OER RELEASE

BROADER CONCEPTS

OPEN-PRACTICE  |  OPEN-CONTENT  |  OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES OER  |  OPEN-EDUCATIONAL-PRACTICE

RELATED CONCEPTS

OER-USE

NARROWER CONCEPTS

OER-RELEASE-MODELS  |  BENEFITS-OF-RELEASE-AND USE  |  CULTURAL ASPECTS of OER  |  TECHNICAL-ASPECTS-of-OER   |  LEGAL-ASPECTS-of-OER

DEFINITION AND DESCRIPTION

OER release

The release of Open educational resources (OER)

    • Release here includes OER development, storage, management, discoverability and accessibility.
    • There are a wide range of models for OER production and release which require appropriate supporting structures, sustainable financial support, supporting networks and communities.
    • This includes the release of new, existing or adapted resources to support learning at a range of different granularities (from individual assets to full course modules) for the purpose of worldwide use and re-purposing.
    • Materials could include: course materials, reading lists, student generated content, images and other multimedia, learning objects, electronic learning activities, recordings and supporting materials from lectures, workshops and presentations, e-textbooks.
    • Release of OER requires the application of open licences, clear evidence of provenance, and clarity re attribution and potential use and re-use.
    • OER Release is often intended for use, re-use and re-purposing by different stakeholder groups. Release for very specific contexts (such as for a particular course, use with a particular technology or by a defined community) can have negative impact on openness and potential use or re-use.
    • A range of technical, legal, cultural and policy issues impact on OER release

USEFUL SOURCES

SYNTHESIS AND EVALUATION PAGES

Most of the pages on this wiki focus on some aspect of OER – particularly within the context of work carried out as part of the UKOER Programme

 

RESOURCES IN THE OER GUIDE