1. ASSUMPTIONS
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You are familiar with ODL.
Familiar with course material before /handouts at
least.
You are internet savvy or computer literate.
You can independently source for research
materials online.
You are familiar with NUC/ODL instructional design
standard and elements.
2. FUNDAMENTALS OF CONVENTIONAL
COURSE MATERIAL
Wordy/Textual
Void of engaging elements
No restriction to word volume (Min & Max)
Abstract In Concept and Explanation
Teachers-Centered
Comprehension Requires Author
No Clear Feedback/Evaluation among others.
3. INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN FORMAT
According to the standard outlined by NUC in accordance with ODL, any study session
designed for Nigerian distance learners MUST consist of at least 80% of the elements
itemized below;
9)
Tables, their Captions and their
Numbering
10)
Boxes, their Captions, Numbering
and Contents
11)
Case Studies, their Captions and
their Numbering
In-text questions and answers
(ITQs and ITAs)
12)
References to other parts of the
text
7)
Activities
13)
Summary
8)
Figures, their Captions and their
Numbering
14)
Self-assessment questions (SAQs)
and their Answers
1)
Study Session number and title
2)
Section and Sub-section headings
3)
Introduction (un-numbered)
4)
Learning Outcomes
5)
Bold terms
6)
4. WHERE TO START
Here you will be learning about the following;
1. What OER means
2. History
3. Benefits (Tutor & Students)
4. Characters Behind OER
5. OER Repositories
5. WHAT IS MEANT BY THE ACRONYM ‘OER’
Right at the heart of learning are resource materials used in transferring
ideas/knowledge.
OER is an acronym of (Open Educational Resources) which means teaching, learning
and research resources/materials which are made available FOR FREE in the open
domain or repositories.
They are fundamentally released under an intellectual property license with unrestricted
permission for use, re-use and re-purposing by others.
6. OER are teaching and learning resources that have been licensed openly that
anyone can use them without having to pay for loyalty of license fee....
They include;
A Whole Course, Curriculum, Course Materials, Textbooks, Modules ,
Streaming Videos, multi-media Applications, Podcasts, textbooks, simulations,
games, syllabi, quizzes, assessment tools, learning applications and any other
educational tools or materials which are useful in supporting access to
knowledge..
All offered FOR FREE
ANY EDUCATIONAL TOOLS OR MATERIALS OFFERED FOR FREE
7. VARIOUS OER CONTENTS:
1)
Modular Course Components Search
2)
Photo/Image Search
3)
Recorded Lectures & Video Tutorials Search
4)
Audio/Music Search
5)
General Education Search
6)
Open Textbook Search
7)
Simulation and Animation Search
8)
Complete Courses Search
8. 4 R’s OF OER
There are basically four (R's) that makes the difference. You can do
the following with OER and never for other resource materials that are
openly-licensed.
REMIX
REUSE
REDISTRIBUTE
REVISE
9. Let’s Have Some Fun…..
How do you think OER can help you as a
lecturer.....?
R Each participant should supply one benefit…..
How do you think it can help your students
too.....?
Each participant should supply one benefit…..
10. BENEFITS OF OER
STUDENTS
Independent and flexible learning
opportunities
TUTORS/FACILITATORS
Exploration of course materials before
enrolling
Supplementing lectures and learning
materials with readily available OER
content for open sharing
Better preparation before classroom
arrival .
Usage of openly licensed materials to
build your own resources
Serves as supplementary learning
materials
Promotion of your work to a global
audience
Determine what classes or program to
enroll in
Aiding Researches and Inter-culturation of
ideas.
Eases tutors' single-handed responsibilities
of course content provision
Ideas/Meaning Multiplicity
11. HOW WILL YOU KNOW IF YOUR FOUND
RESOURCE MATERIAL IS OPEN OR NOT?
Look out for the (Creative Common
Logo 'cc‘)....
You can alternatively write the site manager or
host of the page to confirm or make a request for
such material that is openly license available on
their portal. You can also check the terms of use
12. CHARACTERS BEHIND OER
Open Educational Resources are being championed by various
characters or organizations all geared towards emancipation of
knowledge through donation, distribution or transfer of educational
resources to the interested scholars at MOST devoted. These characters
include
Institutions: http://ocw.mit.edu, http://opencontent.uct.ac.za/ etc.
Community/Individual Donations/Organizations:
http://www.oerafrica.org/
13. WHERE TO FIND REALLY GOOD OER
OER Commons: www.oercommons.org/
OER Consortium: oerconsortium.org/
Google: https://www.google.com.ng/advanced_search?hl=en-NG&fg=1
YouTube Channels 'Crash Course' /
ted-ed
'www.ed.ted.com'
Wikipaedia: en.wikipedia.org/
Connexions: cnx.org
These repositories are likened to CBN housing currencies of other banks that
are free for public use...
A resource obtained from any of them takes you to the host oer page/website.
14. HOW TO FIND OER ON SEARCH
ENGINES
Boolean Logic: Boolean logic simply is a way to link words and
phrases together to ensure you get a list of sites that are valuable
to you, so you don't waste a lot of time looking at sites that aren't
useful.
You will use words called Boolean operators to link key words
and phrases. These Boolean operators are:
AND
Some search engines accept
signs
OR
like
‘-’ ‘+’
NOT
When you want 2 or more key words to be searched together as
a phrase, you must put quotations around that phrase.
15. FOR EXAMPLE
If you want AIDS statistics in Lagos, type:
AIDS AND Nigeria AND statistics
or try
AIDS + Nigeria + statistics
Moreso, If you are getting sites that include related words that you don't want, use
the word NOT (some search engines use the minus '-' sign instead) before a word to
exclude sites with those words.
For example
If you want sites on the Renaissance in Europe, but you keep getting sites on the
Harlem Renaissance, type:
Renaissance NOT Harlem
or try
Renaissance - Harlem
If your hit list is too small, or you get no hits at all, try using the word OR
between related words or synonyms.
example
AIDS OR HIV AND Nigeria AND Statistics
16. GOOGLE ADVANCE SEARCH
Advanced Search: This is the strategic step of limiting the non-essential hits that
may likely come with your query on search engine. Let’s work through on
www.google.ca
www.ask.com
www.bing.com
www.dogpile.com
www.webopedia.com
www.archive.com
www.gigablast.com/
http://search.yahoo.com/?fr=altavista
www.galaxy.com/
http://search.aol.com/aol/webhome
http://clusty.com/
https://duckduckgo.com
18. ADAPTATION PROCESS OF
OER
Adaptation process in ODL content development simply
refers to the strategic deployment of local contents and
terminologies in open-sourced resource materials which
are being used for content development.
It is expected of every OER to have every elements of
foreign ideas, image, concepts, terms, examples etc.
which are replica of various cultures of the various OER
authors.
Therefore, let us observe various areas in an OER that
requires adaptation.
19. AREAS THAT NEED
ADAPTATION IN OER
Images
Examples
Address
Characters/Names
Case Studies
Units/Chapters/Volume
etc.
Terminologies
Currencies
Towns/Locations
Foodstuff
Formatting
Illustrations
Content Arrangement
20. CONCEPT OF
INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN FOR
NIGERIAlearning about;
Here you will be ODL
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10.
Steps
Necessary Elements
Construction of good learning outcomes
Connections of program, learning, itqs &saqs
Reference to other parts of the study
Construction of good ITQs & ITAs
Construction of good SAQs & Notes
Construction of good Case Studies
Incorporation of multimedia to study session
Incorporation of hyperlinks and external resources to
study session
21. STEPS
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STUDY SESSION NUMBER & TITLE
INTRODUCTION
LEARNING OUTCOMES
a)
Sub-Session Nos & Title
b)
Explanations
c)
ITQs & ITAs
d)
Tables
e)
Boxes
f)
Diagrams
g)
Case Study/Studies
h)
Bullets
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6.
SUMMARY
SAQS
BODY
22. INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN BUILD-UP &
STUDY SESSION ELEMENTS FOR EVALUATION
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Study Session Number and title
Introduction (Un-numbered)
Learning Outcomes
Section and Sub-section headings
Summary
References to other parts of the text
STUDY ELEMENTS FOR EVALUATING STUDIES
1) In-Text Questions and Answers (ITQs and ITAs)
2) Activities, their Captions and their Numbering
3) Case Study
4) SAQs
Notes de l'éditeur
Conventionally, you have course materials in our universities and instituitions basically in prints (handouts) for anyone that needed to order in exchange for money or lieu.\
How available and accessible these materials are can be very decisive in determining the level of education.
