Dreamweaving Open Educational Practices

The Open University of Sri Lanka
Fig. 2.3.4: An OER material created by a team member
We understood that we can use OER available in the internet in an ethical
manner. Now we can consider the copyright matters when using teaching-learning
materials available in the internet. Beside the traditional way of teaching-learning
we can adopt new and innovative methods and techniques with the help of OER.
This research project helped us to create a sharing culture among our colleagues.
We improved our relationship with other teachers with this new sharing culture.
We were able to share OER materials we found from the Internet and also resources
we created as OER with our colleagues, with the confirmation of their licenses. We
found relevant OER using most popular OER repositories Like Merlot, Curriki, and
OER Commons for various subjects in our school curriculum. Some examples are
given below.
http://www.oercommons.org/courses/adjacent-angles/view
https://www.oercommons.org/courses/graphing-linear-equations-2
https://www.merlot.org/merlot/assignments.htm?category=2513&isSerc=false&
http://www.curriki.org/oer/Volume–Formulas-practice-worksheet/?mrid=19026
https://www.oercommons.org/courses/global-citizenship-cultural-citizenship-and-world-religions-in-religion-education
When considering the entire process of the research project, now we have acquired
a broader knowledge and awareness on OER and OER related practices. Now we
have confidence to find relevant OER to integrate in our teaching-learning process.
During the project we were able to closely work with the educational specialists,
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