This Easter, we had a lovely visit to the Midlands. We normally avoid travelling on a long weekend, but Mike, Kelly, and the gals were in South Africa for a wedding. So we left home at sparrows (4:30 a.m.) to beat the long weekend traffic, arrived on the meander at a very respectable hour and paid a visit to an old favourite, Caversham Mill. They had gourmet milkshakes, and I ordered what seemed to be a fantastic combination: “Salted Caramel and Iced Coffee.”
The waitress seemed puzzled and asked if I really wanted Caramel and Coffee. I said yes, please. When the orders arrived, she delivered two milkshakes: one salted caramel and the other iced coffee. Confused, I wondered about the misunderstanding. The menu read AND instead of OR. There were two milkshake options.
I recently made a similar mistake “one word mistake” when I shared this message….
“am pleased to be presenting tomorrow at Walter Sisulu University Library & Information Services. I’ll be exploring the 5Rs ( vm.tiktok.com/ZMBcGcKDC/) Creative Commons ( youtu.be/Nd71l6CGD9M?feature=s…), and the application of Open Education Resources (OERs). We might even see how these OERs might be incorporated or developed using Wikipedia?? (vm.tiktok.com/ZMBctFnYd/).
https://social.ds106.us/@weblearning/114421497606119689
Big thanks to Lungile Mdanyana for all his comprehensive Lib Guide (wsu-ac.libguides.com/digilib/OER)”
OOPS. I was not “AT” WSU (although I will be soon). I was WITH them on MS Teams. It was a remote session with this (lightweight) outline.
The hour went quickly, and as you can see from the agenda, we covered a lot. There seemed to be good interest. The feedback on these five questions was probably the most useful part for me.
- I know what OER is. > YesYES YesNo yes yes Yes yes
- I can access OER on my devices YesYESyesYes Yes yes yesNo
- I can reuse and adapt OER on my devices Yes NoYESN4Didnottryit No noNO
- I know about copyright and can revise and modify OER within my course platforms NoYesYesyesNO no
- I can make license choices and create and share OER on any platform NoNoNoNottrieditNo
Not a scientific poll by any means. There were about 50 academics on the call and only a few on the etherpad. But it quickly showed me where the interested participants were at. These answers give me a useful place to start my OER Workshop when visiting Lungile and his colleagues in person AT Walter Sisulu University.