Open Educational Resources for Online Learning: A Practical Approach
Course Description
Open Educational Resources (OERs) have been recognised as a means to provide current and high-quality content in various fields of study. OERs bridge gaps of the inadequate number of required professionals and encourage collaboration that enhances the quality of knowledge and skills taught or learned. The need for OERs has become critical in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and its potential contributions to educational recovery. Despite the availability of useful OERs, many do not know how to integrate them in teaching and learning. Therefore, in this course, you will learn how to plan, write, and evaluate OERs for integration in online learning content.
Course Contents
Week 1:Fundamentals of the Use of OERs in Online Learning
Unit 1: OERs and Copyrights
Unit 2: Copyrights and Intellectual Property
Unit 3: Open Educational Resources (OER)
Unit 4: Creative Commons Open Licenses (CC)
Unit 5: How to find and Use Quality OERs
Week 2: Online Course Design Basics
Unit 1:Applying ADDIE Model in Online Course Design
Unit 2: Learning Objectives and Learning Outcomes
Unit 3: Applying Pedagogy in Online Learning
Unit 4: Learning Activities and Resources for Online Learning
Unit 5: Live Session
Week 3:Integrating OERs in Online Learning
Unit 1: Writing Acceptable Course Learning Objectives
Unit 2: Writing Acceptable Unit Learning Outcomes
Unit 3: Matching Learning Outcomes with Learning Activities
Unit 4: Matching Learning Outcomes with Learning Resources (OERs)
Unit 5: Assignment
Week 4: Developing the Online Content Using OERs
Unit 1:Using OERs Materials as standalone Course in a programme
Unit 2: Embedding OERs within texts/contents
Unit 3: Referencing OERs materials
Unit 4: Assignment
Unit 5: Live Session
Target audience
Educational practitioners, trainers, researchers, and all with interests in how to use Open Educational Resources for teaching and learning.
Outcomes of this Course
The objectives of this course are to:
- Plan online learning content using OERs
- Write an online learning content integrating OERs
- Evaluate OER for integration in online learning
Certificates
To earn a Certificate of Achievement, you must;
- Take all quizzes with an average minimum score of 70%
- Watch all videos
- Submit your assignment and receive feedback
- Participate in the discussion forums