{"id":212,"date":"2017-12-04T10:42:49","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T17:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eoashazards\/?page_id=212"},"modified":"2017-12-04T10:42:49","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T17:42:49","slug":"open-education-resources-oer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/eoashazards\/open-education-resources-oer\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Education Resources (OER)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Examples of Open Education Resources (OER) for hazards content<\/h2>\n<p>No university course should be without sources. For eosc114, DE content is self-contained but f2f content currently (2017) consists of notes and images and the occasional link or pointer to videos or websites. Notes are not always provided with anything more than the slides shown, and the \u201clook and feel\u201d is varies between modules because different instructors teach each module.<\/p>\n<p>How should sources be used? Is external content \u201cexaminable\u201d? If optional, how to motivate students to learn from sources? For example, external source are used during homework tasks, so perhaps homework results should examinable.<\/p>\n<p>Here are just a few external sources that could be considered for this course.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>For all modules and instructors<\/strong>:\n<ol>\n<li>Well-curated \u201cteacher\u2019s resources\u201d, compiled by the Mineral Resources Education Program of BC. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mineralsed.ca\/s\/TeacherResources.asp\">http:\/\/www.mineralsed.ca\/s\/TeacherResources.asp<\/a> and see their home page at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mineralsed.ca\">http:\/\/www.mineralsed.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/serc.carleton.edu\/serc\/site_guides\/hazards.html\">https:\/\/serc.carleton.edu\/serc\/site_guides\/hazards.html<\/a>, especially \u201cRelated Site Guides\u201d at end of that page.<\/li>\n<li>EOSC114 DE has extensive written content. Some are beginning to look dated, but fundamentals and many images are excellent. Should we deploy some of these for f2f? Convert into an open text? Any ideas welcome.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Is Earth a &#8220;fragile&#8221; system?<\/strong>\n<ol>\n<li>Canadian Disaster Database, starting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicsafety.gc.ca\/cnt\/rsrcs\/cndn-dsstr-dtbs\/index-en.aspx\">https:\/\/www.publicsafety.gc.ca\/cnt\/rsrcs\/cndn-dsstr-dtbs\/index-en.aspx<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Canadian Emergency Management Framework, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publicsafety.gc.ca\/cnt\/rsrcs\/pblctns\/mrgnc-mngmnt-frmwrk\/index-en.aspx\">https:\/\/www.publicsafety.gc.ca\/cnt\/rsrcs\/pblctns\/mrgnc-mngmnt-frmwrk\/index-en.aspx<\/a> .<\/li>\n<li>Open Source and Open Access Software Packages Available to Quantify Risk from Natural Hazards <a href=\"https:\/\/openknowledge.worldbank.org\/handle\/10986\/20677\">https:\/\/openknowledge.worldbank.org\/handle\/10986\/20677<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>NEEDS something on risk, judgement of risk, human vs planetary \u201cdisasters\u201d etc. Try starting at \u201cIdeas for instructors\u201d above.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quakes, Volcanoes and Landslides<\/strong>:\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/geology\/\">https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/geology\/<\/a> Open source textbook on physical geology at BCCampus.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geo.libretexts.org\/\">https:\/\/geo.libretexts.org\/<\/a> The LibreTexts geosciences library, a multi-institutional collaborative venture to develop open-access texts for STEM education.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/education.usgs.gov\/index.html\">https:\/\/education.usgs.gov\/index.html<\/a> Education resources at USGS.<\/li>\n<li>Many others \u2013 these three are the \u201ceasiest\u201d for which solid, appropriate open access resources can be found.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Storms<\/strong>:\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eoas.ubc.ca\/books\/Practical_Meteorology\/\">https:\/\/www.eoas.ubc.ca\/books\/Practical_Meteorology\/<\/a> open source textbook on meteorology; \u00a9 R. Stull, licensed under <em>Creative Commons<\/em>, Attribution, NonCommercial, ShareAlike<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hurricanescience.org\">hurricanescience.org<\/a> seems good, and one page (Hurricane Structure) is used in the homework.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Waves\/coastlines<\/strong>: not explored \u2013 just ideas so far.\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/serc.carleton.edu\/serc\/site_guides\/tsunamis.html\">https:\/\/serc.carleton.edu\/serc\/site_guides\/tsunamis.html<\/a> points to six \u201cvetted\u201d tsunami related resources.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-education.psu.edu\/earth107\/\">https:\/\/www.e-education.psu.edu\/earth107\/<\/a> Coastal Processes, Hazards and Society; \u00a9 Penn State U., licensed under <em>Creative Commons<\/em>, Attribution, NonCommercial, ShareAlike.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.conscience-eu.net\/index.htm\">http:\/\/www.conscience-eu.net\/index.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Extinctions<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Impacts<\/strong>:\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cneos.jpl.nasa.gov\/\">https:\/\/cneos.jpl.nasa.gov\/<\/a> is both a database and an information source about near earth objects.<\/li>\n<li>Also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.passc.net\/EarthImpactDatabase\/\">http:\/\/www.passc.net\/EarthImpactDatabase\/<\/a> database and info. about known impacts on Earth.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extinction_event\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extinction_event<\/a> &#8211; Yes &#8211; I know it\u2019s Wikipedia, but this page seems OK.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Examples of Open Education Resources (OER) for hazards content No university course should be without sources. For eosc114, DE content is self-contained but f2f content currently (2017) consists of notes and images and the occasional link or pointer to videos or websites. 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