This Subject Guide aims to open the world to Open Educational Resources in a world where sustainable EDUCATION rules
Answering a few general questions on OER's
https://www.oerafrica.org/understanding-oer/frequently-asked-questions-oer
We are living in a "Post-Truth Era" What does it mean?
According to the Cambridge Dictionary, the term "post-truth era" are described as
".....relating to a situation in which people are more likely to accept an argument based on
their emotions and beliefs, rather than one based on facts"
How does the Cambridge Dictionary define "fake news"
"false stories that appear to be news, spread on the internet or using other media,
usually created to influence political views or as a joke"
Please familiarize yourself with the different creative commons licences available.
Open Educational Resources (OER): Overview and Definition
https://www.edweek.org/ew/issues/open-educational-resources-oer/index.html
https://scholar.google.co.za/
"Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning and research materials in any medium – digital or otherwise – that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions.
OER form part of ‘Open Solutions’, alongside Free and Open Source software (FOSS), Open Access (OA), Open Data (OD) and crowdsourcing platforms."
https://en.unesco.org/themes/building-knowledge-societies/oer
"Open Educational Resources are teaching and learning materials that you may freely use and reuse, without charge. OER often have a Creative Commons or GNU license that state specifically how the material may be used, reused, adapted, and shared."
https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/What_is_OER%3F
"OER may include everything from a single video or lesson plan to a complete online course or curriculum and also include the software platforms needed to create, change, and share the materials."
https://www.edweek.org/ew/issues/open-educational-resources-oer/index.html
"Open Educational Resources are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property licence that permits their free use and repurposing by others. OER include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge. (Hewlett Foundation, OER Defined)."
