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Embracing Open Educational Resources (OER) in Higher Education

Hurix Digital

Table of Contents: What Are Open Educational Resources (OERs)? What Is the Importance of Open Educational Resources (OERs) in Higher Education? In the education sector, especially when it comes to e-Learning in higher education, OERs have a pivotal role to play. What are Open Educational Resources (OERs)?

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Open Source LMSs Facts and Insight

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It can get a bit confusing, because many of them slide a “free system” that is commercial, with open source free systems and see them as one in the same. . Yes, Google docs and slides are free. OER – Open Educational Resources exist and there are plenty to choose from, which you can add to your system.

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Giving it all away

Learning with e's

Look, as altruistic as it may seem to give away all your content, ideas, lecture notes, videos, slides and even articles and books, for those who actually opt to do so, there are also excellent rewards. Tags: creative commons user generated content OER Picasso Web 2.0 My reward for doing this is multi-faceted. open scholarship.

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The ivory towers are crumbling

Learning with e's

Some academics are aggressively protective of their so called intellectual property and many others jealously guard their course notes, slides, and other content. Tags: copyright online publishing OER intellectual property open scholarship. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Digital learning futures

Learning with e's

These slides accompanied my presentation during the Learning Technologies conference and exhibition held at London's Olympia on 25-26 January. I was pleasantly surprised by the huge turnout to hear me speak, and grateful to Don Taylor and his team for inviting me to speak at this excellent event.

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Top 74 eLearning Posts from September 2010

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Reusing eLearning material (OER) from other sources or not, asks UNESCO. Three reasons why I hesitate - Ignatia Webs , September 22, 2010 Unesco is inviting us to jointly discuss OER, so if you are interested, let yourself be heard! concerning OER. If a user sees a bunch of text on the slide they will almost always ignore it.

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Interactive Textbooks: Transforming the Educational Landscape

Kitaboo

Let us consider Open Educational Resources (OER), for instance. The e-textbook provided a variety of resources such as readings, relevant case studies, weekly multiple-choice questions, an online game, and lecture slides. These high-quality educational materials are freely accessible to learners globally.