Dreamweaving Open Educational Practices

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The Open University of Sri Lanka this project took place during our teaching practice period, the designed activities helped us to write notes of lessons by incorporating OER in to the teaching-learning process. This added colour to our activities during teaching practice period. The academics evaluated the lesson plans developed by us by incorporating OER and gave us good feedback. Further, it was interesting and motivating when comments were received from the colleagues with regard to our new approaches with OER. Moreover, we had the opportunity to interact online with other colleagues in finding relevant resources. As some members in other centres too have uploaded some useful materials and web links relevant to our fields we happily found relevant resources to our teaching-learning process. Challenges and frustrations Some of our members have faced several challenges in identifying OER relevant to our subject matter. Especially the teachers who taught History and Civics always complained that they failed in finding resources relevant to their subject matter. Further, they faced issues with finding time, though they wished to re-create resources using existing OER. On the other hand, the language barrier and limited availability of the internet facility and accessibility were also problems. The Social Science teachers faced the problem in finding relevant resources and they were concerned about the accuracy in the subject content and the reliability of the resources found. In some occasions we had to search for hours yet found nothing, and this made us frustrated and de-motivated. Achievements, successes and good practices Many teachers, especially the Science teachers were very happy to access OER sites and find resources. They had the opportunity in finding information relevant to many theories with practical examples as they expected. Further it was identified by the members in our team that those who incorporated OER benefitted when practicing teaching lessons. Their Master teachers and staff have admired their efforts. One team member stated that the use of OER in teaching Graph lessons in Mathematics have helped students by enhancing their understanding and perform better at the tests. Some teachers have introduced the OER concept to their students as well. In addition, the students were benefitted with the OER which were modified by teachers according to lesson topics. 227
Dreamweaving Open Educational Practices Further some of the members have shared information with their colleagues in searching OER with proper licenses. Searching of OER has led to enhancing the interaction among teachers as well. Impact on teaching and learning As teachers it was good to know about the new concept. Based on the concept we were able to identify relevant resources which helped us to enhance the quality of our teaching. We found some resources that could be directly incorporated with the teaching-learning process. This made the process of teaching effective and efficient and with less time consumption. Further, as most of the resources were made targeting the age groups, these resources fitted well with our lessons. Further some members in our team have found OER resources and have shared with the others. The teacher had led a discussion in the class after they watched an OER video. Moreover Physics teachers were able to use some OER video clips as it is, as they were based on scientific theorems. Future plans We have the following future plans: • Search for OER (PPTs) relevant for Grades 6-11 and make changes as required • Search videos relevant to practical tests in Chemistry and Physics. • Prepare a hand bill or a booklet on available OER web links • Create awareness among colleagues • Conduct a workshop for teachers on searching and integrating OER in the teaching-learning process. Centre: Team: Participants: Writer: Translators/Editors: Ratnapura Sapphiers K.H.A.M.Madubhashini W.L.Jayaweera U.N.I.Priyadarshana K.H.A.M.Madubhashini Sasheeka Karunanayake Anoma Ariyaratne 228
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