Free and Open Educational Resources

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NIACE is offering this seminar in partnership with the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) and with sponsorship from the Open University.

Background

A wide range of learning resources are freely available over the internet. How can we make best use of these for adult learners? Some of these resources have been explicitly published as “Open Educational Resources” (OERs), and they include traditional learning materials and also resources such as video, audio and software. To make best use of them teachers are adopting new practices to help them locate, adapt and adopt what they find.

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Aims

This event will help you to find out more about:

• how you can use OER to benefit your learners in taught courses, for independent study and within online sessions
• how to contribute to improving the overall stock of OER so that others can benefit from your work.

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Outcomes

At the end of the seminar participants will be able to:

• identify the main sources of Open Educational Resources
• understand some of the licensing arrangements for using Open Educational Resources
• identify the opportunities and challenges associated with using Open Educational Resources
• understand the sources of support for developing Open Educational Practices.

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Audience

This seminar is for teachers and curriculum managers in Adult Education, Work-based learning, Offender Learning, Further Education and Higher Education who wish to make better use of existing open educational resources and who would like to make sure that materials they create can be used by others.

The programme timing is designed to assist delegates to benefit from off peak rail travel to Leicester.

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Event Information

• Arrival and registration is at 10:30am. The seminar will end with tea at 3:00pm
• Event fee per person (includes sandwich lunch, tea/coffee):
  £90 (Non members’ rate)
  £65 (NIACE and ALT members’ rate*)
  * The discount is only applicable to individual members and organisational members' staff
• Only application forms with the payments section completed will be processed. NB: If you wish us to invoice your employer we require a copy of the Purchase Order before the form is processed.
• Places will be allocated in order of receipt of completed application forms (one form per person)
• Video cameras may be in use at this event. If you do not wish to be photographed or appear on the video outputs please indicate this on the application form and make yourself known at registration
• Participants should be prepared to take their own notes as there will not be handouts for all sessions
• If you have not received an e-mail confirming your attendance and joining instructions 4 working days before the event please contact:
  NIACE Events Team
  Tel: 0116 204 2833
  Fax: 0116 254 8368
  E-mail: events@niace.org.uk

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Application Conditions

Event:Tuesday 15 February 2011
Closing Date: Thursday 3 February 2011

• Cancellations are non-refundable
• The full fee is payable prior to the event
• Substitutions are to be advised 5 working days prior to the event
• A 10 working days notice period is required for provision of electronic note-takers, sign language interpreters and transcription to Braille
• Places can be reserved online via: www niace.org.uk/events Alternatively completed and signed application forms can be faxed or posted to NIACE by the closing date. Reservations by telephone cannot be accepted
• Application forms are individually acknowledged by e-mail. Joining instructions, including map and directions, will be e-mailed out one week before the event.

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Application Form

(For people not using the online reservation system above