Democratizing Access to Knowledge: Find Out What Open Educational Resources (OER) Have to Offer
Channel: Western University
Date: 2012-03-22

Michael McNally provides an overview of Open Educational Resources (OER). The presentation begins by describing what OER are and why they are important. It then examines where OER can be found and provides some screenshots of the OER Commons, MIT`s Open Courseware Initiative and Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT). The presentation also covers copyright and licensing issues, including a description of the Creative Commons licensing system. It concludes with a brief discussion of how to create OER and provides additional references and resources. This presentation was co-hosted by Western Libraries and the Teaching Support Centre to celebrate the first ever Open Education Week.