{"id":24,"date":"2026-05-07T15:14:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:14:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opennetworkedlearning.se\/malathi\/?p=24"},"modified":"2026-05-07T15:14:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:14:30","slug":"topic-2-open-learning-sharing-and-openness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opennetworkedlearning.se\/malathi\/2026\/05\/07\/topic-2-open-learning-sharing-and-openness\/","title":{"rendered":"Topic 2-Open Learning \u2013 Sharing and Openness"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am sharing here my experience both as an author of open textbooks and with copyrighted books. I authored a book called Essential of Molecular Biology\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.flipkart.com\/essentials-molecular-biology\/p\/itmdbxyhstkywyxw<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The book had a good response; I too had royalty. A lot of students across colleges here in Chennai found it useful, but all were not able to buy.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the post-COVID time when digital education started to revolutionize the education system, I was slowly exploring online digital education and blended learning. That’s when I came to know about OERs; I did complete the Commonwealth of Learning’s Understanding Open Educational Resources (OER) course. Then I tried to develop open educational resources. Created few H5P interactive exercises, shared with CC License ,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Few of it\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/h5pcatalogue.in\/node\/337<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/h5pcatalogue.in\/node\/250<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/h5p.org\/user\/882634<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

(\u00a0 <\/span>h5p.org\/<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>h5pcatalogue.in\/<\/span><\/a> are where we can get interactive contents with CC License )<\/span><\/p>\n

Then I ventured to develop open textbooks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/pressbooks.justwrite.in\/understanding-gene-regulation\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 We can find the same in Merlot Library too.<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.merlot.org\/merlot\/viewMaterial.htm?id=773416878<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/pressbooks.justwrite.in\/mitochondrial-inheritance\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0in merlot\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.merlot.org\/merlot\/viewMaterial.htm?id=773416857<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/pressbooks.justwrite.in\/interactive-biology-secondary\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

same In OER Commons<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/oercommons.org\/courses\/interactive-biology-textbook-for-secondary-school-students<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sharing is caring. As academicians, if we can share our content, be it a book or a course, it would benefit the students a lot. As pointed out before, not everyone can afford education, in which case open educational resources such as texts, books, videos, and pictures have made learning much easier ,more interesting and affordable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When I was working on open textbooks, I found <\/span>Wikimedia Commons <\/b>https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/<\/span><\/a> a real treasure trove of the images that I could use freely, of course, with a Creative Commons license. When textbooks are made as interactive open e-books, a lot of students enjoy them, as the images are interactive; beneath a text, they could see relevant videos. I did try to add interactive simulations from <\/span>PhET Interactive Simulations <\/b>https:\/\/phet.colorado.edu\/<\/span><\/a> .<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0I felt the similar molecular biology content from my Pearson publication became more learner-engaging and reachable. I could just simply add the links of my open books to any LMS (I use Google Classroom), and my students could easily access it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With open educational resources and open practices, we can serve the student\/learning community better.<\/span><\/p>\n

I also attach feedback forms at the end of all the open books developed so that if any changes or refinements are needed, that could be done.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I have not done any instructional design course, but with my teaching experience, I am trying to learn to make teaching\/learning more engaging and interesting.<\/span><\/p>\n

All my books I shared with a CC-BY-SA license.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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