OERu/Planning/OERu 2012 Prototype/General and Applied Psychology/Review existing OERs for remix

Open Courses
There seem to be lots of Psychology courses already available which are tagged as OER, although the copyright licensing does not always allow modification.

http://www.saylor.org/courses/psych101/ is the one we have identified to start from.

Another great source looks to be the Wikiversity Psychology page and its linked Introduction to Psychology course.

There are lots of further examples listed in the Open Courseware Consortium. I have downloaded materials from 4 that were readily accessible in modifiable forms, AND had clear licensing statements:


 * Washington State Board for Community &amp; Technical Colleges
 * African Virtual University
 * Massachsetts Institute of Technology
 * Open University UK

They are available for us to preview / review and 'mashup' in the Open Polytechnic Moodle site before we construct more in Wikieducator.

Open texts
Examples of Open Textbooks on psychology sourced from various repositories / clearinghouses. Note that I have included only real 'books': standard publicly available websites which turn up in searches have been excluded. "Dewey, R. Psychology:An Introduction (book appears dated and includes advertising).""" From Flatworld Knowledge see: Click the 'Read Online' button on the right of the linked pages to access the online books. It's also useful to understand their free / buy / adaptpublishing model.
 * Stangor, C. Introduction to Psychology
 * Price, P. Research Methods in Psychology

Also check out Wikibooks 'Psychology'

Open videos
1. Youtube now makes it possible for contributors to upload CC-BY videos, however, the only way to search on the licensing criteria seems to be through the edit/mashup area (for which you need to be logged in with your own channel).

Components of the following might be usable for an open psychology course:


 * Research in psychology http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTlaJ8aFgyo (14:22): ppt-like presentation on 3 types of research. The third in a set of 3 on research
 * AP Psychology - Online school for girls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMZvHDLWrvo (2:30) but would need to delete the LMS specific bit
 * General Intro to cognitive psychology http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TbvFucdYkI (3:11) refers to an open course blog on psychology from UNBC
 * Psychology study guide (2:19) An ad but for a text could be edited
 * Psych.wmv http://youtu.be/ShVWQmT8Puc (4.29) an ad for an institution but an interesting multicultural slant
 * Finding psychology articles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HBrf5AHRLA (1:05) Could maybe use the databse bit and not the University specific bit
 * Web psychology http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trPbuGrerW8 (10:44) interview
 * Perception, The eye http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yZmr-swCyg (2:59) part of a perception series
 * Psychological foundation to curriculum - behaviourism (8:36) part of a series from Taylor University. Informative but not a 'slick' presentation
 * A problem in psychology Frank Chodrov http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axUSB-ZBusE (11:19) but is audio only
 * Psychology 101 - Wundt James http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW6nm69Z_IE (1:41) One of a series of historical development of psychology
 * Psychwar -lesson1-routes of info http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKpdp9WkJ98 (6:42)
 * Skinner lecturing Part 1 of 7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tsXu74KGo0 (9.21)
 * George Galloway and psychologist . . . discuss Breivik (7:20) Audio
 * Understanding psychological contracts at work http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD9jLSWUlC8&amp;feature=plcp (5:11)by University of London. See also, Understanding feelings at work http://youtu.be/0mDie3VUvBs (3:43)
 * 1-Shifting paradignms http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIxJluY381I (9:25)
 * no title (7:03). Zahovsky(?) on why problem solving courses are difficult and how to handle them.

2. TED Talks can be downloaded and reused so long as they are not adapted (CC-BY-NC-SA see licensing page at http://www.ted.com/pages/talk_usage_policy). The ones I looked at seem to include the ability to download with subtitles in various languages. Some relevant examples might include:


 * Steven Pinker on language and thought http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/steven_pinker_on_language_and_thought.html (17:33)
 * Tom Wujec on 3 ways the brain creates meaning http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/tom_wujec_on_3_ways_the_brain_creates_meaning.html(6:29) Al Seckel says our bins are mis-wired http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/al_seckel_says_our_brains_are_mis_wired.html (16:31) includes illusions, and happiness
 * Dan Ariely on our buggy moral code http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/dan_ariely_on_our_buggy_moral_code.html (16:20)'Predictable irrationality' and experiments on pain
 * Daniel Kahneman: The riddle of experience vs. memory http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/daniel_kahneman_the_riddle_of_experience_vs_memory.html(20:07)
 * Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html (19:29)
 * Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivation http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html (18:48)