{"id":2192,"date":"2021-03-20T10:14:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-20T18:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci136\/?p=2192"},"modified":"2025-01-03T04:14:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T12:14:49","slug":"the-broad-landscape-of-open-educational-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci136\/2021\/03\/20\/the-broad-landscape-of-open-educational-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"The Broad Landscape of Open Educational Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>open educational resources<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Legally reusable, adaptable, and useful educational content is available if you know where and how to look. Resources you make for your own practice may take many forms, and these links are just a little of what is available.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oercommons.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OER Commons<\/a> &#8211; library of open ed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openwa.org\/boundless\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open Washingtion: Boundless<\/a> &#8211; open education resources<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.curriki.org\/currikilibrary-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Curriki\u00a0<\/a>&#8211; lessons and on-demand content free, open, and accessible to all<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ck12.org\/teacher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ck-12\u00a0<\/a> &#8211; free stem teaching resources<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/learninglab.si.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Smithsonian<\/a> &#8211; learning lab<\/p>\n<div class=\"channel-name\">\n<p id=\"channel_title\" class=\"inline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.ed.ac.uk\/channel\/Open+Media+Bank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open Media Bank<\/a> &#8211; media resources made available under Creative Commons license for sharing, reuse and remixing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2196\" src=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci136\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/02\/open-ed-content.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1369\" height=\"737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci136\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/02\/open-ed-content.jpg 1369w, https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci136\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/02\/open-ed-content-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci136\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/02\/open-ed-content-1024x551.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci136\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/02\/open-ed-content-768x413.jpg 768w, https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci136\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/02\/open-ed-content-600x323.jpg 600w, https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci136\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/02\/open-ed-content-945x509.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1369px) 100vw, 1369px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Open Education Matters\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UBFOQEmR1n4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Most frequently cited reasons for using OER<\/h3>\n<p>\u25cf To enhance professional development (28%)<br \/>\n\u25cf To provide electronic learning material to students (35%)<br \/>\n\u25cf To prepare for teaching (52%)<br \/>\n\u25cf To supplement existing content (59%)<br \/>\n<strong><em>\u25cf For ideas and inspiration (67%)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jhangiani, R. S., Pitt, R., Hendricks, C., Key, J., &amp; Lalonde, C. (2016). Exploring Faculty Use of Open<br \/>\nEducational Resources at British Columbia Post-Secondary Institutions. BCcampus Research Report.<br \/>\nRetrieved from <a href=\"https:\/\/bccampus.ca\/files\/2016\/01\/BCFacultyUseOfOER_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/bccampus.ca\/files\/2016\/01\/BCFacultyUseOfOER_final.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2198\" src=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci136\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/02\/landscape-of-open-resources.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1387\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci136\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/02\/landscape-of-open-resources.jpg 1387w, https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci136\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/02\/landscape-of-open-resources-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci136\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/02\/landscape-of-open-resources-1024x548.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci136\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/02\/landscape-of-open-resources-768x411.jpg 768w, https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci136\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/02\/landscape-of-open-resources-600x321.jpg 600w, https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci136\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2021\/02\/landscape-of-open-resources-945x506.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1387px) 100vw, 1387px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Open Textbooks<\/h3>\n<p>B.C. is leveraging 21st century-technologies and licensing to ensure its citizens have affordable access to high-quality post-secondary textbooks. Open licensing on publicly funded content ensures the greatest impact for the public dollar. Dr. Cable Green (Creative Commons)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.bccampus.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Find Open Textbooks BCcampus OpenEd <\/a>&#8211; search for quality open textbooks offered in a variety of digital formats; the first step in adopting open educational resources<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Internet Archive<\/a> &#8211; \u00a0non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/openeducationalberta.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open Education Alberta<\/a> &#8211; \u00a0a collaborative,\u00a0no-fee publishing services for open textbooks and other\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/guides.library.ualberta.ca\/open-educational-resources\">open educational resources.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/intl.siyavula.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Siyavula.com<\/a> &#8211; effective, efficient and personalised practice for Maths, Physics and Chemistry<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oercommons.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OERCommons<\/a> &#8211; award-winning OER Professional Learning programs support instructors and curriculum specialists to gain the necessary skills required to find, adapt, and evaluate high quality open materials.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/extend.ecampusontario.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">eCampusOntario<\/a> \u2013 \u00a0aims to empower educators to explore a range of emerging technologies and pedagogical practices for effective online and technology-enabled teaching and learning.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>What if I found a great resource online that is not licensed for reuse?<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Embed<\/li>\n<li>Link<\/li>\n<li>Ask permission<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Giving credit when you use open educational resources is not only important for legal reasons. When you provide attribution, you support the ability of non-profit organizations to make great educational experiences available to students around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>open educational resources Legally reusable, adaptable, and useful educational content is available if you know where and how to look. 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