The Open Education Resource Phenomenon: Free Educational Resources for All
Submitted by blackdaffodil on Thu, 04/23/2009 - 14:41.
Name:
Gloria Creed-Dikeogu
Presentation Materials:
Abstract:
The staggering cost of textbooks and educational resources has become a constant student concern. Student organizations are asking that college instructors consider new ways of making course textbooks and resources more accessible and affordable to them in future class-settings. Thus, it comes as no surprise that Worldwide Open Education Communities (OER) are being created on the Internet, so everyone can gain access to reputable, free online subject resources never made available before. These OER communities provide access to open textbooks, online courses, online journals and software through open licensing, thereby making these resources freely available to anyone to use, re-mix, improve or redistribute.
Session Type (Sessions are 45-60 minutes in length, except Speed Geeking which are 10 minute round robins):
Presentation
Intended Audience:
Teach/Faculty
Higher Education
Librarian
What will attendees at this presentation learn that they can apply at their institution/organization?:
This presentation will define OER, discuss related concepts and offer resources that can be used to locate OER resources/communities offering open textbooks for K-12-College, open streaming videos, photo galleries, lab projects, course-ware and education resource grants for making more open resources available on the Internet. Attendees will receive handouts with links to Open Education Internet Resources and a reference list of publications for further reading on the topics addressed in this presentation.
Email address: gloria.creeddikeogu@ottawa.edu
Would you be willing to share a time slot with another presenter, or participate as part of a panel on this topic?:
Yes
