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<br/>—[http://www.hewlett.org/oer The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation]
 
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OER is an acronym for Open Educational Resources. [http://www.hewlett.org/oer The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation] defines OER as "teaching, learning and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use or re-purposing by others. Open educational resources include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials or techniques used to support access to knowledge."
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OER is an acronym for Open Educational Resources.
  
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Open education brings the ideas behind open source to the world of education. Open educational resources (OER) are educational resources (e.g. learning aids, reference materials, textbooks) that are free to use and free to distribute, no matter who or where you are. Truly '''open''' educational resources are free for anyone to improve and build upon, mix with other OER, and remix into other mediums (such as different languages, formats, or contexts).
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Open education brings the ideas behind open source to the world of education.Open educational resources (OER) are educational resources (e.g. learning aids, reference materials, textbooks) that are free to use and free to distribute, no matter who or where you are. Truly '''open''' educational resources are free for anyone to improve and build upon, mix with other OER, and remix into other mediums (such as different languages, formats, or contexts).
  
 
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For more on OER, its history, and how it fits in with the open source software movement, see the full [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_educational_resources Wikipedia article].
 
For more on OER, its history, and how it fits in with the open source software movement, see the full [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_educational_resources Wikipedia article].
  
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===[http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/read-the-declaration The Capetown Open Education Declaration]===
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== Existing OER Definitions ==
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"This emerging open education movement combines the established tradition of sharing good ideas with fellow educators and the collaborative, interactive culture of the Internet. It is built on the belief that everyone should have the freedom to use, customize, improve and redistribute educational resources without constraint. Educators, learners and others who share this belief are gathering together as part of a worldwide effort to make education both more accessible and more effective.
 
  
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The expanding global collection of open educational resources has created fertile ground for this effort. These resources include openly licensed course materials, lesson plans, textbooks, games, software and other materials that support teaching and learning. They contribute to making education more accessible, especially where money for learning materials is scarce. They also nourish the kind of participatory culture of learning, creating, sharing and cooperation that rapidly changing knowledge societies need.
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===The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation===
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"OER are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use or re-purposing by others. Open educational resources include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge."<ref>http://hewlett.org/oer in the Hewlett OER report PDF download.</ref>
  
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However, open education is not limited to just open educational resources. It also draws upon open technologies that facilitate collaborative, flexible learning and the open sharing of teaching practices that empower educators to benefit from the best ideas of their colleagues. It may also grow to include new approaches to assessment, accreditation and collaborative learning. Understanding and embracing innovations like these is critical to the long term vision of this movement."
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===The OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) and UNESCO===
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"digitised materials offered freely and openly for educators, students, and self-learners to use and reuse for teaching, learning, and research. OER includes learning content, software tools to develop, use, and distribute content, and implementation resources such as open licences."<ref>http://oerwiki.iiep-unesco.org/index.php?title=UNESCO_OER_Toolkit/Background_to_Open_Educational_Resources</ref><ref>http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/35/7/38654317.pdf (PDF)</ref>
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===The Cape Town Open Education Declaration===
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"[O]pen educational resources should be freely shared through open licences which facilitate use, revision, translation, improvement and sharing by anyone. Resources should be published in formats that facilitate both use and editing, and that accommodate a diversity of technical platforms. Whenever possible, they should also be available in formats that are accessible to people with disabilities and people who do not yet have access to the Internet."<ref>http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/read-the-declaration</ref>
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===Wikipedia===
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"Open educational resources are educational materials and resources offered freely and openly for anyone to use and under some licenses to re-mix, improve, and redistribute. Open educational resources include:
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Learning content: full courses, course materials, content modules, learning objects, collections, and journals.
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Tools: Software to support the creation, delivery, use, and improvement of open learning content including searching and organization of content, content and learning management systems, content development tools, and on-line learning communities.  
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Implementation resources: Intellectual property licenses to promote open publishing of materials, design-principles, and localization of content."<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_educational_resources</ref>
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===The Wikieducator OER Handbook===
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"The term "Open Educational Resource(s)" (OER) refers to educational resources (lesson plans, quizzes, syllabi, instructional modules, simulations, etc.) that are freely available for use, reuse, adaptation, and sharing."<ref>http://www.wikieducator.org/OER_Handbook/educator_version_one</ref>
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===OER Commons===
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"Open Educational Resources are teaching and learning materials that you may freely use and reuse, without charge. OER often have a Creative Commons or GNU license that state specifically how the material may be used, reused, adapted, and shared."<ref>http://www.oercommons.org/about#about-open-educational-resources</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 17:59, 5 April 2010

What are Open Educational Resources (OER)?

Open Education "...is the simple and powerful idea that the world’s knowledge is a public good and that technology in general and the Worldwide Web in particular provide an extraordinary opportunity for everyone to share, use, and reuse knowledge."
—The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

OER is an acronym for Open Educational Resources.

Open education brings the ideas behind open source to the world of education.Open educational resources (OER) are educational resources (e.g. learning aids, reference materials, textbooks) that are free to use and free to distribute, no matter who or where you are. Truly open educational resources are free for anyone to improve and build upon, mix with other OER, and remix into other mediums (such as different languages, formats, or contexts).

From Wikipedia: "The term "open educational resources" was first adopted at UNESCO's 2002 Forum on the Impact of Open Courseware for Higher Education in Developing Countries funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Open educational resources are educational materials and resources offered freely and openly for anyone to use and under some licenses to re-mix, improve and redistribute."

For more on OER, its history, and how it fits in with the open source software movement, see the full Wikipedia article.

Existing OER Definitions

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

"OER are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use or re-purposing by others. Open educational resources include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge."[1]

The OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) and UNESCO

"digitised materials offered freely and openly for educators, students, and self-learners to use and reuse for teaching, learning, and research. OER includes learning content, software tools to develop, use, and distribute content, and implementation resources such as open licences."[2][3]

The Cape Town Open Education Declaration

"[O]pen educational resources should be freely shared through open licences which facilitate use, revision, translation, improvement and sharing by anyone. Resources should be published in formats that facilitate both use and editing, and that accommodate a diversity of technical platforms. Whenever possible, they should also be available in formats that are accessible to people with disabilities and people who do not yet have access to the Internet."[4]

Wikipedia

"Open educational resources are educational materials and resources offered freely and openly for anyone to use and under some licenses to re-mix, improve, and redistribute. Open educational resources include: Learning content: full courses, course materials, content modules, learning objects, collections, and journals.

Tools: Software to support the creation, delivery, use, and improvement of open learning content including searching and organization of content, content and learning management systems, content development tools, and on-line learning communities.

Implementation resources: Intellectual property licenses to promote open publishing of materials, design-principles, and localization of content."[5]

The Wikieducator OER Handbook

"The term "Open Educational Resource(s)" (OER) refers to educational resources (lesson plans, quizzes, syllabi, instructional modules, simulations, etc.) that are freely available for use, reuse, adaptation, and sharing."[6]

OER Commons

"Open Educational Resources are teaching and learning materials that you may freely use and reuse, without charge. OER often have a Creative Commons or GNU license that state specifically how the material may be used, reused, adapted, and shared."[7]

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  1. ↑ http://hewlett.org/oer in the Hewlett OER report PDF download.
  2. ↑ http://oerwiki.iiep-unesco.org/index.php?title=UNESCO_OER_Toolkit/Background_to_Open_Educational_Resources
  3. ↑ http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/35/7/38654317.pdf (PDF)
  4. ↑ http://www.capetowndeclaration.org/read-the-declaration
  5. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_educational_resources
  6. ↑ http://www.wikieducator.org/OER_Handbook/educator_version_one
  7. ↑ http://www.oercommons.org/about#about-open-educational-resources
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