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In situ editing: Repurposing open educational content
The internet is increasingly populated with educational websites offering materials for use...
The internet is increasingly populated with educational websites offering materials for use and reuse. This unit looks at three major initiatives – MIT’s open courseware, Carnegie Mellon’s Open Learning Initiative, and the Open University’s OpenLearn website. You will gain an insight into how different OER initiatives design and present content for their audiences. You will also be given the opportunity to download and repurpose content from the OpenLearn’s LabSpace area.
Once you have completed H800_1 you will have a better knowledge and understanding of:
- the ‘choices that practitioners make about ways of applying technologies for a variety of learners across the globe in education, training and professional development’ — the OER websites you visited present different learning designs and tools;
- ‘a range of conventional and innovative technologies, drawing on your own experience and the experience of other students and professionals in technology-enhanced learning’ — you will be able to repurpose materials on OpenLearn by using the in situ editing tool and OpenLearn technologies such as FM and Compendium.
- Duration: 5 hours
- Published on: Tuesday 12th July 2011
- Level: Introductory
- Posted under: Educational Practice
In situ editing: Repurposing open educational content
Introduction

Nowadays the internet is increasingly populated with educational websites that offer materials for use and re-use. These materials are called open educational resources (OER, also known as ‘open content’) and are resources such as text, graphics, audio or video, made available free of charge. They are usually produced by educational institutions and published online to the general public for immediate use, or for repurposing according to the users’ needs. OER can also be created by individuals, so the production of OER is not exclusive to educational institutions although largely dominated by them.
In this unit you will look at some institutional OER initiatives, such as MIT’s open courseware, Carnegie Mellon’s Open Learning Initiative and the Open University’s OpenLearn. You will gain an insight into how different OER initiatives design and present content for their audiences.
You will also get the opportunity to repurpose a small amount of OER from the OpenLearn website. You will try to identify the appropriate audience for the material, and repurpose it to fit the needs of that audience. In this unit you will also have the chance to apply your learning design knowledge to think of the best ways in which to repurpose OER to meet the needs of specific audiences.
This unit is an adapted extract from the Open University course Technology-enhanced learning: practices and debates (H800) [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)]
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