Talk:User-Generated Content in Education/OER: Open Educational Resources

Andrea's Contributions
I created the structure for the Open Educational Resources page. Additionally, I inserted the OER Logo image and input the content in the Pros v. Cons and Support sections, as well as the corresponding references. I was a little rusty on my programming language and was surprised the various instructions and help for adding reference links or inserting the image were not more user friendly. However, once I got it going and figured those hiccups out things went well and I was happy with the outcome. Wikibooks is quite an interesting endeavor, if passionate about a topic I would definitely utilize this in the future to add content.

Peer comment: Peggy
Nice job Andrea. I really liked the Pros v. Cons section. And I had the same problem with trying to insert an image - and the image was already a part of WikiMedia! When I read the help section it sounded like you would have to have someone else insert the picture for you - is that true?

Peer Comment: Teresa
Nice page! Very informative. I like that you addressed the financial issue, I was wondering how these resources are able to provide the free availability. Informing of the uses by major educational institutions also makes the OER more trustworthy.

Peer Comment by Jenn B.
Nice job of creating your page, especially as yours was from scratch. You laid out a nice framework for others to now add to what you have created.

Peer Comment: Courtney
Very good job creating your page! Very well-organized, informative, and easy to read!

Peer Comment: Michele
Nice job with this! I too was concerned with the quality and knowing that it is rated by others really helps. I may look into this just for self-education. Thanks!

Peer Comment: Louise
Yes, very nice work! I found the learning curve to be fairly easy - once I got over a bump or two, I could easily add content with various font settings.

Peer Comment: Tom S.
Great job! This project would definitely be much harder when needed to start from scratch. You laid out a clear, clean overview of the OER.

Julie's Contribution
I added the information in the "Defined" and "Initiatives" sections. This was all new to me, and I am grateful that Andrea set up the skeleton format. This activity is definitely something that I would like to practice a bit more and eventually introduce to my class.