This presentation forms part of an interactive workshop at the HELTASA conference, South Africa 2014. It guides participants into understanding the opportunities available to transform educational practices through the use and production of Open Educational Resources (OER).

1. Access to Success
Using published OER
@ HELTASA 2014
Bloemfontein, South Africa
Veronica Mitchell & Greg Doyle
Education Development Unit, Health Sciences Faculty, University of Cape Town, South Africa

2. where you will taste an array of flavours and textures
CC: BY https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3531/3247698206_2df3d10f02.jpg

3. Virtual facilitators
(expert bakers in the OER kitchen)
UCT Law
Dr Tobias Schonwetter
UCT CILT
Prof Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams
Glenda Cox
Thomas King
UCT HSF EDU
Craig Matika
UCT HSF EDU
Nicole Withers

4. Today’s recipe
1. Welcome & video clip
2. Google form with 2 questions
3. Small groups – scribe, spokesperson
introductions
2 tasting rooms – observing, discussing, sharing on Google doc
4. Discussion and tasting

6. Why Open Education Matters
http://vimeo.com/43401199

7. http://tinyurl.com/HeltasaOER
Google form => Wordle

8. Google Drive docs
Anytime / Anywhere
Google networks
Synchronous / Asynchronous
Accessible on mobile App
Affordable because Google is FREE
Agency and choice re sharing
Self managed rather than institutional LMS

9. 6 Small groups
Introductions
Scribe – on Google Drive
Spokesperson
Exploring together
the “complex relationships between technology and education”….
“the need to foster collaborative communities rather than focus on content”.
Knox, J. (2013b). The limitations of access alone: Moving towards open processes in education technology, Open Praxis, 5(1), 21–29.
http://openpraxis.org/index.php/OpenPraxis/article/view/36

10. Small groups
Groups 1-3
Tasting room 1
Practise & Research
Groups 4-6
Tasting room 2
Sharing & Licensing
Switch after 30 mins

11. Taste room 1
Practise & Research
Champions at UCT HSF
ROER4D
http://tinyurl.com/HELTASA4research
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupcake

12. Prof Cheryl Hodgkinson-Williams’ Presentation
in Washington at OpenEd2014 on Wed 19th Nov 2014
Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/ROER4D

13. Presentation @ UCT Teaching & Learning Conference, October 2014
Slideshare:
http://www.slideshare.net/CILT_UCT/oer-panel-session-teaching-and-learning-conference-uct-20-oct-2014

14. Taste room 2
Sharing & Intellectual property
Finding (ingredients)
Creating OER
What about Intellectual Property?
http://tinyurl.com/HELTASA4sharing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupcake

15. Creative Commons
http://dawsonedci325.blogspot.com/2014/08/professional-development-artifact.html

16. Summary
OER ingredients for success:
Educators
Openness & collaboration
Connectivism
Understanding of license permissions/
restrictions
Sourcing relevant resources
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2009/343/1/a/bridal_shower___cupcake_by_anafuji.jpg

17. Summary
OER ingredients for success:
Students
Knowledge and skills to access
Understanding of license permissions/
restrictions
Encouragement and confidence
Classrooms as global resources
Engagement with process of networking
CC: BY, ND https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2628/3993735910_da34944a00.jpg

18. knowledge as a public good
Knox, J. (2013b). The limitations of access alone: Moving towards open processes in education technology, Open Praxis, 5(1), 21–29.
http://openpraxis.org/index.php/OpenPraxis/article/view/36
We need
open access & open processes
for success http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cupcake
_with_sugar_hearts_and_nonpareils.jpg

19. A culture of freely sharing

20. Thank you

21. My favourite cupcake recipe
Simple Sweet Cupcakes
1 cup (250ml) flour
½ cup sugar
60 g butter
2 teasp baking powder
½ cup milk
1 teasp vanilla / lemon juice
1 egg
Mix dry ingredients, add egg and milk and melted butter
Bake in paper cups in a hot oven (200⁰C) for 10 – 15mins