Empowered OER

Empowered OER

Creating inclusive open educational resources in Australia

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  • 23 January, 2025

    Everything Open 2025

    Everything Open 2025

    An everything collection of open moments from the conference.

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  • 6 August, 2024

    A Note on Equity and (Social) Justice

    A Note on Equity and (Social) Justice

    The baseball game just doesn’t cut it anymore: An update to the definition of “Equity” on EmpoweredOER.

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  • 30 June, 2024

    ALIA National 2024

    ALIA National 2024

    Did you get to spend 120 hours steeped in all the lovely and inspiring that is LibraryLand™️ (AKA ALIA National 2024)? If not, keep reading! If yes, also keep reading!

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  • 25 November, 2023

    OpenEd23 Recap

    OpenEd23 Recap

    Did you miss out on the Open Education Conference this year or couldn’t get to every session because they had 500,000 really cool concurrent things? Never fear! I got you. Well, at least for the sessions I attended.

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  • 30 October, 2023

    New Resource Roundup

    New Resource Roundup

    A suite of new resources has been added to EmpoweredOER, integrated throughout the site at the point of need. I’ve also rounded them up for you in a handy list!

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  • 3 September, 2023

    OER for Equity, Innovative Pedagogy & Student Success

    OER for Equity, Innovative Pedagogy & Student Success

    Expanding “free” to mean more than cost-saving. Exploring equity, innovative pedagogy, and student success as key benefits of OER.

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  • 13 June, 2023

    Evaluation Survey

    Evaluation Survey

    EmpoweredOER is growing! The site is gaining more subscribers and views as the weeks roll on and, now that more eyes are on the site, it’s time to evaluate! Check out the survey!

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  • 13 June, 2023

    Peer Review Guide

    Peer Review Guide

    Keen to provide feedback or suggestions for content on the EmpoweredOER site, but unsure where to start? Check out the new EmpoweredOER Peer Review Guide on the Contribute page!

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  • 2 May, 2023

    ChatGPT: We’re all talking about it

    ChatGPT: We’re all talking about it

    Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a wonderful opportunity to redesign learning and the assessment of learning. As with anything we might initially fear, if we can understand it, we can harness its best qualities while navigating its problems.

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  • 1 May, 2023

    Definitions

    Definitions

    Diversity, equity, equality, accessibility… there are many terms related to the goal of ensuring education recognises and welcomes all learners. Some terms may seem interchangeable, but there are differences. Understanding the nuances will help you address these areas when creating or evaluating OER.

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Empowered OER

Created by Ash Barber with thanks to the Libraries of the Australian Technology Network and the many brilliant minds across the globe whose open ed wisdom informs this evergrowing resource.

Special thanks, also, to the following people who supported the original fellowship proposal: Dr Adrian Stagg, Richard Levy, Amanda Coolidge, Dave Ernst, Fiona Salisbury, James Glapa-Grossklag, and Katrina Gillespie.


I respectfully acknowledge the Kaurna First Nations People and their Elders past and present, who are the Traditional Owners of the unceded lands on which I live and work. I also acknowledge the other First Nations of lands across Australia and the globe with which I interact, their Elders, ancestors, cultures and heritage.

Copyright

Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

Hot Topics blog posts are licensed CC BY 4.0.

Exclusions
The photo of Ash Barber on the About page and EmpoweredOER logo are specifically excluded from the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence of this work and may not be reproduced under any circumstances without the express written permission of the copyright holder.

This work adapts and expands on the Equity Rubric for OER Evaluation by Grotewold et al., published by Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence.

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