Open Educational Resources (OERs) Part 1: Collaborating and Developing OERs for Your Courses
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.13021/G8itlcp.9.2017.1839Keywords:
leaning spaces, teaching online, multilingual learners, international student, digital toolsAbstract
BRIEF SESSION DESCRIPTION:
Session will showcase presenter experiences in transitioning to finding, developing, and using Open Educational Resources (OERs) in their teaching. Attendees will be led throughÃÂ a brief presentation of original OER material, as well as a demonstration on how to start a group project and to create a course module in an OER repository. For attendees with access to mobile/laptop devices during the workshop, hands-on practice for creating a lesson within an OER repository will be provided.
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FULL ABSTRACT: Open Educational Resources (OER) are digital and accessible education materials with an open license in the public domain. OER are a notable trend among universities due to reducing dependency on textbooks and allowing for faculty to create material based upon their own training and classroom experiences. This session will provide in-depth examples and share lessons learned fromÃÂ creating originalÃÂ OER materials for George Mason University's 300-level required Spanish courses aiming for up- to-date linguistic and cultural knowledge on the globalized Spanish-speaking world and 500-level humanities courses aiming for the transition to graduate studies in the US for international students. These projects were funded and completed through the Mason 4-VA, in collaboration with the University Libraries and Mason Online. We will present our experience in transitioning to OER including the challenges encountered and learning as educators in what became a highly creative and collaborative process. Attendees will be led throughÃÂ a presentation of original OER material, as well as a demonstration on how to start a group project and to create a course module in an OER repository. For attendees with access to digital materials and mobile devices during the workshop, hands-on practice for creating a lesson within an OER repository will be provided.
Resources:
http://publishing.gmu.edu/communication/open-educational-resources/
