This document discusses open educational resources (OER) and why time should be spent on them. It provides an overview of Swedish OER initiatives that will be showcased, including best practices and available online resources. OER are described as free course materials available under creative commons licenses for public access. Challenges of engaging with OER include the time required without obvious rewards, issues of quality, legal and technical challenges, and economic factors. However, reasons to engage with OER include sharing knowledge, enhancing education, supporting lifelong learning, capacity building, and acting for the public good. Stages of OER engagement are presented as a ladder. Examples of Swedish OER initiatives and resources are provided. The document ends with discussions

1. Why spend time on OER ?
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Ulf Sandstrom, Swedish Association for Distance Education – SADE
Mats Brenner, University of Gavle, Sweden

2. Why spend time on OER ?
• The OER has become a World Wide movement
and during this workshop, Swedish OER
initiatives will be showcased, with best
practice and available resources on the
Internet.
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3. Why spend time on OER ?
We will discuss , free course materials and how
they are described under the creative commons
licenses in a digital form of “right of public
access” to course materials.
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4. Why spend time on OER ?
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5. Why spend time on OER ?
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6. Core attributes
• Open acess
• Open licence
• Open format
• Open software
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7. Challenges of OER engagement 1
• Time without obvious reward
• Quality
• Legal
• Technical
• Economic
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8. Challenges of OER engagement 2
• Social
• Policy
• Marketing
• Belief
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9. Why bother ? (1)
• Sharing knowledge
• Breaking down barriers to education
• Enhancing formal and informal learning
• Supporting lifelong learning
• Widening participation
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10. Why bother ? (2)
• Capacity building
• Quality enhancement
• Financial
• Impact
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11. Why bother ? (3)
• Inspiration
• Reputation
• Marketing
• Publishing
• Challenging thinking
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12. Why bother ? (4)
• Public good
• Efficiency
• Ethics
• Networking and
• connectivity
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13. STAGES OF ENGAGEMENT:
The OER Engagement Ladder
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The OER Engagement Ladder. ©2012 Joanna
Wild, University of Oxford

14. OER and knowledge
• Open access
• Research communications
• Information literacy
• Library resources
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15. OER and knowledge
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16. UR Sweden
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• http://www.ur.se/play
• Educational broadcasting company has after a
year of negotiating with various rights holders
managed to make the 8000 educational
materials openly available online.

17. OERSverige
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• http://www.oersverige.se
• http://libguides.lub.lu.se/oer

18. Flipped Classroom
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• http://www.danielbarker.se
• http://barkersthlm.blogspot.no/

19. Autentication and metadata
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• http://skolfederation.se
• http://korturl.com/spindeln
• http://www.lankskafferiet.org/
• http://shareanduse.ning.com/
• http://www.opensnh.se

20. Regional Initiatives OER
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• http://www.kursnavet.se
• http://www.larresurser.se
• http://www.digiref.se

21. Why spend time on OER ? (1)
Group discussion: 3 pin points for OER
How can OER develop further ?
1.Searchability and profiling
2.Renewal
3.Rating system
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22. Why spend time on OER ?( 2)
Group discussion: 3 pin points for OER
How can OER develop further ?
1.Copyright and ipr
2.Inspection systems
3.Regional local bottom-up
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23. Why spend time on OER ? ( 3)
Group discussion: 3 pin points for OER
How can OER develop further ?
1. Impact / evidence -> smarter OER /OER
footprint
2. Imperfect design-> Wabisabi principle
3. Open formats
4 Multidimensional approach
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24. Thanks for your attention !
ulfsan@gmail.com
mats.brenner@hig.se
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