Open Education Resources (OER) play an essential role in the modern education by seeking to provide accessibility to information across primary and post-secondary levels. However, the effectiveness of these resources depends on their design and presentation to the user. This session is for educators and users involved in resource curation and will be applicable to designers who cater to primary and secondary levels. This interactive session aims to equip both resource designers and users with the 5 core characteristics of highly effective Open Education Resources (OER)s in the primary and secondary classroom. These core characteristics include findability, clarity, immediate applicability, accessibility from diverse sources, and simplicity in language. In addition participants will engage in a reflective evaluative process of their own tools, collaborate with peers and gain access to a participant-generated digital toolkit of effective resources across the OER spectrum.
Attendees of this session will be able to:- Identify the essential characteristics of effective open resource design.
- Evaluate existing resources for strengths and weaknesses.
- Share preferred resources with peers during the session
- Determine strategies to enhance resources and tools for more effective usability
