Demo of open learn, openlearn works and jorum re:source

• 1. Demonstration ofOpenLearn,OpenLearn Worksand Re:Source (Jorum)for West College Scotland15 August 2014

2. The Open University Charter: to provideeducation of University and professionalstandard for its students and to promote theeducational well-being of the communitygenerally 3. OpenLearnwww.open.edu 4. http://www.open.edu/openlearn/ 5. Context: Who Are Our Informal Learners?5% are under 1862% are over 4581% speak English as their first language41% are full-time employed20% are retired19% consider themselves to have a disabilityWhen asked the reasons for their interest in OpenLearnstudy materials nearly 84% say personal interest butlearners study for a wide range of reasons 6. OpenLearn Workswww.open.edu/openlearnworks/ 7. New Opportunities in Open EducationOpenLearn WorksThe OU has a pilot project platform called OpenLearnWorks which copied OpenLearn and provides a freepublic space for people to run their own free learningprojects. TESS-India, HEAT, Gates Foundation and otherprojects use this as a development and hosting space.We have recently gained a significant investment todevelop this into a hub for OER and Open EducationalPractice. This includes: adding more content on good open educationalpractice including case studies, improvements which support communities andorganisations to make the most of OER, clearer guidance on creating and uploading OER, multi-format (including eBook) publishing tools, new support mechanisms like badging, interoperability with other platforms andtechnologies, improved user profile functions 8. www.open.edu/openlearnworks 9. http://www.open.edu/openlearnworks/course/view.php?id=1581 10. Re:Sourcehttp://resource.blogs.scotcol.ac.uk/ 11. http://resource.blogs.scotcol.ac.uk/ 12. Blog http://oepscotland.org/email [email protected] and [email protected]