Open Educational Resources (OER) development, adaptation and use

Authors: A.Texeira, L.Morgado, Universidade Aberta, Portugal; A.A.Fuente, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain

Having successfully completed all training material, you will be able to:

  • understand the Open Educational Resources and Open education Practices
  • describe/identify specific characteristics of OER
  • describe the evolution of the OER movement
  • find, select, assess an OER
  • use an OER in a VM context
  • produce/reuse an OER for a  VM context

Unit 3. Using OERs in a Virtual Mobility Context course

Assignment 5 – the use of a OER in a Virtual Mobility context

Aim of the assignment
Having completed this assignment, you will be able to use OERs in a virtual mobility context.

Task
[12:15-13:00] Part 1 – International Group work

  1. Explore within your own context (Module)  the possible reuse of OER.  What are the limitations in your context for reusing OERs?  Discuss the reuse of OERs with your colleagues.
  2. Make a list of possible actions/initiatives.  Prioritise them and indicate which ones you can start with immediately.
  3. Write a plan on how to use OER in your cultural and linguistic context. The plan should indicate purpose and context of use, target groups, technical conditions of the online environment to be used and type of open licensing.
  4. [14:00-14:45] Part 2 – Presentation of international group work

The result expected
After undertaking these tasks, you will have developed skills to plan a structured learning experience using OERs in a virtual mobility context.