This is Podcast number 1 for Open Educational Recourses at BHCC (Bunker Hill Community College). In this podcast Ceit De Vitto M.Ed, Senior Special Programs Coordinator for Academic Innovation and Distance Education, and Dr. John Brittingham Associate Director Teaching, Learning, & Instructional Design talk with Dr. Melissa Colón, who is an Assistant Professor, Sociology. They talk about OER how Dr. Colón uses it in her own courses, why it is important, and its challenges. For all three it is not just about the cost savings, it is about the students.
Type of Material:
Presentation - audio and visual podcast
Recommended Uses:
This could be used as part of a training for using OERs or made available as faculty resource on OERs
Listeners will be introduced to the purpose of open educational resources in education. They will hear stories of how these resources have been used and found successful at one university.
Technical Requirements:
Requires multimedia player and speakers to hear the podcast
Identify Major Learning Goals:
This podcast (45 minutes) discusses the advantages of using OER material. It offers the idea of a "hack-a-thon", where a group of people focus on a particular topic to identify available OERs.
Visitors to this podcast will learn about the work being done at Bunker Hill on Open Access Resources.
The goal of this podcast is to introduce the idea of using open educational resources (OER) in courses as supplementary and core material. They highlight the essential ways these free sources can improve access to learning materials.
Target Student Population:
Graduate School, Professional
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:
Some knowledge of course design.
Content Quality
Rating:
Strengths:
This is a conversation about the advantages and disadvantages of using OERs - the high cost of textbooks, the flexibilty, the amount and types of OERs. They also talk about the technological divide and external factors (jobs, parenting) that might create barriers for student success.
Easy to hear, includes closed caption. The podcast includes accurate information about OERs, resource ideas, and the content is accessible to anyone.
Concerns:
This is a meeting between three people. It wasn't clear what they were trying to accomplish. It is about their experiences and their reflections. It would have been nice to have a clear and concise introduction and a conclusion highlighting take aways.
This is specific to Bunker Hill. It does not address topics outside of what has been implimented at this specific college. Does not explore finding resources.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool
Rating:
Strengths:
The podcast introduces OER as a concept and demonstrates relationships between concepts to help the listener think about ways they could incorporate OER into their courses or work.
Concerns:
The podcast wasn't designed as a teaching tool. There wasn't a lot of information on how OERs are being used in the classroom. The podcast is 46 minutes, and the key takeaways could have been (advantages/disadvantages) communicated more efficiently.
It does not explore how to find OERs and the ways to impliment the resources.
No learning objectives or teaching material if you were to use the podcast as a part of a course on pedagogy
Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty
Rating:
Strengths:
The podcast was easy to access. There were no advertisements. It was easy to navigate to the details of the podcast and the captioning.
Clear content, images, and navigation. The graphics and sound are accurately timed with the closed captions.
Concerns:
It could have been more engaging and organized. The use of visuals for the questions and summaries of major points would have been helpful. This seemed more of a conversation - here's my experience and reflection.
Creative Commons:
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