Professional Development Programme on OER …

1 Professional Development Programme on OER-based eLearningProfessionalDevelopment Programme onOER-based eLearningCommonwealth Educational Media Centre for AsiaNew DelhiThe Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) is an international organisation established by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Vancouver, Canada, to promote the meaningful, relevant and appropriate use of ICTs to serve the educational and training needs of Commonwealth member states of Asia. CEMCA receives diplomatic privileges and immunities in India under section 3 of the United Nations (privileges and immunities) Act, Open University (WOU), established in 2006, is one of Malaysia s foremost, not-for-profit, institutions of higher learning dedicated to adult learners and flexible learning approaches to make higher education accessible to all anytime, anywhere to enable working adults pursue their educational dreams without much disruption to their Professional and personal commitments.

2 WOU is a leading promoter of use of Open Educational Resources, and in 2013, it received the Commonwealth of Learning s Excellence in Distance Education Award (EDEA) for institutional achievement and distance education CEMCA, publication is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (international): the avoidance of doubt, by applying this license, Commonwealth of Learning and Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) do not waive any privileges or immunities from claims that they may be entitled to assert, nor do COL/CEMCA submit themselves to the jurisdiction, courts, legal processes or laws of any : 978-81-88770-22-9 While all efforts have been made by editors to check accuracy of the content, the representation of facts, principles, descriptions and methods are that of the respective module writers.

3 Views expressed in the publication are that of the authors, and do not necessarily reflect the views of CEMCA/COL. All products and services mentioned are owned by their respective copyrights holders, and mere presentation in the publication does not mean endorsement by CEMCA/COL. Every effort has been made to acknowledge and attribute all sources of information used in preparation of this learning material. Readers are requested to kindly notify missing attribution, if further information, contact:Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia13/14, Sarva Priya ViharNew Delhi 110016 and published on behalf of Director, CEMCA by Mr. R. Thyagarajan, Head (Administration and Finance), CEMCA, 13/14 Sarva Priya Vihar, New Delhi 110016, eLearningAs part of the institutional capacity building Programme to promote Development and use of Open Educational Resources, the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) supported an initiative at the Wawasan Open University (WOU), Penang over a period of one year, which resulted in Development of the present five modules.

4 While we acknowledge all the participants in the workshops, where ideas were discussed and crystallised, the following individuals have continuously supported this Design TeamProf. Mohan B. MenonDeputy Vice Chancellor (Academic OCL)Wawasan Open University, MalaysiaDr. Som NaiduIndependent Consultant, AustraliaDr. Sanjaya MishraDirectorCommonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia, IndiaProf. Phalachandra BhandigadiWawasan Open University, MalaysiaModule Preparation TeamsModule 1 Ms. Jasmine Selvarani Emmanuel, Wawasan Open University, Malaysia (Coordinator) Dr. Suma Parahakaran,Wawasan Open University, Malaysia Mr. Ravindran Raman, Wawasan Open University, Malaysia Mr. Shailendra Kishore Prasad, National Institute of Open Schooling, India Ms.

5 Patricia Toh Swet Ting, Wawasan Open University, MalaysiaModule 2 Dr. Shironica Karunanayaka, Open University of Sri Lanka (Coordinator) Dr. Ooi Chia-Yi, Wawasan Open University, Malaysia Ms. Ong Theng Theng, Wawasan Open University, Malaysia Ms. G. Mythili, Indira Gandhi National Open University, India Dr. Chan Yuan Eng, Wawasan Open University, MalaysiaModule 3 Mr. S. Vighnarajah P. K. Selvarajah, Wawasan Open University, Malaysia (Coordinator) Dr. Ankuran Dutta, K. K. Handiqui State Open University, India Dr. Tung Lai Cheng, Wawasan Open University, MalaysiaModule 4 Ms. Deehbanjli Lakshmayya, Wawasan Open University, Malaysia (Coordinator) Ms. Safiah Md Yusof, Open University of MalaysiaModule 5 Mr.

6 Prakash V. Arumugam, Wawasan Open University, Malaysia (Coordinator)Dr. Som Naidu facilitated all the workshops leading to the Development of these modules, and also mentored the pilot online Programme that used these materials for developing capacities of other teachers. We sincerely thank Dr. Naidu for providing timely support to develop the materials within a scenario-based learning of the Programme 01 Module 1: 03 Concept and Practices of Open EducationModule 2: 39 Designing Learning Experiences for OER-based eLearningModule 3: 61 Searching and Evaluation of OER MaterialsModule 4: 91 Licensing and CopyrightModule 5: 115 Integrating OER in eLearningReferences 135 Overview of the ProgrammeOpen Educational Resources have emerged as one of the most innovative teaching and learning tools as well as a cost-effective mechanism to improve the quality of educational offerings by optimising the use of available resources.

7 While OER can be used by any student to learn on his/her own, universities (especially Open Universities) that depend on printed distance learning materials can now use the OERs to offer their courses and programmes and thereby reduce the Development time of courses and programmes, and also reduce the cost of launching new programmes. However, not many institutions are in a position to actually develop OERs that can be used effectively for teaching and learning in the digital Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA), realising the need for Professional Development of teachers, has developed this Professional Development Programme on OER-based eLearning to promote the use of OER in educational Programme has been developed as part of the institutional capacity building for OER-based eLearning at Wawasan Open University (WOU), Penang.

8 Faculty members of WOU and several other institutions in Asia have contributed to the Development of the contents. The modules are learning outcomes of the participants in three workshops supported by OutcomesThis Professional Development Programme has been designed to help teachers to develop courses and programmes using OER. After completion of all the five modules, the participants in the online/offline Programme will be able to:1. Demonstrate understanding of OER and argue in support of the use of Design appropriate learning experiences for OER based Find and evaluate the quality of OER materials used in different Use appropriate open license to release educational materials as Offer OER-based eLearning courses and programmes using appropriate Educational Media Centre for AsiaModulesThe Professional Development Programme has five modules, which can be taken up independent of each other.

9 These modules are:Module 1: Concept and Practices of Open EducationModule 2: Designing Learning Experiences for OER-based eLearningModule 3: Searching and Evaluation of OER MaterialsModule 4: Licensing and CopyrightModule 5: Integrating OER in eLearningThe learning material of the Programme can be used by institutions to offer their in-house training Programme using the modules in both online and offline Programme has been designed to use badges as assessment for each of the modules, and we have specified specific criteria for the same. However, institutions may like to adapt the same as per the need to offer the Programme for their staff and other 1: Concept and Practices of Open EducationConcept and Practices of Open EducationModule 14 Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia5 Module 1: Concept and Practices of Open EducationBadge RequirementsConceptandPractices ofOpen EducationWhat it means?

10 This badge means, the learner has demonstrated a reasonable understanding of the concept of OER and related concepts of openness in education; is aware of the historical background of the OER Development and can critically describe the various OER initiatives taken by the governments and the is eligible to earn this badge?You can earn this badge, if you have done the following:1. Developed and submitted your concept map covering all the concepts required along with a description of 1000 words that explains your concept map based on the posts and responses of your peers and Created and submitted your graphical representation that shows all the milestones in the historical Development of open educational resources along with a 1000 word summary that explains why you chose specific information to be included or left out of this graphical representation.