OER

This afternoon I partcipated in an Eluminate Webinar on OER. I think I am developing an understanding of OER as peer conversation, sharing of good practice!
We explored a range of sites:

https://openeducationalresources.pbworks.com/w/page/24836480/Home

http://humbox.ac.uk/
Humbox looks like an awesome site that could take a while to negotiate your way around but it is chockafull of resources.

http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/2331

http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

We had a look at a summary of nTerry Anderson's characteristics of the Open Scholar.
• Open Scholars Create
• Open Scholars Use and Contribute Open Educational Resources
• Open Scholars Self Archive
• Open Scholars Apply their research
• Open Scholars do Open Research
• Open Scholars Filter and Share With Others
• Open Scholars support emerging Open Learning alternatives
• Open Scholars Publish in Open Access Journals
• Open Scholars Create Open Access Books
• Open Scholars comment openly on the works of others
• Open Scholars Build Networks
• Open Scholars Lobby for Copyright Reform
• Open Scholars Assign Open Textbooks
• Open Scholars Induce Open Students
• Open Scholars support Open Students
• Open Scholars Teach Open Courses
• Open Scholars Research Openness
• Open Scholars are Change Agents
• Open Scholars Battle with Time
• Open Scholars are Involved in the Future
This is a great self reflection list - to what extent am I an open scholar/teacher/learner?