This is a brief video (YouTube) interview with Marcy Davidson of Reedley College, who discusses using open educational resources (OERs) in her Child Development classes. She explains the benefits of adopting OER and offers suggestions for integrating OER into one's courses.
The YouTube presentation is approximately three (3) minutes in length.
Type of Material:
Presentation (YouTube video)
Recommended Uses:
This video is presented by a faculty member in the field of Child Development but would be useful for all faculty who are interested in learning more about the value of OER. Anyone considering adopting OER in their classes would benefit from this short presentation.
Technical Requirements:
Only a web browser and a computer with sound are needed. Spoken language is captioned if speakers or headset are unavailable.
Identify Major Learning Goals:
The video interview presents one faculty member's reflections on how OER can work for one's classes and students. It covers the many benefits of OER adoption, and it would serve as an excellent resource for teaching assistants, instructional designers, and faculty who are new to teaching or new to OER.
Target Student Population:
Graduate School, Professional
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
While no prerequesite knowledge is required, a rudimentary understanding of the basics of OER would be useful as this interview is more specific and does not necessarily cover basic level details such as "What is an OER?"
Content Quality
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Strengths:
Though brief, the question prompts for this video interview are well designed to elicit detailed and prescriptive answers. The faculty member interviewed answers succinctly, providing helpful suggestions and details regarding implementation ideas.
Overall, the video addresses the value of OER, how OER meets the needs of students, challenges of switching to OER, advice for instructors new to OER, and academic freedom and OER.
Concerns:
This material is a great start-up resource for faculty and teaching assistants who are new to the area of OER (or new to their particular teaching field). One additional item that would strengthen this resource is to include a list of possible recommendations and resources for OERs at the end of the video.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
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Strengths:
This short video interview is quite readily available and accessible.
The interview is quick, clear, and to the point. The presentation includes typical concerns that affect the consideration and adoption of OER.
Concerns:
Practical advice, such as reaching out to one's librarians or checking national sites, may have been beneficial for those who have never considered OER.
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
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Strengths:
The link to the video interview opens readily in a web browser, and full video controls are presented to pause, start, and restop. It is easy to navigate and appears usable and accessible for users navigating with both a keyboard and a mouse, as well as users with standard hearing and vision abilities.
Interview questions are listed/shown on the screen. The presentation is closed- captioned in English.
Concerns:
Some of the material presented in text on the screen is not in audio, though all audio is closed-captioned. Viewers of this content who are non-sighted will miss the questions presented through text only since they are not read aloud or transcribed into the closed captions.
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