What exactly can you do with OER? In what ways are they different from other resources? The beauty of OER is that most of them can be adapted to better suit your teaching and learning environment. They can be revised: you can re-work the language to make them more accessible to students; cut out and replace images with your own; translate into different languages; and add additional content, questions and exercises.
It is also possible to ‘stitch’ multiple OER into a new resource, like a patchwork quilt. We call this ‘remixing’ resources.
However, there is some skill and know-how required to revise and re-mix well. OER Africa has prepared a concise learning pathway (LP) to help you acquire these practical skills quickly.
The Adapt Open Content learning pathway covers the following themes:
Access the learning pathway on the OER Africa website here.
This LP on Adapting Open Content follows a previous LP that focused on Finding Open Content so if you are not clear how to find a good open resource, make sure you look at that LP too. All the LPs can be accessed here.
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For more articles in this series, click on the links below.
- OER Africa COVID-19 Statement (3 April, 2020)
- Understanding OER in a Context that Necessitates Remote Learning (9 April 2020)
- Showcasing OER Platforms: OER Africa (15 April, 2020)
- Online (and offline) reading resources for children (23 April, 2020)
- How to Find Open Content (30 April, 2020)
- OER Repositories in Africa (8 May, 2020)
- Emergency Remote Teaching Webinar Series – All resources available (18 May 2020)
- Sharing Africa’s knowledge through open African research repositories (29 May 2020)
- Podcast: OER and their Relevance to the COVID-19 pandemic (5 June 2020)
- Sharing Africa’s knowledge through openly licensed publishing (11 June 2020)
- Sharing Africa’s knowledge through open data (19 June 2020)