Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR LIFELONG LEARNING. OPENSCOUT APPROACH. The Faculty of Social Sciences Department of Education Kristina Mejeryte-Narkeviciene ICT Competences for Integration of Education and Professional Activity Kaunas, Lithuania 18 November 2011

OER are defined “teaching, learning and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use or re-purposing by others.” Open Educational Resources for Lifelong Learning. OpenScout approach. Kristina Mejeryte-Narkeviciene

OER include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials or techniques used to support access to knowledge. (Atkins, Brown, Hammond, 2007) Open Educational Resources for Lifelong Learning. OpenScout approach. Kristina Mejeryte-Narkeviciene

Toumi (2006) presents alternative views on OER as both individual and social development that include: freely accessible assets and services that support competence development and individual growth; freely accessible assets and services that support teaching and professional development; non-rival and non-exclusive assets that generate services for learners and teachers; modifiable and interoperable systems for learning; free services for learning. Open Educational Resources for Lifelong Learning. OpenScout approach. Kristina Mejeryte-Narkeviciene

Nowadays the OER are made freely available over the web or the Internet. They can be used by teachers and educational institutions to support course development, or directly by learners in formal, non-formal and informal learning at work placement and business providers for lifelong learning. Open Educational Resources for Lifelong Learning. OpenScout approach. Kristina Mejeryte-Narkeviciene

OER are not often familiar to different sectors of education. Moreover, limited services that could facilitate and bring added value to OER use and re-use are also under the great need. Some initiatives have been established to solve the complex problem: lack of awareness, insecurities about legal aspects and quality, and lack of interoperability and easy – to – use repositories. Open Educational Resources for Lifelong Learning. OpenScout approach. Kristina Mejeryte-Narkeviciene

OpenScout research The learners use the OER for their formal, non- formal or informal learning. Learners are overloaded by a lot of information and plenty OER are available at different open contents. The problem that the mere availability of these resources does not directly lead to learners reuse. Respondents belongs more and more to online communities were they share, rate and comment the OER.

OpenScout stands for "Skill based scouting of open user-generated and community-improved content for management education and training". Open Educational Resources for Lifelong Learning. OpenScout approach. Kristina Mejeryte-Narkeviciene

Open Educational Resources for Lifelong Learning. OpenScout approach. Kristina Mejeryte-Narkeviciene

Open Educational Resources for Lifelong Learning. OpenScout approach. Kristina Mejeryte-Narkeviciene

Open Educational Resources for Lifelong Learning. OpenScout approach. Kristina Mejeryte-Narkeviciene

Open Educational Resources for Lifelong Learning. OpenScout approach. Kristina Mejeryte-Narkeviciene

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