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Makeover Open Educational Resources (OER) with SoftChalk
Adapt and redesign existing resources to meet the unique needs of your students using SoftChalk, the eLearning creation solution designed by educators for educators.
Follow along with the videos below provided by Dr. Rick Lumadue of SkillsCommons, a free online repository of workforce training development material, who reused and redesigned OER using SoftChalk to create three great interactive lessons.
Reuse materials found in an OER library using the tools of SoftChalk
Download free packaged presentations from an OER repository like MERLOT or SkillsCommons and upload them to a new lesson wrapped in SoftChalk.
Using SoftChalk you can reuse OER content found in a variety of file formats:
- PDFs
- Powerpoint documents
- Word documents
View the sample SoftChalk lesson here
Embed interactive content in your SoftChalk lesson
Reuse and remix interactive activities found in OER repositories like MERLOT and SkillsCommons and embed them in a SoftChalk lesson.
With SoftChalk you can create accessible and modern interactive activities. Some examples include:
- Flashcards
- Image Matching
- Quiz Groups
View the sample SoftChalk lesson here
Reuse, revise, and remix OER to create an online course in SoftChalk
Adapt existing courses found in OER repositories using SoftChalk’s tools to transform them into interactive, accessible materials for your students.
Materials found in OER repositories like MERLOT and SkillsCommons that can be used in SoftChalk include:
- Embedded videos and presentations
- Existing quizzes
- OER textbooks
View the sample SoftChalk lesson here
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We thank Dr. Gerry Hanley of MERLOT and SkillsCommons and Dr. Rick Lumadue of SkillsCommons for their support of SoftChalk and in guiding our OER initiative to help you use Open Educational Resources from repositories like MERLOT and SkillsCommons to meet the unique needs of your students by adapting and reusing content using SoftChalk as a content authoring tool.