I am sharing 'OER-1' with you.pdf

I am sharing 'OER-1' with you.pdf

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  Open Educational Resources (OER)meaning and importance, various OER Initiatives Submitted to Submitted by Ms Laiji R Aiswarya Assistant professor Akhila shaji MTTC pathanapuram Akhila M R Anchima J Ancy Mol Anju. C Betty Thomas
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  Introduction Open Educational Resources(OERs) are learning and teaching materials that are freely available online for anyone to use. OERs can consist of full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, videos, tests, software and any other tools, materials or techniques used to support access to knowledge. Normally, small units of OER (eg animations, videos, podcasts, etc) are most attractive to educators from both the re-use and production angles, as they are easier to embed into existing classroom or online learning activities. Many teachers embed OER material into teaching sessions (eg classroom sessions, practical classes, workshops, seminars) and/or provide links to OERs via the VLE to enhance self-directed learning opportunities.
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  Open Educational Resources(OER) Meaning Open Educational Resources (OER) are learning, teaching and research materials in any format and medium that reside in the public domain or are under copyright that have been released under an open license, that permit no-cost access, re-use, re-purpose, adaptation and redistribution by others. UNESCO Global Open Educational Resources logo
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  The 5 Rsof OER A useful way to appreciate the value of OER is to understand what you, the user of openly licensed content, are allowed to do with it. These permissions are granted in advance, and are legally established through Public Domain or Creative Commons copyrights: 1.Retain – the right to make, own, and control copies of the content (e.g., download, duplicate, store, and manage) 2.Reuse – the right to use the content in a wide range of ways (e.g., in a class, in a study group, on a website, in a video) 3.Revise – the right to adapt, adjust, modify, or alter the content itself (e.g., translate the content into another language) 4.Remix – the right to combine the original or revised content with other material to create something new (e.g., incorporate the content into a mashup) 5.Redistribute – the right to share copies of the original content, your revisions, or your remixes with others (e.g., give a copy of the content to a friend)
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  Importance The use ofOER materials instead of traditional textbooks can substantially reduce the cost of course materials for both teachers and undergraduate students. Therefore this is a sustainable model for the undergraduate learning and it can improve the quality of teaching and learning process. Some importance are:- Increase Equity •Personalize learning, Customizable experiences •Support competency-based education •OER are available to learners of all ages
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  Keep Content Relevantand High Quality •OER are hosted online, so they can be updated more quickly than traditional print textbooks •Flexible, not static Empower Teachers and Students •Teachers have more freedom to design learning experiences by creating or finding a wide variety of high-quality, standards-aligned OER to support and supplement their teaching. •Students can use OER to supplement their studies, as well as create OER while learning. •Unlimited possibilities Save Money •Free, minimal costs •Savings can be diverted to teaching and learning •Streamline content delivery
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  Initiatives in India Indiaadopted the OER movement in the year 2007 after gaining support from the government and other agencies. The Indian OER movement is an effort to digitize the current educational system and enrich students with quality learning procedures. Following are some of the open-access initiatives that have contributed significantly to the development of OERs in India. Digital Library of India This is a collaborative project by 21 institutions in India and currently handled by IISc, Bangalore. It aims to provide access to a digitized collection of various rare non-copyrighted books by multiple authors collected from libraries across India. National Digital Library This is an IIT Kharagpur initiative to bring free access to content in English and other regional languages on a public network.
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  Shodhganga This is adigital repository of theses and journals submitted by doctorates and research students. NPTEL This is a joint initiative by 7 IITs in India supported by the MHRD. It aims to improve the engineering sector in the country by conducting free courses and certified exams. The courses are in video formats taught by IIT professors in various fields of engineering and science. Project OSCAR This is an enterprise of IIT-Bombay which contains a massive repository of animations and simulations based on science and technology. It aims to teach various science concepts to undergraduate and post-graduate students, thereby shaping their careers.
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  NCERT This is anopen resource available on the web, meant for school students and institutions. This is an attempt made by the CBSE body of India. Resources on this website come in three languages; Hindi, English, and Urdu. NIOS is an open university that started its own OER project to provide educational materials for the vocational streams. Agropedia This is the much needed OER of recent times. It has all the knowledge resources about agriculture and its related topics. This OER is directly approved and run under the guidance of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. It contains the materials in text, audio, and video formats for easy viewing
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  Conclusion Once adopted, OERprovide the permissions necessary for faculty to engage in a wide range of pedagogical innovations. In each of the studies reported above, OER were used in manner very similar to the traditional textbooks they replaced. some of the Open Educational Resources in India sponsored by various institutes across the country. Students can search for more OERs on the internet to learn more and gain additional knowledge about a subject.