The Newest Entry in Popular Video Tutorial Series Focuses on Getting to Know OER
I love the idea of Open Educational Resources. Free. Editable. Shareable. What could be better?
Well … it would be better if it was easier to find them, and if a lot more educators were aware of them. While we can't fix those challenges overnight, I'm gonna do my darnedest to try and chip away at 'em a little!
This weekend I created the twelfth entry in the growing set of quick video tutorials I've been recording this year. The “3 Minute Teaching With Tech” tutorial videos provide educators with quick introductions to (mostly free) tools and techniques that many teachers, technologists, librarians, and others, are putting to productive, fun use.
Getting to Know OER
My new video gives the basic low-down on what OER are, and demonstrates a few search engines that will help you find resources that you can use. Things ran a little long as I recorded this and shared these search sites, and one other technique not to overlook (most of the 3 minute tutorials are really about 3 minutes long, this one went well over 4 minutes … oh well, I think it's worth it!) .
Be sure to check out the full set of 3 Minute Teaching With Technology Tutorials with this YouTube Playlist. Learn about lots of other great, free technology integration tools and techniques that are just clicks away!
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[…] We're asking faculty and institutions to teach many, many, many more students. And we're giving them 50 minutes to try and address the needs of that much larger group with a much greater diversity. And then we wonder why pass rates, failure rates are so high. It's an undoable task without better tools and better support. The Open Learning Initiative is an open educational resources project that brings together the learning science researchers who are studying what do we know about how people learn. We make learning environments, and learning environments include what a student might do with the computer. Speaker 1 Worrying is discouraging. Speaker 2 But it also includes what a student does in the classroom with their peers. Natalie Baker Shirer ‘Con-summit’. Demur. Discover Open Educational Resources With Our New ‘3 Minute Teaching With Tech’ Tutorial. […]
[…] The Newest Entry in Popular Video Tutorial Series Focuses on Getting to Know OER I love the idea of Open Educational Resources. Free. Editable. Shareable. What could be better? Well … it would… [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!] This is a syndicated article from Emerging Education Technologies. The article was not written by me, see the original article at: Discover Open Educational Resources With Our New ‘3 Minute Teaching With Tech’ Tutorial […]