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Kris Stutchbury Post 1

• 10 July 2020, 6:01 PM

Activity 4.2 Exploring OER

Use this thread to tell us about a repository that you particularly like and why you like it.

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SAMUEL Iroye Post 2 in reply to 1

• 16 July 2020, 9:55 PM

I think the web is one of the repository that is readily available to use and that will be my option

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Sandra Amos Post 6 in reply to 2

• 20 July 2020, 8:55 AM

All the repositories are on the web Samuel, but which of the ones you looked at in Activity 4.2 did you like best and why?

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Bashiru Saliu Post 3 in reply to 1

• 19 July 2020, 9:09 AM

think the web is one of the repository that is readily available to use and that will be my option,I agree with her absolutely

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Sandra Amos Post 7 in reply to 3

• 20 July 2020, 8:59 AM

I think there is confusion here. The activity asks you to identify which of the 4 repositories listed you like best and say why. The four are:

TESS-India Khan Academy OpenLearn Commonwealth of Learning

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Mercy Ogunleye Post 4 in reply to 1

• 19 July 2020, 8:23 PM

I totally agree that the web is one of the respository I like because it is readily available and accessible.

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Michele Deane Post 10 in reply to 4

• 20 July 2020, 9:52 PM

Mercy, and everybody, please read Sandra's 2 postings carefully:

The web is the place where the repositories are hosted.

The activity asks you to explore 4 banks / libraries / repositories of OER. The 4 collections you need to investigate are:

Thank you Sandra for making links out of the items of this list. It does help getting to the collections quickly. Going back through the course materials and using the list of criteria established in the last activity might prove very useful.

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Gladys Rotich Post 17 in reply to 10

• 1 August 2020, 9:12 AM

Ii liked Openlearn...Khan academy needed more details to be filled in before accessing...

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Ganiyat Adesina-Uthman Post 5 in reply to 1

• 19 July 2020, 11:45 PM

Khan Academy, Commonwealth of learning and OpenLearn are useful repository.

I particularly find a lot of materials in the course of my studying this course with Open University.

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Sandra Amos Post 8 in reply to 1

• 20 July 2020, 9:03 AM • Edited by the author on 20 July 2020, 9:20 AM

There seems to be some confusion here. The activity asks you to look at the four OER repositories and identify which you like best and say why. The four are:

TESS-India; Khan Academy; OpenLearn; Commonwealth of Learning

If you find another repository please feel free to share.

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Michele Deane Post 11 in reply to 8

• 20 July 2020, 9:59 PM

Whoops! Sorry Sandra! I have just repeated your message...

Actually, in the webinar last week, I was fortunate enough to meet colleagues from Togo (Bonjour!) and from Mozambique (Bom Dia!).

As a French speaker and user of OER, I will share some OERs in French. If colleagues who speak other languages would share OER repositories in their own languages, I am sure it would be very useful to other colleagues - Please make sure these collections are OER and are of quality.

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Angore Mbitha Post 9 in reply to 1

• 20 July 2020, 10:28 AM

For me I like using managementstudyguide.com for my teaching, simple because it has verified and quality assured information which is available free of charge and that it covers all aspects of management.

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Gloria Anetor Post 12 in reply to 1

• 22 July 2020, 11:35 PM

I like the OpenLearn repository very much because I readily saw articles on health issues that I can eaily adapt to my discipline. Other repository are also good but this one focuses on topics that appealed to me.

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Andrew Ibrahim Post 13 in reply to 1

• 23 July 2020, 7:24 AM

I like the OpenLearn because of the interactive nature

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ELVIS Kauka Post 14 in reply to 1

• 24 July 2020, 6:57 AM

UNISA repository. Constantly updtaed

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Monioluwa Olaniyi Post 15 in reply to 1

• 31 July 2020, 4:55 AM

Commonwealth of Learning appears more applied, i.e. practical and addressed the local situation around many African countries.

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Olugbenga Ojo Post 16 in reply to 15

• 31 July 2020, 6:57 AM

It is all encompassing in all ramifications. Well suited for the clime

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JOANNE Lyanda Post 18 in reply to 1

• 1 August 2020, 1:40 PM

The open learn and the commonwealth of learning.

the two repositories are easy to access. readily available resources

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Paul Idris Post 19 in reply to 1

• 2 August 2020, 12:36 AM

I like openlearn and commonweath of learning, i find out that these two platform are so learners supportive, the require links to support further learning are there, the pictures and videos for further directives and illumination on the learning subject are tag properly and they all reflect the learning content.

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Helen Hendry Post 20 in reply to 19

• 4 August 2020, 10:02 PM • Edited by the author on 4 August 2020, 10:04 PM

Thanks for your thoughts on this everyone. I think the different reasons you have shared for the OERs you like are really interesting. Accessibility and interactive resources seem to be the key as well as relating to your own context. I wonder if the reasons will be the same if we get further posts about people's preferred OERs?

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ELIZABETH Abenga Post 21 in reply to 1

• 6 August 2020, 4:27 PM

Openlearn and COL are my preferences since they have what is good for both teacher and students

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Jacqueline Korir Post 22 in reply to 1

• 7 August 2020, 12:16 PM

I like MOOCS because it relevance that are specific to courses being taught.

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Michele Deane Post 23 in reply to 22

• 8 August 2020, 9:00 PM

Which MOOCs have you considered, Jacqueline? Are they adaptable to the needs of your learners?

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Felicia Oamen Post 24 in reply to 1

• 11 August 2020, 3:36 PM

I find the Open learn and Commonwealth of learning repositories quite rich and useful

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Franci Mureithi Post 26 in reply to 24

• 12 August 2020, 4:45 AM

The Commonwealth of Learning one is also very rich indeed. I am enrolling for sponsored Coursera MOOCs after this Teacher educators course.

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Franci Mureithi Post 25 in reply to 1

• 12 August 2020, 4:41 AM

I found The TESSA repository so relevant especially with stories by African writers about African sittings, themes and characters.

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Michele Deane Post 27 in reply to 25

• 13 August 2020, 9:57 AM

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the OER repositories the course has suggested. You may know other OER repositories you would like to invite us to visit. Please share with us. I will start the ball rolling with:

The Beluga on-line library : https://beluga-edu.org/index.php/fr/

It is a bi-lingual collection of resources crated as a response to the effect to the COVID-19 pandemic on education. To quote an extract of the home page : "A rich collection of African Open Educational Resources (OERs), developed by an inter-African network of education professionals coordinated by APRELIA, is the cornerstone of the educational system presented on BELUGA. Its specificity and value come from the fact that this network mobilizes teachers, teacher trainers from all levels of educational systems, school head and researchers, in order to produce OERs adapted to African educational needs, thus responding to the challenge of the quality of education."

There are lots of resources in French and in English and if our colleagues Portuguese speakers can make recommendations for OERs in Portuguese, I know that this would be looked at very favourably, as would the recommendation for more OER produced and used by colleagues of all languages in Africa.

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Bonface Nabwoba Post 28 in reply to 1

• 14 August 2020, 5:04 AM

Activity 4.2: Exploring OER

The OpenLearn repository is a gem for sure. I can confirm.

Under Languages I’d be interested in Beginners’ French: Food and drinks

I’d use this with my teacher trainees to demonstrate :
How to introduce French to beginners in a fun way. And why not also use it to teach beginners myself?

· I’d demonstrate some basic vocabulary to talk about food and drink in French.

· How to express your likes and dislikes in relation to food, and

· How to order food and drinks in cafés or restaurants, and how to ask for your bill.

· We will listen to French speakers in a variety of situations, and look at some skills for coping with reading texts. I know the trainee teachers will like the cultural information throughout the course to help explain customs surrounding meals and food habits in France.

I like OpenLearn because apart from the OER resources they offer, they got numerous other courses apart from my field that could interest me professionally and as a person.

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Bonface Nabwoba Post 29 in reply to 1

• 14 August 2020, 5:50 AM