Dreamweaving Open Educational Practices

The Open University of Sri Lanka
On 3rd January 2016, the evaluation workshop was conducted, with the participation
of 24 student teachers. (Fig. 6.1.5) They seemed to be motivated and actively
participated in the workshop activities. They launched a publication named “We
found OER” which was a collection of OER for different subjects .
Participants drew concept maps and wrote reflections. They expressed that they
will continue with their OER-related activities and share their experiences with their
colleagues.
Fig. 6.1.5: Student teachers engaged in activities in the Evaluation Workshop
As our student teachers promised, another milestone in this journey was achieved
by the JRC participants on the 19th of February 2016, when the student teachers
conducted another awareness workshop at V/ Kanagarayankulam Maha Vidyalayam,
and shared their knowledge with the teachers in Vavuniya district. Three of
our student teachers joined as a team of resource persons and conducted the workshop
successfully. Fifteen teachers from that school participated in that workshop.
A brief introduction on OER was given and they were guided to search and integrate
OER in their teaching learning process. This was highly appreciated by the school
society and stated their desire to conduct another workshop very soon.
During the final evaluation workshop, to identify the impact of using OER, all group
leaders were asked to create a concept map representing the collective ideas of
the group members. Fig. 6.1.6 illustrates a group concept map drawn by the participants
showing their present understanding about OER and impact of the OER
integrated teaching-learning process.
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