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Open Educational Resources in Economics

Dr Martin PoulterThe Economics Network DeSTRESS / TRUE

DEE Conference 2011

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This is the legal default, but is it right for education?

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Free speech, not free lunch

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“Spectrum of Rights” comic by Neeru Paharia & Ryan Junell. Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY)

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“Spectrum of Rights” comic by Neeru Paharia & Ryan Junell. Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY)

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“Spectrum of Rights” comic by Neeru Paharia & Ryan Junell. Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY)

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A derivative work

Christine Greenhalgh original: Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike

Reformatted versioneconomicsnetwork.ac.uk/labour/lecturenotes

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“Spectrum of Rights” comic by Neeru Paharia & Ryan Junell. Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY)

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A creative revolution

• Music• Pictures• Video• Educational resources?• Research?

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Teaching Resources for Undergraduate Economics

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Teaching Resources for Undergraduate Economics• Fourteen subject wikis• Each led by a senior academic in that

field• Wiki format: any educator welcome to

log in and upload• >400 resources uploadedeconomicsnetwork.ac.uk/projects/true

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METAL

• Mathematics for Economics; enhancing Teaching and Learning

• www.metalproject.co.uk

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DeSTRESS

• 20 high-quality videos• 400 assessment questions• 30,000 words of booklets and

handouts• Interactive graphs• destress.pbworks.com