OER is... Flexible!

A short video that encapsulates the benefits of OER.

Material Type: Lecture

Author: COERLL

STEM OER Accessibility Framework and Guide

This guidebook was created by ISKME, in partnership with the Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College. The document provides a practical reference for curators and authors of STEM OER, and contains 23 accessibility criteria, or elements, to reference as they curate, design and adapt materials to be accessible for STEM learners. The primary audience of this resource is STEM postsecondary faculty, instructional designers, and others responsible for course design and pedagogy who seek to: - Expand their knowledge about accessibility and ways to integrate it into their STEM curriculum and instruction - Design openly licensed STEM courses and course materials that support both access and use by learners - Curate existing STEM content that expands upon traditional textbooks and courseware to address variability in learning - Identify and add meaningful keywords, or tags, to the STEM OER they create, so that their OER can be more easily discovered across platforms Professional learning teams on campus are also encouraged to use this framework as part of training to facilitate integration of accessibility concepts into STEM course design and pedagogy. The framework and guide development was supported by a mini-grant program facilitated by Bates College and the SCORE-UBE Network (Sustainability Challenges for Open Resources to promote an Equitable Undergraduate Biology Education), with funding from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. The framework and guide were developed by ISKME and SERC with input from 21 STEM faculty members from across the United States, and in collaboration with the project’s Working Group of accessibility experts: Andrew Hasley and Hayley Orndorf, both with BioQUEST’s UDL Initiative and the Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis (QUBES) Project; Hannah Davidson, Plymouth State University; and Cynthia Curry, National Center on Accessible Educational Materials (AEM)/CAST.

Material Type: Reading, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Authors: Carlton College, ISKME, SERC

OER Passport Training Program

OER Passport is a professional development program that takes educators through the process of understanding, finding, developing and sharing Open Educational Resources. This course trains teachers and students on OER use, reuse, licensing, creation, and sharing by completing the following tasks. The first three tasks lay a solid foundation and provide teachers with the tools to complete the last three tasks which focus on the use, reuse, production, and innovative teaching practices. Participants can complete the tasks online. There are also files to print/create physical copies of OER Passports that can be used in an offline environment.

Material Type: Reading

Author: Jenni Hayman

OER 2022 Canvas Course for Faculty

This Canvas Course was developed to support faculty in learning more about Open Educational Resources and other affordable textbook options. It includes modules on understanding OER; finding and evaluating OER; mapping OER to learning outcomes; adopting, adapting, and creating OER; and identifying other affordable learning materials (low cost / no cost). Support for the course was provided by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education and modules are modeled after the Creative Commons Certificate course, Cleveland State University’s Textbook Affordability Summer Symposium, and other resources cited in the course. To request Canvas course cartridges, please email malonecenter@montevallo.edu.

Material Type: Full Course

Authors: Audra White, Charlotte Ford, Heather Tinsley, Sheila Brandt

The Educator's OER Development Anthology

This brief anthology was created to partially satisfy a certification course project requirement. Nonetheless, this resource may be useful to education practitioners seeking quick guidance on creating and using open educational resources in their instructional practices. It contains handbooks and guides on intellectual property rights and OER development practices that should provide some insights into this developing area of instructional support.

Material Type: Reading

Author: Kenneth Carriveau

FIND OER

If you haven’t discovered already, there are myriad open resources that exist. Often the trouble lies in locating those that fit precisely what you need. Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges has collected these resources by category with the intent of making the search process more efficient and effective.

Material Type: Data Set, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Authors: Boyoung Start Me, Open Washington

Growing the OER Community at Your Community College

Powerpoint presentation promoting OER in community colleges.

Material Type: Lecture

Author: Tina B. Jones

OER Training Session Creating Content

An overview of the OER Create process from the Carribean OER Hub training sessions.

Material Type: Lecture

Creating Robust OER in Collaboration with Campus Libraries

Rachel Fleming, Ashley Sergiadis, and Rachel Caldwell discuss several ways that academic libraries can help OER adopters and authors improve the impact of their work, make materials more accessible, and ensure continued access. This presentation was presented as a part of Tennessee Open Education Week 2022.

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Authors: Ashley Sergiadis, Rachel Caldwell, Rachel Fleming

Comprehensive OER Initiative Toolkit for Educators and Managers

The Comprehensive OER Toolkit has been thoughtfully designed to empower educators and managers with the essential tools and guidance needed to effectively initiate, implement, and manage Open Educational Resources (OER) projects within their educational institutions. These resources have been carefully curated to facilitate a seamless workflow and streamline the processes associated with OER adoption.By offering this diverse array of resources, the Comprehensive OER Toolkit aims to equip educators and managers with a comprehensive suite of materials and templates to effectively manage the entire lifecycle of OER projects, from their inception to evaluation. Whether you are a novice or an experienced OER advocate, these resources can be customized and adapted to meet the specific needs of your institution, ultimately fostering a culture of open education and enhancing access to quality learning materials for all students.

Material Type: Full Course

Author: Linda Neff

Artificial Intelligence

This course material is created as flipped classroom sessions for Artificial Intelligence Course

Material Type: Module

Author: Swati Mali

English Speaking Activity (artificial intelligence)

It is a wonderful speaking activity for english learners . The lesson plan has materials that you need while having the lesson. It aims to arouse students' curiosity about technology and artificial intelligence. 

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Mehmet Akif HOŞGÖR

Proactive Design with Generative AI

As emerging technologies in artificial intelligence continue to evolve, their influence in educational settings is becoming increasingly significant. “The presence of AI systems and chatbots in education needs to be considered as an opportunity of development rather than a threat.” (Kooli, 2023). The primary objective of this guide is to assist you in navigating this new landscape. This guide will equip you to make informed decisions on how to proactively design and adapt your college courses for the age of AI.

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Julie Stoltz

Making AI Work for Creators and the Commons

On the eve of the CC Global Summit, members of the CC global community and Creative Commons held a one-day workshop to discuss issues related to AI, creators, and the commons. The community attending the Summit has a long history of hosting these intimate discussions before the Summit begins on critical and timely issues. Emerging from that deep discussion and in subsequent conversation during the three days of the Summit, this group identified a set of common issues and values, which are captured in the statement below. These ideas are shared here for further community discussion and to help CC and the global community navigate uncharted waters in the face of generative AI and its impact on the commons.

Material Type: Reading

Author: Creative Commons

Human-Centered AI: Guidance for K-12 Public Schools

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is emerging rapidly across industries—including K–12 education. To support educators and education leaders in equitable and inclusive uses of AI in classrooms across Washington, the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) presents this initial guidance, which emphasizes a human-centered approach to using this ever-evolving tool. OSPI’s guidance on integrating AI into Washington classrooms is designed to be used by stakeholders across public education. The document covers definitions, principles and values, guidance, policy, academic integrity and AI assistance, and professional development. .

Material Type: Reading, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

How do we respond to generative AI in education? Open educational practices give us a framework for an ongoing process

With the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, the field of higher education rapidly became aware that generative AI can complete or assist in many of the kinds of tasks traditionally used for assessment. This has come as a shock, on the heels of the shock of the pandemic. How should assessment practices change? Should we teach about generative AI or use it pedagogically? If so, how? Here, we propose that a set of open educational practices, inspired by both the Open Educational Resources (OER) movement and digital collaboration practices popularized in the pandemic, can help educators cope and perhaps thrive in an era of rapidly evolving AI. These practices include turning toward online communities that cross institutional and disciplinary boundaries. Social media, listservs, groups, and public annotation can be spaces for educators to share early, rough ideas and practices and reflect on these as we explore emergent responses to AI. These communities can facilitate crowdsourced curation of articles and learning materials. Licensing such resources for reuse and adaptation allows us to build on what others have done and update resources. Collaborating with students allows emergent, student-centered, and student-guided approaches as we learn together about AI and contribute to societal discussions about its future. We suggest approaching all these modes of response to AI as provisional and subject to reflection and revision with respect to core values and educational philosophies. In this way, we can be quicker and more agile even as the technology continues to change. We give examples of these practices from the Spring of 2023 and call for recognition of their value and for material support for them going forward. These open practices can help us collaborate across institutions, countries, and established power dynamics to enable a richer, more justly distributed emerging response to AI.

Material Type: Reading

Authors: Anna Mills, Lance Eaton, Maha Bali

Artificial Intelligence and Librarianship

Courses on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Librarianship in ALA-accredited Masters of Library and Information (MLIS) degrees are rare. We have all been surprised by ChatGPT and similar Large Language Models. Generative AI is an important new area for librarianship. It is also developing so rapidly that no one can really keep up. Those trying to produce AI courses for the MLIS degree need all the help they can get. This book is a gesture of support. It consists of about 95,000 words on the topic, with a 3-400 item bibliography.

Material Type: Reading, Textbook

Author: Martin Frické

The Future is Here: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on World Language Instruction

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the way we live and work, and education is no exception. In this professional learning activity, you will explore how AI can impact world language instruction and how it can be used to support student learning.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Rebecca Henderson

Open Pedagogy Course Design - full course

This is a course for faculty that will introduce the meaning, benefits and challenges of open educational resources and open pedagogy course design. You will learn where to locate OER, and how to revise, remix, and create new resources in your courses, and how to share your courseware with colleagues. It is designed to impart the skills and knowledge needed to create and teach an entire course using OER.THIS IS THE PUBLIC VERSION of a self-paced course facilitated by YC faculty, librarians, and instructional designers on a rotating basis, and is required for any faculty member to complete before teaching "No Cost OER Textbook" courses.  As such, some of the content applies specifically to the needs and policies of Yavapai College.

Material Type: Full Course

Author: Thatcher Bohrman

Women's History in the United States

With 2020 marking one hundred years since ratification of the 19th Amendment that gave some women the right to vote in the United States, women's history is about more than just looking back. Our Teacher's Guide provides compelling questions, lesson activities, and resources for integrating women's perspectives and experiences throughout the school year.

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy