Introduction 0.5 - Further links and pointers
The OER4Schools Professional Learning Resource
Related programes and further resources
The programme draws on ideas from Leadership for Learning and the Index for Inclusion.
You may also be interested in exploring the resources of the ORBIT project, hosted on this wiki, as well as our resource on Interactive pedagogy in literacy teaching. Further links to OER sites and search engines can be found here: OER teacher education resources.
Key texts
There are a number of key texts, often given in references in the OER4Schools units. These include:
- Primarily about UK education, but inspiring in the global context none the less:
- Maddock, M., Peacock, A., Hart, S. & Drummond, M.-J. (2012).Creating Learning Without Limits. Maidenhead: Open UniversityPress.
- Alexander, R. (ed) (2010), Children, Their World, Their Education: Final Report and Recommendations of the Cambridge Primary Review. London: Routledge.
- The CCE literature review on uses of ICT in primary and secondary schools and teacher education institutions in African Commonwealth countries, with a particular focus on East Africa, in order to inform our research and professional development work, available here http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/centres/cce/initiatives/projects/ict/index.html . The review is available in
- full version (121 pp): http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/centres/cce/publications/CCE_Report1_LitRevJune0210.pdf
- overview 2008-2009 (2 pp): http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/centres/cce/projects/ict/Lit_review_overview_2008_09.pdf
- longer paper (10 pp): http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/centres/cce/projects/ict/Lit_review_longer_paper.pdf
- The DfID ANTSIT project http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/centres/cce/initiatives/projects/antsit/index.html. The project report is available here:
Using parts of OER4Schools
If you are not following the OER4Schools programme as a programme, but you prefer to use individual parts, you may find the following useful.
Many of our classroom activities and suggestions for workshopactivities, as well as other supporting materials are availablehere, such as
- OER4Schools lesson plan (blank)
- OER4Schools activity template (blank)
- OER4Schools/Netbook familiarisation
- OER4Schools/Collaborative writing with EtherPad
Much of our resource draws on video specifically produced for this programme, and video is embedded throughout our resource. However, you can also access the video clips directly, for instance:
- Video clips from a lesson on rectangles
- Video clips from a lesson on classifying vertebrates
- Video clips from a lesson on the power of two / Exponentials
- Video clips on 3D shapes
The videos often come with explanatory text, and questions for reflection. Our videos are also available from our YouTube site, see http://www.youtube.com/user/OER4Schools.
VIDEO
Introduction to Chalimbana Basic School
Introduction to Chalimbana Basic School
Video/Introduction to Chalimbana Basic School.m4v, https://oer.opendeved.net/wiki/Video/Introduction_to_Chalimbana_Basic_School.m4v,This video is available on your memory stick in the video/Talks folder. Duration: 1:57 (Series: Talks, episode 03)
Other materials
Taster sessions
- OER4Schools/ChaUni Effective use of ICT
- Taster activities for UNISA
- Resource for taster workshop at KCE
- Resource for taster workshop at NISTCOL
- Resource for taster workshop at UNZA
Conference presentations
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