This module is here to help you navigate the many resources that are available to you as a teacher! Using open education resources may be a bit confusing and overwhelming at first, but it's a rewarding experience! In fact, this module is using an OER resource through OER commons!
Material Type: Module
The promise and challenges of OERs
Material Type: Reading
A brief video where OER experts give their reasons for working in the field of Open Educational Resources. Primary reasons include empowering teachers, equalizing access to education, reducing teachers' worries about copyright, reducing educational costs, and facilitating the open flow of information.
Material Type: Lecture
One of the greatest areas of potential for open educational resources (OER) is the opportunity for improved representation and coverage of identities that often go erased or poorly addressed in educational materials. Information about, by, and for trans and gender diverse people is one such topic. With knowledge and intention, those involved in the creation, adaptation, and use of OER can find and incorporate materials that center trans and gender diverse people. Doing this is essential for supporting trans and gender diverse students and educating everyone about these identities. This resource is a guide on how to make OER more inclusive and representative of trans and gender diverse people. It is intended to be easily incorporated into a scholarly communications course, while also being valuable to faculty and others interested in learning about the topic and how to make changes to their own course materials.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Homework/Assignment, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Module, Reading, Unit of Study
Join us for this webinar to hear how colleges are transitioning from individual faculty OER course adoptions to entire departments and OER degree pathways. OER leaders at colleges who have reached critical mass in their implementation will share best practices for sustaining faculty engagement, student involvement, project funding, and institutional commitment to OER adoption for the enhancement of teaching and learning. Our featured speakers are both longtime community college leaders in the OER movement at regional and district levels. They will engage each other in discussions on the themes mentioned above and invite questions from webinar attendees.
Material Type: Lecture
Short Description: This starter kit has been created to provide instructors with an introduction to the use and creation of open educational resources (OER). The text is broken into five sections: Getting Started, Copyright, Finding OER, Teaching with OER, and Creating OER. Although some chapters contain more advanced content, the starter kit is primarily intended for users who are entirely new to Open Education. [Version 1.1. Revised September 5th, 2019.] Long Description: This starter kit has been created to provide instructors with an introduction to the use and creation of open educational resources (OER). The text is broken into five sections: Getting Started, Copyright, Finding OER, Teaching with OER, and Creating OER. Each chapter is accompanied with learning objectives and most chapters feature interactive elements and opportunities for readers to engage with the text. Although some chapters contain more advanced content, the starter kit is primarily intended for users who are entirely new to Open Education. Word Count: 26179 (Note: This resource's metadata has been created automatically by reformatting and/or combining the information that the author initially provided as part of a bulk import process.)
Material Type: Textbook
Short Description: The Faculty OER Toolkit is an information resource about and guide to adapting and adopting Open Educational Resources. Included are definitions and examples, information about Creative Commons licensing, and tips on how to adapt and/or adopt OER for classroom use. Long Description: The Faculty OER Toolkit is an information resource about and guide to adapting and adopting Open Educational Resources. Included are definitions and examples, information about Creative Commons licensing, and tips on how to adapt and/or adopt OER for classroom use. Word Count: 4579 ISBN: 978-1-77420-044-5 (Note: This resource's metadata has been created automatically by reformatting and/or combining the information that the author initially provided as part of a bulk import process.)
Material Type: Textbook
Lets learn using some major OER repositories for searching teaching learning material and contributing i these OERs. The module will give the basic informations about know hows of using these global OER platforms for learning and creating OERs. The module has important resouces, further reading resource videos and quiz for self assessment.
Material Type: Module
Free fun resource for learning about OER
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Faculty who are new to OER may experience difficulty finding an open textbook or other openly licensed materials to adopt for their courses. Searching on your own is time consuming and the choices can be overwhelming. We will hear from a college librarian who helps faculty find and adopt high quality OER to match their course outcomes and the creators of the award winning OER Commons, a freely accessible online library that allows teachers and others to search and discover open educational resources (OER) and other freely available instructional materials.
Material Type: Lecture
Teachers have long searched for supplemental materials for their purchased textbooks. In the last 36 months, the US Department of Education’s Office of EdTech has championed the use of openly-licensed educational resources (OERs) through their #GoOpen initiative. This workshop will help teachers understand #GoOpen, OERs, and how it will help their school districts. Participants will leave with resources and ideas on how to spread the knowledge in their districts.
Material Type: Reading
A guide which provides an overview of OER resources, links to OER repositories, and planning resources and examples created and used at Frederick Community College. Under the Planning Resources and Examples tab, there are course cartridges for an Intro to OER course that introduces faculty to Open Educational Resources and planning resources for OER adoption. In the course, participants will be introduced to the meaning of Open, laws surrounding the distribution of educational content, and how to find openly licensed materials for use in a class. Participants will apply concepts to the creation of a mini module in their discipline.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
This is the third module in our training series that will provide participants with an introduction to OER authoring and remixing. We have designed these modules to first spark the learner's interest in the topics covered and then dig deeper into the content through presentations, storytelling, and demonstrations of the tools. We will offer opportunities for learners to practice exploring the resources and tools, and reflect on how they might use them in their work.
Material Type: Module
A short video that encapsulates the benefits of OER.
Material Type: Lecture
This is the third module in ISKME's OER Academy series that will provide participants with an Introduction to OER Discovery and Curation and the value added, highlighting successful use cases from around the world. We have designed these modules to first spark the learner's interest in the topics covered and then dig deeper into the content through presentations, storytelling, and demonstrations of the tools. We will offer opportunities for learners to practice exploring the resources and tools, and reflect on how they might use them in their work.
Material Type: Module
On Thursday, March 9, 2023, as part of Open Education Week, the #GoOpen Network hosted the webinar, "OER and Accessibility," featuring Cynthia Curry of the National Center on Accessible Educational Materials for Learning (AEM Center) at CAST, in conversation with Oregon Department of Education leaders, Vanessa Clark and Aujalee Moore, who are deeply engaged in this work with educators.
Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy
This is the second module in ISKME's OER Academy series that will provide participants with an introduction to OER and the value added, highlighting successful use cases from around the world. We have designed these modules to first spark the learner's interest in the topics covered and then dig deeper into the content through presentations, storytelling, and demonstrations of the tools. We will offer opportunities for learners to practice exploring the resources and tools, and reflect on how they might use them in their work.
Material Type: Module
The topic deals with the different open licenses to be used for OERs.
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A guide to OER for college faculty.
Material Type: Lesson
