http://ctlm.nmmu.ac.za/

Nelson Mandela University

Values

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Introduction

Opening up

Thoughts

Deeds

Practice

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Open

Re-use

Revise

RemixRedistribute

No Permission

Retain

What is

OPEN?

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Read more about the 5 R’s of Open from David Wiley

https://www.slideshare.net/BCcampus/5-rs-48937429

https://www.slideshare.net/opencontent/open-education-a-simple-

introduction

Open Educational Resources

“... an OER is simply an educational resource that incorporates a

license that facilitates reuse, and potentially adaptation, without

first requesting permission from the copyright holder."

A Basic Guide to Open Educational Resources (OER). (2011) Prepared by Neil Butcher for the Commonwealth of Learning & UNESCO. Edited by Asha Kanwar (COL) and Stamenka Uvalic´-Trumbic´ (UNESCO).

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What are OER?

What are some types of OER?

Stand-alone T&L objectsincluding but not limited to:

Lecture handouts

Class Notes

Revision/ Exam Prep Facilitation Materials

Test Scopes

Tutorial Guides – full term/semester, or simply per class/

session

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Your own support materials could become OER, and also

incorporate other OER.

Pictures of your white-board? Do you just write and erase?

Recordings (audio and/or visual – consider available

TECH) of your lectures or other teaching engagements,

Cellphones?

Tests, assignments, or exam rubrics?

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Environmental Science in the 21st Century

http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/resources/environment-

book/contents.html

Using the Web – Some help

http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/resources/environment-

book/usingthewebE.html

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Full Course OER

Materials

aka OpenCourseWare

Global Development Resource Center's Virtual LibraryCollection of online resources for Environmental Studies.

MIT Open Courseware - Urban Studies and PlanningMIT's extensive list of open Urban Studies courses includes Environmental Justice, Policy and Planning materials. Lectures, quizzes, exams, problem sets and in some cases entire e-textbooks are available for use in the classroom or as supporting materials.

MIT Open Courseware - Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences MIT also offers a wide variety of open courses on earth and environmental sciences. Course component are available for reuse in the classroom or by students to review concepts.

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www.oeconsortium.org

http://oerconsortium.org/discipline-specific/

http://www.oerafrica.org/teachered

www.oercommons.org

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P2PU

The Peer 2 Peer University is a grassroots open education project that organizes learning

outside of institutional walls and gives learners recognition for their achievements. P2PU

creates a model for lifelong learning alongside traditional formal higher education.

Leveraging the internet and educational materials openly available online, P2PU enables

high-quality low-cost education opportunities.

OER Africa: African OER in an African context

http://www.oerafrica.org/resource/guidelines-teaching-numeracy-foundation-phase

Foundation phase education resources, Grades 1,2 & 3.

Share with local schools, teachers in primary school education.

Exploring OER in education:

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Coursewarehttps://ocw.mit.edu/courses/comparative-media-studies-writing/21w-730-3-consumer-culture-fall-2002/index.htm

Find more information here:

https://www.slideshare.net/ginofransman/how-to-use-oer-in-your-

teaching-and-learning-practice-writing-58048361

Imagine how you could use the

following OER tool to get your

students to write.

Academic Writing:

Get It Right at NMMU.

RE: presentation

Purpose of this session

about

Your writing

• There are more than 28,000 students

• At times, this is a classroom size

• The focus is rarely on writing, there is content

• Critical thinking is a phrase often heard

and always demanded

• Your writing is how you are assessed and scored, and eventually to be hired

• It is YOUR JOB to develop this competence so that it reflects what you have learnt

• Our website: www.writing.nmmu.ac.za

About Writing @ NMMU

You can’t wait for

someone else to try it.

Make your move.

1. Introduce academic writing at (and for) university

• discuss purposes of academic writing, and

• distinguish core competences that need to be developed by students

Process

Your Idea of University Writing Requirements

What is ‘different’ with writing at university?

What are your writing challenges at university?

Please write as many as you can think of, with one per piece of the coloured paper provided. We will try and respond with appropriate support based on the responses.

2. To share resources relevant to developing academic writing with participants (students and lecturers)

www.writing.nmmu.ac.za

Write the next bit down quickly. We don’t have enough time to explore them all today. But, be sure to check them out after this session, when you have time.

www.jisc.ac.uk

http://s3.india.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Facebook-Logo-meaning.jpg

3. To explore specific resources that being at NMMU affords students and staff

Then, find US HERE for more

help

First, go HERE for a gift

Microsoft Office 365

Dealing with Plagiarism and ReferencingYou best check yourself

Use your 21st Century ‘pen’ correctly?Microsoft Word.

Learn to use Word better (click here)

Let’s try an example.

We will use your own voice to illustrate the process of attribution, which is

a) how to quote, and

b) how to create a reference list

We will use MS Office to do this.

You can also add other add-ons to the software, like Mendeley, which helps referencing even more.

The library and Blended Learning often run workshops or training sessions related to this.

4. To introduce and clarify the process of submitting draft assignments via

the Academic Literacies and Writing Centre portal

Writing OER

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/primary-source-analysis-tool/

Let’s use the tool to reflect on the resource pack you

received today.

Your task: Reflect on the resource pack booklet using the

REFLECT prompts on the webpage. One sentence per

question, please.

Follow these instructions, and share your written bit with

Anne-Mart.Olsen2@nmmu.ac.za using the function at the

bottom of the webpage above.

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