EDT4OL/Authoring/Start - OER inventory

Challenge summary

Summary:	Compile an inventory of OER for possible reuse, adaptation or remix.
	1 - 2 hours (Depending on previous experience with searching for OER)

The resources you shortlist can be included in the learning materials you are developing for this course to save time and effort.

Start here

Stimulus resources

• Resource audit template, in "Chapter Three - Create", of "The 7Cs of Learning Design" by Gráinne Conole
• OER inventory example, used for the development of the "Open Content Licensing for Educators" course

Purpose

Knowledge of how to find existing OER for reuse will save you time in developing online materials.

The purpose of this learning challenge is to conduct a search and mini audit of OER materials (images, videos and open content) for possible reuse and adaptation in your own course development.

The value of this exercise is to:

• Improve your knowledge and search skills for finding resources in your own discipline.
• Find resources you can reuse for the learning pathway(s) you are developing for this course.
• Distinguish between:
  • OER you can legally embed and modify within your own course resources on the wiki and
  • open access materials you can link to from your course materials.
• Discover how resources you find generate ideas for the design of your own teaching materials and how this can influence and refine the learning sequence in the draft outline you developed earlier in this course.