Open Educational Resources (OER)

Open Educational Resources (OER)

Term explanation

Definition and meaning

Open educational resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research materials that are freely available for anyone to use, adapt, and redistribute. OER include textbooks, course materials, videos, lesson plans, and assessments released under open licenses such as Creative Commons. The OER movement aims to reduce barriers to quality education by making materials accessible regardless of geography or financial means. Organizations and universities worldwide contribute to and maintain large repositories of OER.

SlideLizard CREATOR gives organizations a central library for managing and distributing OER-based slide content — ensuring every team accesses the latest, approved materials without version confusion.

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Other glossary terms

Co-located Audience

Co-located Audience means that the speaker talks to the audience in person. It is used verbal and non-verbal methods to communicate a message. The speaker makes gestures with their hands, changes their face expression and shows images.

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Manuscript Speech

For a manuscript speech, the speaker has an entire manuscript to read from. The benefit is that, as every single word is scripted, no important parts will be missed. However, speeches that are fully written down often seem unnatural and may bore the audience.

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Agent Loop

The agent loop is the core operating cycle of an autonomous AI agent. It runs continuously through four phases: Perception (gathering information), Reasoning (planning the next step), Action (executing — such as calling a tool or generating content), and Observation (evaluating the result). The loop repeats until the task is complete or the agent requires human input. This is the mechanism behind Agentic AI systems — it is what allows agents to handle complex, multi-step tasks that a single prompt-and-response model could not.

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Screen presentation

A screen presentation refers to a presentation delivered entirely via a computer or device screen, without a physical projection setup. It is common in video calls, webinars, and remote meetings where the presenter shares their screen with participants. Screen presentations place greater emphasis on slide clarity, font size, and content structure, since the audience views content on varying screen sizes. They are increasingly the dominant format as remote and hybrid work has grown.

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