Dreamweaving Open Educational Practices

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The Open University of Sri Lanka Colombo Creators 5.3 Background On the invitation of the Faculty of Education, The Open University of Sri Lanka, in March 2015, we attended the introductory workshop on a research project on Integrating Open Educational Resources (OER) in Teaching and Learning. Majority of us thought that it was something related to Postgraduate Diploma in Education programme which we were following. At the very beginning of the workshop we were asked to develop our own concept map on ‘Openness in Education’. It sounded like mumbo jumbo to us! Most of us did not have even a slightest idea about concept maps. Not only that, we were uneasy with the introduction of a new concept “Openness in Education” about which we had no clue at all and wondered how it was connected with our PGDE programme. We were also wondering why we were selected as participants for this specialized programme. However, when we realized that the majority in the group were also clueless about OER our apprehension subsided. Starting point The Project Leader introduced the term OER to us and we were all given a broad description about OER and Creative Commons licenses that allow us to obtain vast amounts of free information available on the Web. Then she introduced us to a new concept with a video ‘Copying is not theft’ and explained the meaning of OER and about sharing of resources. Just after the introductory session we were asked to represent our understanding on OER and related concepts in a concept map. An initial concept map created by one of our group members is given below (Fig. 5.3.1). It shows our little understanding on OER at the beginning of the workshop. Slowly we began to understand the concept of Open Educational Resources. At the end of the first workshop we realized the usefulness of OER and its relevance to the teaching and learning process. With an enhanced understanding of the concept OER, we felt that we had discovered a gold mine of information and materials relevant and useful to our teaching and learning process. 91
Dreamweaving Open Educational Practices Fig. 5.3.1: An Initial Concept Map In the second part of the session we were taken to the computer lab and were given a firsthand experience in accessing web sites with OER materials in the LMS specially prepared by the Open University for the benefit of the participants. Adoption / integration of OER During the first workshop we realized, understood and learnt about OER. With help and guidance received during the workshop we accessed educational material available under the different Creative Commons licenses (in many websites, you tube etc.) and selected the relevant information to assist in our teaching. We realized that there were vast amounts of material available at the click of a button for very minimal cost (or no cost with WIFI facility). It was a wonderful experience for us. Some of our colleagues were able to download very useful and interesting videos under the Creative Commons license and they have used them with the students, for example, for Grade 6 and 7 Mathematics lessons on Ratio and Volume. Children enjoyed the identified learning materials and it was helpful for us as teachers to deliver the required information pertaining to the subject matter effortlessly. It was a novel experience for us too. 92
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