OER Commons – A Useful (Re)Source for Planning an Art Lesson?
Planning an art lesson can sometimes be nerve-wracking if one aims to provide the students with engaging activities that foster creativity and enhance learning. So how can educators use technology to find reliable resources for their lessons? As Bower (2017) states teachers ‘often draw from open websites, blogs, YouTube, and a range of other online resources that have not necessarily been created for educational purposes let alone a specific learning activity’ (p. 112). To focus on resources that are particularly aligned with educational needs, Open Educational Resources (OERs) seem to be the right choice. Bissel (2009) as cited in Bower (2017) determines OERs as ‘digiti[s]ed materials offered freely and openly for educators, students, and self-learners to use and reuse for teaching, learning, and research’ (p. 97). A database for discovering OERs suited for primary education as well as all other levels of education is OER Commons: https://www.oercommons.org. To find a resour...