Exploring Open Educational Resources

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Exploring Open Educational Resources (OER) and how we can make them work for us FACILITATORS


Wayne Mackintosh
Founder of Wikieducator and elected member of the WikiEducator Community Council
Director, International Centre for Open Education, Otago, Polytechnic, New Zealand


Nellie Deutsch
Facilitator
Active Member



Patricia Schlicht,
Co-Facilitator
Learning4Content Coordinator
WikiEducator

ABSTRACT

The Internet provides unique opportunities for educators to access, use, modify, and share educational materials. Open Educational Resources (OER), as these free materials are called, can include "full courses, textbooks, streaming videos, exams, software, and any other materials or techniques supporting learning "http://www.hewlett.org/oer .  The OER movement shows considerable potential to reduce cost, improve quality and widen access to educational opportunities. WikiEducator was launched in 2006 to turn tomorrow''s promise for OER into today''s reality for teachers, lecturers, and trainers around the world.  

WikiEducator is an international community of educators committed to the development of OER at all levels of the education system. WikiEducators are returning to the core value of education, namely to share knoweldge freely. In this session, experienced WikiEducators will share what the concept of "OER" and explore ideas on how to get the most from this rewarding project.

Agenda Exploring Open Educational Resources and how we can make them work for us June 13, 2009 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm (New Zealand local time) Please check your time zone here!

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