This portfolio entry is focused on your existing use of OER and the impact, if any, of studying the course materials on this topic. It is intended as a prompt for writing a professional/personal development narrative that can be used for:
tracking any changes in your attitudes, understanding or practice
identifying aspects of your practice that could be the focus of future development or evaluation
a means of identifying priority skills development areas
a source of evidence that could be used to support a case for professional recognition
a source of evidence of your skills as a reflective practitioner
a place to store resources related to the portfolio tasks
evidence to include in TMA 03.
OUH880: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/h880-opening-up-education
Experience of OER has been limited to two areas:
- Professional coding resources from the W3C consortium. Really useful just in time resources that help me with simple coding issues.
- Publicly available history resources for local history/family research – have found a few interesting historical artefacts that have been digitised by volunteers.
- Also when studying for MA used extensive crowdsourced research data (Old Bailey records from the 17th/ 18th century)
I don’t think this week’s activities have changed any of that. I was aware of the resources before (especially for history). I may use some general information to back up my workplace learning research, or provide extra resources for my learners, but OER in terms of online textbooks aren’t my target area.
Sarah Slade 