How OERs Benefit Students
How OERs Benefit Students
- Unlike traditional resources such as print textbooks OERs can be edited, modified, and maintained by students throughout the course of the semester.
- The digital nature of OERs means students can highlight, add notes, comments to their course material to enhance engagement.
- OERs can be accessed both on campus and remotely.
- OERs ensure fair access to all students, they are freely available and remove the financial burden of traditional resources.
Copyright
Copyright
- Copyright for Teaching LibGuide from UCD Library
- Copyright & VLEs LibGuide from UL's Glucksman LIbrary
Remote Working
- Web Summit Remote Working Guide Decades of experience of working remotely from the Web Summit team.
Access to Free Inspection Copies
- Berghahn Books free e-inspection copies and print copies at a discounted rate of 5£
Teaching and Learning Online
How OERs Benefit Teachers
- Freely available, online resources are immediately accessible to students allowing for early semester engagement.
- OERs are scalable and can be distributed to students with no cost to the student or the institution.
- Open Textbooks can be tailored to meet the specific needs of the course and the context in which they are taught. (This is particularly beneficial in subjects such as law and politics which may an Irish based textbook.)
- OERs can include assessment materials such as quizzes which can be used to evaluate student learning.
Online Courses Skills for remote teaching & learning
- How to Teach Online: Providing Continuity for Students Try this free course from Future Learn, a collaboration between TCD, UCD and the Open University
- How can you take your teaching online? A free course from the Open University on making the transition from in-class to online teaching
Online Resources Skills, software & more for remote teaching
- Online Teaching Resources from Irish HEIs A listing collated by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning in Higher Education
- #Open Teach Resources developed by the National Institute for Digital Learning, DCU through the #OpenTeach project funded by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching & Learning
- Distance Teaching - Navigating New Seas Great tips for educators and list of resources
- Supporting academic continuity, teaching and learning online during a pandemic Guides, videos and webinars from Pearson Education
- Student/researcher Focus follow advice from Dr Dominic Walker and tips to find what you need in this thread of tweets
- WONKHE: What to do if you suddenly find yourself teaching at a distance? Addressing staff issues from a HE Policy perspective, addressing the use of Open Education Resources
- 321 free tools for teachers - Free educational technology from e-learning industry A comprehensive list of classroom, assessment and management tools for online teaching
- NISO webinar Teaching and Learning Online, Innovation Under Pressure, April 3, 2020