Finding online resources @ ITOrgEd2011
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The document outlines the Autumn School on 'Joint IT-Enhanced Organic Education' held in Chios, Greece, focusing on the use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in agriculture. It discusses the advantages and disadvantages of finding digital resources online and highlights specific OER portals that provide valuable agricultural content. The importance of licensing and copyright compliance in utilizing OER is also emphasized.
Finding online resources @ ITOrgEd2011
- 1. Autumn School Joint IT-Enhanced Organic & Sustainable Education Training Course 04 - 11 October 2011 04 - 11 October 2011 Mesta, Chios Island, Greece
- 2. Autumn School: “ Joint IT-Enhanced Organic Education” Finding online resources Friday, October 7 th , 2011 Vassilis Protonotarios Agricultural Biotechnologist, PhD Greek Research and Technology Network
- 3. Finding online resources Dr. Vassilis Protonotarios Agricultural Biotechnologist Greek Research & Technology Network, Greece
- 4. Where to search for digital resources? One option: various sources around internet
- 5. Advantages? Easy to find the search engines Easy to use them Disadvantages? High number of results – minimum filtering Results not always valid/high quality/relevant Copyright issues … .
- 6. Another option: Learning portals advantages: specialized information classification of resources high quality of resources filtering options -> more relevant results examples?
- 7. BUT: You may not be allowed to use/reuse/revise these resources because: Copyright issues exist Licensing should be taken into consideration ErikJHeels (permalink: http://erikjheels.com/803.html)
- 8. What are the OER? OER = Open Educational Resources Educational materials that are freely available and licensed in a way that gives users the legal permission to reuse – use the work “as-is” without having to ask permission revise - alter or transform the work to meet the user’s needs remix – combine the work with other works for an enhanced effect redistribute – share the work or derivative work with others.
- 9. Why use OER? Shared content becomes a vehicle for collaboration and connection Shared materials are continually improved upon through revisions Materials can be adapted and localized to fit the specific audience needs Saves time , cuts costs , and reduces duplication of effort
- 10. How to find OER? OER is supported by an ever-growing active movement Usually available through specialized learning portals We need to focus on OER in the area of agriculture!
- 11. Let’s see some examples:
- 12. Wow, that was fast… Let’s see them one by one!
- 13. OER Commons www.oercommons.org Provides access to a number of OER on agriculture Provides a number of search options and filtering of the results Green OER ( www.oercommons.org/green ) hosts resources specifically on green topics
- 14. 2. Organic.Edunet Web portal www.organic-edunet.eu Provides access to a wealth of resources on OA and AE Features four different search mechanisms and filtering of the results Not all resources are OER, so one should be careful!
- 15. 3. MERLOT www.merlot.org Provides access to a number of resources on agriculture and green topics Features classification of resources by type as well Users may comment and review resources
- 16. 3. OER Africa – Agriculture OER www.oerafrica.org/agricultureoer Provides access to a number of resources on agricultural topics The number of resources is constantly growing Resources are mostly relevant to African agricultural sector
- 17. 4. FAO Organic Agriculture portal http://www.fao.org/organicag/en Provides access to publications, reports, projects, glossary etc. on organic agriculture topics The number of resources is relatively high and growing Resources are classified according to their top-level topic and are easy to find
- 18. 5. FAO Corporate Document Repository http://www.fao.org/documents/en Provides access to a wealth of information of various formats Resources are not restricted to OA, but they can apply in most cases Features a classification system and a powerful search engine for retrieving resources.
- 19. References / Supporting material Basic bibliography Hylén J. (2007). “Giving Knowledge for Free: The Emergence of Open Educational Resources”. Paris, France: OECD Publishing. p. 30. doi:10.1787/9789264032125-en. Johnstone S. (2005). "Open Educational Resources Serve the World". Educause Quarterly 28 (3). Retrieved online on March 3rd, 2011 from http://www.educause.edu/EDUCAUSE+Quarterly/EDUCAUSEQuarterlyMagazineVolum/OpenEducationalResourcesServet/157357 Wiley, David (2006-06-03), Expert Meeting on Open Educational Resources, Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. Retrieved online on March 3rd, 2011 from http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/19/26/36224377.pdf
- 20. References / Supporting material Complementary bibliography Atkins D., Brown J. and Hammond A. (2007). "A Review of the Open Educational Resources (OER) Movement: Achievements, Challenges, and New Opportunities". Menlo Park, CA: The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. p.4. Retrieved online on March 3rd, 2011 from http://www.hewlett.org/uploads/files/Hewlett_OER_report.pdf Giving Knowledge for Free: The Emergence of Open Educational Resources. Paris, France: OECD Publishing. 2007. doi:10.1787/9789264032125-en. Retrieved online on March 3rd, 2011 from http://www.sourceoecd.org/education/9789264031746 Open Educational Resources". CERI. Retrieved online on March 3rd, 2011 from http://www.oecd.org/document/20/0,3343,en_2649_35845581_35023444_1_1_1_1,00.html Web pages / links Organic.Edunet Web portal: www.organic-edunet.eu Open Educational Resources Commons (OER Commons): http://www.oercommons.org Wikipedia page on Open Educational Resources: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_educational_resources