Open Educational Resources and Practices

This article is derived from a wiki document development held at: http:// www.wikieducator.org/User:Leighblackall/Open_educational_resources_ and_practices Slide images and audio to support this article are available at: http://fl ickr. com/photos/leighblackall/sets/72157600223371021/ In this article Leigh looks at what constitutes an open educational resource and considers the issues and benefi ts to an educational institution. An institution which is moving to participate in open educational resource development and adopt more open educational practices. There is a description of the initial steps being made by the Educational Development Centre at Otago Polytechnic - a tertiary education and vocational training institution in Southern New Zealand.