Training session on 8 March 2013 for the National Workshop for State OpenUniversities of India on Open Educational Resources conducted by InterUniversity Consortium and Commonwealth of Learning. In this session we discussed on what to create as OER, how to create OERs, where to share and what Open License can be selected.

1. How to
create
OERs
Image source: http://www.glogster.com/mrpeters/oer-find-create-share/g-6lnf610coobj7d3pvcrt1a0
Ramesh Sharma . 8 March 2013

2. What you can create…
• Activities & Labs • Interactive Text
• Assessments • Lecture Notes
• Audio Lectures • Lesson Plans
• Case Study • Readings
• Curriculum Standards • Resource Review
• Discussion Forums • Simulations
• Full Course • Syllabi
• Games • Teaching & Learning
• Homework & Assignments Strategies
• Images & Illustrations • Textbooks
• Training Materials
• Unit of Study
• Video Lectures
Any materials associated with teaching and learning!

3. PDF Course Schedule Builder
• The PDF Course Schedule • See a demo here
Builder (PDFCSB) is an • http://www.youtube.com
open-source tool that was /watch?v=9QZQiwzsr2k
developed at the Faculty
Center for Teaching
(FACT) at Utah State
University (USU). The
PDFCSB allows instructors
to create a schedule for
an online course in a George Joeckel
native PDF environment--
Adobe Reader.

4. Metadata
• In order for potential users to
find resources online, and to
understand the scope of a
resource, it is vital to include
relevant metadata. This is
information about the resource,
such as the author’s name, the
date the resource was created,
keywords, and the educational
context in which the resource
has previously been used.
• http://www.ucl.ac.uk/teachin
g-
learning/teaching_tools/oer/
how-to-create-OER
http://blogs.cetis.ac.uk/lmc/2009/03/30/metadata-guidelines-for-the-oer-programme/

5. Re-Purpose the content
• Jacqui Cain from
Tacoma Community
College, as part of a Bill
and Melinda Gates
foundation grant, re-
purposed Sherlock
Holmes stories to create
a full online course in
Remedial English
Image source:
http://www.wheresrunnicles.com/2010_01_01_archive.html

6. http://www.opentapestry.com/

7. Characteristics of OER:
licences and rights (2012)
See the video at http://youtu.be/rTF3TTt-UkU

8. Copyright and OER
OpenLearn: free learning from The Open University explains:
• Use no more than around 400 words from a large book
(quantitative).
• Do not take the substance of any work. For example, if
you’re taking quotes from a whodunit novel, do not take
the part that reveals the culprit – even if only a few words
(qualitative).
• Poetry is considered very qualitative, so use caution and do
not take more than two lines without permission without
seeking advice from someone with copyright knowledge
and experience in this area.
‘Creating open educational resources. An OpenLearn chunk used/reworked by permission of The Open University
copyright © (2011).’
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/education/creating-open-educational-resources/content-section-5

9. Copyright and OER
• Music is also considered qualitative, so use caution,
particularly with popular or well-known pieces – even
if you’re only using a couple of notes. Seek advice if
unsure.
• Footage (film/moving images) is considered qualitative
– so again, use caution. Footage is charged within the
industry on a per second basis (frequently with 30-
second and one-minute minimums being imposed for
charging), so three or four seconds could be seen as a
maximum insubstantial part.
‘Creating open educational resources. An OpenLearn chunk used/reworked by permission of The Open University
copyright © (2011).’
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/education/creating-open-educational-resources/content-section-5

10. Make sure to…
Choose an appropriate License
– Be clear about your license choice and about what it
covers.
Cite your sources!
– Include license info and link to license on website
Make it adaptable!
– Make your content available in multiple file formats (pdf,
.ppt, .odt, .doc, etc)
– Ensure that users can download your content, not simply
access.
Use Open Content!
– Promote open content by using open content and
remixing others’ work.
http://www.slideshare.net/epuckettrodgers/create-oer

11. Select an appropriate License
http://creativecommons.org/choose/

12. Choose an appropriate License
XXX
http://creativecommons.org

13. Where you can share your resources
Jorum: find and share learning HumBox: storing, managing and publishing
and teaching resources your Humanities teaching resources on the
http://www.jorum.ac.uk/ web http://humbox.ac.uk/

14. Where you can share your resources
iTunes U Flickr

15. Where you can share your resources
YouTube Google sites / Drive

16. Thank You!