OER Workshop Two, WordPress and Other Things, took place today 21 March, facilitated by Joss Winn. This was planned as a catch-up session on Creative commons licences and searching for OER for those who missed the first workshop and then to introduce Continue reading OER Workshop Two WordPress and Other Things
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As well as copyright and creative commons licences, OER Workshop One included guidance for using content which hasn’t been opened up for wider use. It can be acceptable to provide a link to materials so long the origin is cited, Continue reading OER Workshop 1.3 linking and searching
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Part of the Team Six Workshop, OER, Copyright and Licencing, looked at Creative Commons licences. Creative Commons is the infrastructure built to allow content creators legal controls over the copyright of the their work. More information about Creative Commons can Continue reading OER Workshop 1.2 Creative Commons Licencing
Saving the OER Copyright and Licensing presentation slides as PowerPoint 2003 is not currently happening so if anyone is running Office 2003 without the converter here is a pdf version of the slides (opening in a new window) TeamSixOERWorkshop1CopyrightlicensesandOERs. It Continue reading PDF version of OER Copyright and Licensing presentation
OERs Copyright and Licenses introduced the complexities of copyright legislation. The internet has become the first destination of choice when it comes to creating teaching and learning content. It offers an infinite source of materials and there are many common myths Continue reading OER Workshop 1.1 Taking a risk with copyright
Here is the link to the slides from the Team Six OER Workshop this morning in OERs copyright and licences. A write up of the session will be following shortly. The link will open in a new window. Team Six Continue reading OERs, copyright and licenses
I have started a WordPress site for our project. This can be found at http://gswithoer.dev.lincoln.ac.uk/
The Open University offers over 600 free online courses from their LearningSpace site where all content is made available under a creative commons licence (see below). Creating Open Educational Resources is a 15 hour introductory course looking at the pedagogical Continue reading Creating Open Educational Resources from the Open University
Digital teaching and learning resources are inherently more flexible and accessible than paper-based resources. They support customisation to individual requirements as well as a range of different learning preferences. When working with digital resources such as OER, attention to accessibility Continue reading Accessible and inclusive design and delivery of OER
Open Education Week will take place from 5-10 March 2012 online (www.openeducationweek.org) and in locally hosted events around the world. The objective is to raise awareness of the open education movement and open educational resources. Sustaining OER Activity: 8 March Continue reading Open Education Week 5-10 March 2012
Today was the start of a HEA Change Academy programme with the University of Lincoln. It is the first time the Change Academy has worked alongside an OER programme to embed policy and practice at institutional level, in this case Continue reading Change Academy Start-up meeting
For all of you busy getting to grips with the detail required in the JISC work packages, the following may be of some help. The JISC Guidelines for completing Work Packages is here http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/projectmanagement/planning/workpackages.aspx Some examples of completed work packages Continue reading JISC Work Packages: some additional guidance
Set up an RSS Feed to the JORUM repository blog http://www.jorum.ac.uk/blog and keep up to date with latest developments in the original repository for UK HE and FE open educational resources. The New Featured Collections post at http://www.jorum.ac.uk/blog/post/22/new-featured-collections shows moves towards creating collections Continue reading JORUM blog (and RSS feeds)
The first meeting with the HEA Change Academy Team takes place on Monday 23 January 10.00-5.00 at the Bentley Hotel Lincoln http://www.bentleyhotellincoln.co.uk The meeting is for all project team leaders, accompanied by a member of each project team; a key Continue reading Change Academy Start-up Meeting
The Embedding OER Practice project offers ideal opportunities for engaging with Web 2.0 tools such as social media. I’ve set up an email address for the project – oer@lincoln.ac.uk – which all team leaders can map to following the instructions Continue reading Social bookmarking useful OER sites with Delicious
Welcome to the Embedding Open Educational Resources blog. Embedding Open Educational Resources Practice in Institutions is a £50,000 project funded under the HEFCE/JISC/HEA OER Programme: Higher Education Institutional Change (HEIC) Strand. The aim is to support the embedding of Open Educational Resources Continue reading Embedding OER Practice in Institutions