Dreamweaving Open Educational Practices

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.
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