Open Educational Resources:
Nuts and Bolts of Developing an Online Plagiarism Tutorial
Jenny Collery, UCD Library
What’s the link?
OERs & Open Access
• Open Educational Resources have been described as
a “public good” where “the producers of the good
decide that they do not want to exclude people
from this resource.” (Billings et al., 2012)
• OERs are part of “Open Movement” (JISC and
McGill, 2013)
UCD eLearning Team
est. May 2013
Diarmuid Stokes
Sonya Hood
Michelle Dalton
Emily Doherty
Jenny Collery,
Plagiarism Lead
James Molloy,
eLearning Lead
Gerard Walsh
Susan Boyle
Carmel Norris
Sue Daly
Nuts & Bolts: Searching for OERs
•
Top locations - JORUM, Flickr, Google,
YouTube and Slideshare etc. (Graham
and Secker, 2012)
•
Sharing practice: visit to team by Philip
Russel, Deputy Head of Library &
Information Services at ITT Dublin
•
•
•
Local over International (de Beer, 2012)
Benchmarking & idea generation
(Common Wealth of Learning and
UNESCO, 2011)
Courtesy of LOC, Hollem, Howard R., (photographer)
ITT Tutorial - Perfect structure
Major learning objectives covered
Plain English
Clear, intuitive design
User tested
High Quality Academic Standard
Compatible s/ware used
Image courtesy of Phil Gyford
Branding & Localisation
Mobile Ready, Interactivity &
Assessment
Mobile Ready, Interactivity &
Assessment
Visual
Auditory
Kinaesthetic
Multi-sensory learning
Kolb (1984)
Image courtesy of Joalo Loureiro
Plagiarism as Gaeilge
• Request from UCD School of Irish, Celtic
Studies, Irish Folklore & Linguistics
• First Irish Language Plagiarism Tutorial*
• Collaborated with Bord na Gaeilge, UCD
(translation & audio narration)
Where to share OERs?
Professional Networks…
“I think the online tutorial is excellent –
very clear, with lovely interactive aspects,
and the Irish is a delight. It’s sadly rare to
come across something of such high
quality in Irish…”
Request for Multi-Lingual
Coláiste na hÉireann/Gaelchultúr
IL resources for
“Overview of Information Literacy Resources
“it's really high quality, we are all
Worldwide” (Horton
Jr., 2013)
delighted with it.”
School of Irish, Celtic Studies,
Folklore & Linguistics, UCD
“Delighted by this tutorial as
#Gaeilge on avoiding plagiarism
Fáilte roimh an suimh seo - conas
bradáil a seachtaint, Bríd McGrath,
McGrath Barrett Consulting
Where to share?
OER Repositories…
hurdles + (training + patience) = success
Using OERs: Evaluation
• OERs provide a Vygotskian “Scaffolded Learning Environment”
(Daniels and Net Library Inc., 2005)
• Sharing in OER repository makes the
invisible, visible
(Hughes & McKenna, 2012)
• Adaptable across institutions, e.g. MOOCs
• Time efficiency*
• Adapt for new technology
• Team Feedback & Review
• Professional Development
Tempted to re-purpose an OER?
Save some time…
NDLR*
JORUM
OER Commons
OpenLearn (OU)
MERLOT
Primo
MIT Open CourseWare
WikiEducator
Xpert
UCD Library Tutorials
ITT Tutorials
References
Billings, M. S., Hutton, S. C., Schafer, J., Schweik, C. M. and Sheridan, M. (2012) 'Open Educational Resources as Learning Materials:
Prospects and Strategies for University Libraries', Research Library Issues: A Bimonthly Report from ARL, CNI, and SPARC, (280), pp. 210.
Common Wealth of Learning and UNESCO (2011) Guidelines for Open Educational Resources (OER) in Higher Education. Available at:
http://www.col.org/resources/publications/Pages/detail.aspx?PID=364
Daniels, H. and NetLibrary Inc. (2005) An introduction to Vygotsky London ; New York: Routledge,. Available at:
http://eproxy.ucd.ie/login?url=http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.aspx?action=summary&v=1&bookid=122960
de Beer, T. (2012) SCORE Library Survey Report: SCORE. Available at: http://www.open.ac.uk/score/news/score-library-survey-report
Graham, N. and Secker, J. (2012) Librarians, information literacy and open educational resources: report of a survey. Available at:
http://delilaopen.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/findingsharingoers_reportfinal1.pdf
Horton Jr., F. W. (2013) Overview of Information Literacy Resources Worldwide, Paris. Available at:
http://www.unesco.org/new/fileadmin/MULTIMEDIA/HQ/CI/CI/pdf/news/overview_info_lit_resources.pdf
JISC and McGill, L. (2013) What are Open Educational Resources JISC. Available at:
https://openeducationalresources.pbworks.com/w/page/24836860/What%20are%20Open%20Educational%20Resources 2014
Russell, P., Ryder, G., Kerins, G. and Phelan, M. (2013) 'Creating, Sharing and Reusing Learning Objects to Enhance Information
Literacy', Journal of Information Literacy, 7(2), pp. 60-79.
Thanks for Listening…
Jenny Collery
[email protected]
Tel: 01 716 7097