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Creating open educational resources
Are you interested in creating your own open educational resources? This unit...
Are you interested in creating your own open educational resources? This unit will help you to write a learning unit and provide you with links to various resources for open-learning materials. You will learn about the different purposes of self-instruction and receive advice about the techniques and strategies to help the learner.
After studying this unit you will:
- be able to state your own motivation for producing self-study Open Educational Resources (OERs);
- have investigated and analysed some of the research into online learning;
- have evaluated some examples of educational resources for active open learning;
- be able to plan a structured learning experience using a range of resources;
- be able to construct an OpenLearn-style unit by remixing resources;
- have considered how to evaluate your teaching resource.
- Duration: 15 hours
- Published on: Monday 22nd August 2011
- Level: Introductory
- Posted under: Education
Creating open educational resources
Introduction
This unit introduces you to the concepts of:
- open educational resources (OERs)
- issues involved in the creation, use and re-use, and pedagogy of OERs
- a range of tools and media to support you in developing your own teaching and learning practices.
It will provide you with the skills and confidence to engage in further OER work as both creator and user.
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