‘Moving Up the Adoption Ladder’ Around the World

Open Educational Resources Are ‘Moving Up the Adoption Ladder’ Around the World | Open Educational Resources | Scoop.it
Open educational resources have gone global and may help make learning more accessible, equitable and inclusive around the world. So says the ne
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How a University Took on the Textbook Industry

How a University Took on the Textbook Industry | Open Educational Resources | Scoop.it
HOUSTON — On the third floor of a bank building near Rice University, the future of higher education is being written. Or at least, edited. Perched i
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Using OER courseware to improve your curriculum

Using OER courseware to improve your curriculum | Open Educational Resources | Scoop.it
While the use of OER is a low-cost and more accessible alternative to physical textbooks, there’s still a lot of criticism surrounding OER courseware.
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Does OER Actually Improve Learning?

Does OER Actually Improve Learning? | Open Educational Resources | Scoop.it
Regardless of where you stand on the debate over open educational resources, you’re probably wondering: Does OER actually improve learnin
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Professional development varies widely to support instructors teaching online and using OER

Professional development varies widely to support instructors teaching online and using OER | Open Educational Resources | Scoop.it
Meeting instructors where they are can be challenging -- but figuring out how they learn best can be crucial, according to leaders of professional development initiatives.
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16 Open Learning Resources that Go Beyond the Textbook

The concept of "open learning" encompasses far more than what's found in a textbook. These sources provide other kinds of resources that will boost your students' learning.
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