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OLTD 505 Open Educational Resources
Exploring the underlining philosophy of the open resource movement, classes of resources, quality considerations, and implied v. real costs, students will identify quality OER resources including a variety of media, software, and platforms for use in their contexts. Participants will investigate platforms and methods for creating and collaborating on OER resource developments.
Course Learning Outcomes (click to expand)
Through course activities, online discussions, readings and research it is expected that students will:
- Demonstrate familiarity with common terms, definitions and elements related to OERs, OER platforms, and repositories.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the history and foundations of open education, including conflicting viewpoints around the ownership of knowledge, copyright, and copyleft licenses.
- Identify, critically assess, and evaluate existing OERs, OER platforms, and repositories.
- Examine current research around best and emerging practices in OER design, development, and implementation.
- Articulate a summary of personal learning in the course in a multimedia, online format.
- Share course-related learning with members of the course and greater educational community.
- Support the learning of classmates through discussion postings, blog comments, and social sharing activities.
- Make your learning visible through the execution of a passion-based learning project.
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