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Introduction to

Oregon Open Learning

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Oregon Open Learning Team

Photo by John Schnobrich on Unsplash

Vanessa Clark - Operations and Site Admin

Dan Findley - CTE Group Administrator

Renée House - Administrative Support

Aujalee Moore - Communication

Susan Payne - Professional Learning

Jim Taylor - Career Group Administrator

Oregon Open Learning Hub Support

OregonOpenLearning@ode.state.or.us

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What is the Open Educational Resource Commons?

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Learning Outcomes

I can explain the ‘Why’ and the ‘What’ of the Oregon Open Learning Hub.
I can navigate the Oregon Open Learning Hub.
I can recognize open licensing.
I can access and share additional learning resources.

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I can explain the “Why” and the “What” of the Oregon Open Learning Hub.

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Why Open Education Resources (OER)?

Photos (L to R): TypoArt BS from Pixabay, Rawpixel.com from Pixabay, Olivier Le Moal from Pixabay

Susan, Vanessa, Dan

These are the three touchstones that make up the Why of Oregon Open Learning:

Equity:

The COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the tremendous inequities and various levels of access to learning resources across Oregon and the nation. While this event has created significant disequilibrium in our educational systems, we now have a responsibility and opportunity to rethink and rebuild our collective approach to instructional materials and educational resources.

The Oregon Open Learning Hub and Open Education Resources enable a shift in the power structures that have historically driven the development of educational materials by broadening access to authorship, and supporting the inclusion of historically marginalized voices.

Empowerment:

In addition, OER empowers educators to make changes to materials and to improve upon them, by adapting them to the local context, adding scaffolding to better support their students’ needs, or even to add graphics or other creative works. This empowerment also means that educators are encouraged to share the revisions they’ve made with other educators who can benefit from their work, both locally and across the state.

Efficacy:

And finally, an investment in OER is an investment in building the capacity of the people in our education community and developing their sense of efficacy. When we support the creation of high quality resources by and for Oregon educators, all students can benefit from the collective expertise of dedicated educators who are learning from each other, working collaboratively, and sharing their best ideas. As a result, we elevate the teaching profession and improve our ability to meet the needs of all learners by providing access to resources that are relevant, up to date and openly sharable.

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What are OER?

Teaching and learning materials that you may freely use and reuse at no cost

Users have permission to engage in one or more of the 5 Rs without violating copyright

"5Rs image" by David Wiley, Lumen Learning is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Susan

Open Educational Resources (OER) are "teaching and learning materials that you may freely use and reuse at no cost, and without needing to ask permission. Unlike copyrighted resources, OER have been authored or created by an individual or organization that chooses to retain few, if any, ownership rights.

In some cases, that means you can download a resource and share it with colleagues and students. In other cases, you may be able to download a resource, edit it in some way, and then re-post it as a remixed work. How do you know your options? OER often have a Creative Commons license or other permission to let you know how the material may be used, reused, adapted, and shared. Those permissions are known as the 5 Rs.

The first is Retain--this means you make and own copies of the original OER. Next is Reuse, which means you can use the OER in a variety of ways. Revise means you can adapt, modify, and even improve upon the original OER. Remix means you can combine two or more resources, and finally, there’s Redistribute, which allows you to share OER with others.

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The Journey of an OER Across Oregon

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I can navigate the Oregon Open Learning Hub.

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What is Oregon Open Learning?

Virtual Tour: https://www.oercommons.org/hubs/oregon

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Group to Collections

Groups

Collections

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Exploration into Oregon Open Learning Hub

Photo by Jen Theodore on Unsplash

Take 5 minutes to find the following on https://www.oercommons.org/hubs/oregon:

A resource or Group to support your area of expertise/curiosity
Comprehensive School Counseling Programs Group
Where to find additional professional learning opportunities

When we regroup, we’ll ask for volunteers to share one finding!

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I can recognize Open Licensing.

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Copyright and Open Licenses

Copyright: Protections afforded to the author for intellectual property that they create. Protections include the right to reproduce the content, create derivative works, perform or publicly display they work, and distribute the content, including digitally.

Open Licenses: A form of copyright that allows the author to provide permissions to other users while retaining ownership of their intellectual property.

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Free vs Open Resources

Open Resources: Clearly states permissions that allow educators to retain, reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute in perpetuity. Some licenses allow the content creator to reserve some rights.

Vanessa

There are many free resources available on the Internet, but many of them are still under all rights reserved copyright. The challenge with free resources under copyright is that permissions are very limited. A free resources might only be available freely for a short period of time, or it might require a subscription to access all features or to download and use somewhere other than their website. One of the biggest limitations is that free resources do not give educators permission to adapt the content or to share the content with others.

On the other hand, open resources are licensed in such a way that they explicitly state what permissions the user has. You can learn more about the specific license types and what they allow at Creative Commons - I’ll share a link in the chat: https://creativecommons.org/about/cclicenses/

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Providing feedback on the

OER Quality Framework

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OER Quality Framework

The purpose of the OER Quality Framework is to describe indicators of high-quality OER for consideration in a variety of applications. It will include 3 Tools:

Is this resource appropriate for inclusion on OER Commons?	What high-quality indicators should I be aware of when adding resources to a group on the Oregon Open Learning Hub?	When a resource is in a collection, how do I know it is high-quality and what does that mean?

Vanessa

One of the questions that we hear a lot is “How do I know that the resources on the Hub are High-quality?” To help answer that question, we’ve designed an OER Quality Framework to describe indicators of high-quality OER, which will include 3 different tools that can be used for different applications, or entry points.

You can think of the Submission Guidelines Tool as a first level tool which focuses on elements of the resource that make it appropriate (or not) to include on OER commons. One of the biggest considerations at this level is how the resource is licensed.

The next level is the curation and creation tool, which contains criteria relevant to standards alignment, learning and instructional supports, and balanced assessment. We recommend that educators use this tool when adding resources to a group on the Hub, with the understanding that this tool is intended as a guide not a gate keeper. If a resource does not meet one or more of the criteria, it can still be added to a group. We just want to keep in mind that a resource that only meets a few of the criteria will need significant revision to meet the high-quality standard defined by the Evaluation tool. This tool will be used by trained teams to ensure that resources moved to collections on the Hub have been thoroughly vetted. This is also a tool that educators can use when evaluating a resource for use in the classroom.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FjOeRpeREjztiJfUeW3I1saq2H51pXZIrn_IFPGCJwU/edit?usp=sharing

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I can access and share additional learning opportunities.

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Next Steps & Support

Access the Oregon Open User Guide or one of our recorded webinars for a quick tutorial.

Module 1: OER Basics
Module 2: Curating in a Group

Share the Hub with the educators you work with.

Attend an OER Workshop and invite others to attend.

Susan

Don’t worry if you’re not feeling like an expert! This is a collective effort and we are all learning. If you are new to OER and Open Education, we understand that this all can feel a bit overwhelming at first. I will make one more plug for the User Guide, which is divided into two learning modules. The first module contains resources that will help you to solidify your understanding of OER Basics, and the second module, Curating in a Group, contains resources that will prepare you to contribute to a group on the Hub. Each module takes about 30 to 45 minutes to complete.

We also encourage you to share about the Hub with other educators, because our Hub will become more powerful and robust as more educators begin to use it.

And finally, we hope that you are interested in attending an OER Workshop. The workshop is a 60-75 minute engagement which basically goes into more depth on the things we’ve touched on today, including time for people to explore the Hub and to learn about how to add resources. We are interested in hearing from you about what you think makes the most sense - a shared workshop opportunity or perhaps separate regional events.

Poll

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Thank you for joining us!

Oregon Open Learning Hub

OregonOpenLearning@ode.state.or.us