Workshop - OER: Opening up the World of Learning

This OER provides context for and experience in dealing with Open Educational Resources for academic staff. It comprises a number of activites, annotated presentation and related OER support resources which can be used within the context of the workshop or individually. The majority of resources are released under a CC BY SA licence, although some may have a CC BY NC SA licence and these are clearly marked as such. This workshop explores how the use and creation of Open Educational Resources can be included in learning and teaching practices. It will begin with a brief exploration of the current national and international OER landscape. The session includes activities designed to give experience in finding and assessing available Open Educational Resources and in practical skills necessary for the design and creation of learning materials to be released openly. It offers participants the opportunity to discuss the advantages, issues and practicalities of including Open Educational Resources in their practice. By the end of the session participants will have: • an introductory understanding of Open Educational Resources and the OER community • practice in discovering and evaluating open resources for use in learning and teaching • experience of working with or remixing openly available content • an awareness of the benefits, challenges and realities of working with Open Educational Resources