As we learned in Module 4, a common approach to Open Education Practice is the use and developed of Open Educational Resources (OERs). OERs are celebrate not just for the potential financial benefit to students but can also be a powerful tool for creating student-centered collaborative learning experiences. Students benefit not just from using OERs as a learning tool, but from creating their own Open Educational Content, thus becoming knowledge creators themselves.

For this activity, you will create your own OER. You may choose any tool to do so, and you may choose any topic. This does not need to be an academic topic – you can choose something of personal interest to you, like a hobby or a fandom that you belong to. You may choose to work with a partner on the creation of the OER.

  1. [individually] Start by reviewing the content in existing OER repositories. Consider the design of the content.
  2. [individually or with partner] Choose a topic for your OER and write 1 or 2 simple learning outcomes. These are the things that your audience will learn when they finish the activity.
  3. [individually or with partner] Choose a tool or format for your OER. Consider the level of interactivity that you wish to have.
  4. [individually or with partner] Create your OER. Make sure to review it and revise it carefully.
  5. [individually or with partner] Choose a Creative Commons License for your OER. Briefly explain why you chose the license that you did.

NOTE: Your OER can be a video, Word Document or another format. See the repositories below for examples.

Reflect on your experience in your Learning Portfolio and include a link to your OER. Make sure to also include a short self-reflection on why you chose this activity, how it aligned with your learning goals, and what you learned through the creation of the OER.

OER Repositories:

 

If you would like to use H5P, it is available in your WordPress blogs created through OpenEd.ca. More details on how to use H5P in your blog are available here.

If you would like to use PressBooks, you can try signing up for a Pressbooks Account here.

BCcampus has published a Pressbooks Creator’s Guide.

 

I have created a short guide to designing your OER available here:

EDCI339_GuideToOERs_Transcript.

Slides for this presentation are available here.

 

Basics of Accessible Design module.

Library of Media Repositories.

Creative Commons Licenses.