I am excited about the opportunities that Open Educational Resources (OER) will
bring to the table. I find them very interesting and informative. I like how
they can be used by both teachers and students. The wealth of information that
is out there is/can be a bit overwhelming.
No matter what you are looking for I would have to think that there is a
resource dealing with just that. There are
many different sites that have OERs and OERs that cover just about everything.
As a learner I will use these resources to help me study. I found sites that you can group up withothers studying the same content and ask each other questions. I can see myself using these sites to look up
and adapt lesson plans for class assignments here at Edinboro. The sites that offer textbooks and resources
like that could potentially keep students from having to purchase books.
As a teacher I know I will use OERs to plan lessons and gather
information. The fact that a lot of
sites with open resources have tried, tested and approved the materials is a
big bonus. I am in awe of the amount of
information and the wide range of topics that the sites I looked at
covered. The sharing of resources from
one educator to another just makes sense.
I am annoyed by educators who think their material should only be used
by them. If you got something good…share
it!
I think these resources can benefit students by lumping similar content
together. It will allow them to view
different resources that are related to each other without having to do a new
google search every time. Research will
be made easier.
I can see real benefits to Open Educational
Resources. While most of them are online
school districts and even teaming groups can benefit from this same principal
of sharing information. Making “what
works well” available to the masses will only benefit schools, teachers and
students. Teachers have a huge
opportunity to make a difference, and not just in their own classroom.
I am excited to use/benefit from Open Educational
Resources!
Some of the neat and useful sites I found are:
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