The Current State of OER

Activity

Please read the following material:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Centre for Educational Research and Innovation Expert Meeting on Open Educational Resources David Wiley, Utah State University Center for Open and Sustainable Learning http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/19/26/36224377.pdf

Share your thoughts about the current state of OER with your peer students and tutors. What characterize the current development of OER?

Reflection
Think for a moment, why educators develop  OER and  how people benefit from it?

Reading Activity

Read also the material of the course "Open Educational Resources for School Teachers from Developing Nations" http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Open_Educational_Resources_for_School_Teachers_from_Developing_Nations and "Open educational resources" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_educational_resources#Licensing