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OER Quiz 1. What are “open educational resources?” 2. What is meant by “OCW?” 3. Why would a person/organization want to use open educational resources? 4. What would a person/organization want to create open educational resources? 5. Where could I go if I wanted to find some open educational resources? 6. What are Creative Commons Licenses?

What Are Open Educational Resources? Open -- the resource is freely available to others to reuse in different contexts. Open -- the resource is freely available to others to reuse in different contexts. Educational Resources -- books, lesson plans, syllabi, learning objects, videos, slide shows, etc. Educational Resources -- books, lesson plans, syllabi, learning objects, videos, slide shows, etc.

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What Are Open Educational Resources? Open -- the resource is freely available to others to reuse in different contexts. Open -- the resource is freely available to others to reuse in different contexts. Educational Resources -- books, lesson plans, syllabi, learning objects, videos, slide shows, etc. Educational Resources -- books, lesson plans, syllabi, learning objects, videos, slide shows, etc.

4 R’s of Openness (Wiley, 2009) Reuse—This is the most basic level of openness. People can use all or part of the work for their own purposes (e.g. download an educational video for later use). Reuse—This is the most basic level of openness. People can use all or part of the work for their own purposes (e.g. download an educational video for later use). Redistribute—People can share the work with others (e.g. a digital article to a colleague). Redistribute—People can share the work with others (e.g. a digital article to a colleague). Revise—People can modify, translate, or change the form the work (e.g. take vocabulary exercises and add new words). Revise—People can modify, translate, or change the form the work (e.g. take vocabulary exercises and add new words). Remix—Take two or more existing resources and combine them to create a new resource (e.g. take audio lectures from a course and combine them with a slideshow from another course to create a new course). Remix—Take two or more existing resources and combine them to create a new resource (e.g. take audio lectures from a course and combine them with a slideshow from another course to create a new course).

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Alms Analysis (Wiley, 2009) Access to editing tools: Access to editing tools: Level of expertise: Level of expertise: Meaningfully editable: Meaningfully editable: Self-sourced: Self-sourced:

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