Libraries: Faculty Guide to Open Educational Resources (OER): OER Explained

Organizations

Community College Consortium for OER
Our mission is to expand access to education by promoting awareness and adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER). Over 250 colleges have joined us and many more participate in our activities and use resources on the website.
ODEPO
ODEPO (Open Database of Educational Projects and Organizations) is a wiki-database of organizations involved in providing educational content online. Currently, ODEPO includes more than a thousand sites affiliated with various organizations, the majority of which were provided to us by educational repositories involved in the creation and expansion of Open Educational Resources (OER).
The Open Education Consortium
A global network of educational institutions, individuals and organizations that support an approach to education based on openness, including collaboration, innovation and collective development and use of open educational materials. The Open Education Consortium is a non-profit, social benefit organization registered in the United States and operating worldwide.
Open Education Resource Foundation
The Open Education Resource (OER) Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that provides leadership, international networking and support for educators and educational institutions to achieve their objectives through Open Education.
Open Oregon
Open Educational Resources Network in Oregon State - learn about OER events and Browse or search the Resources to find out what Oregon community college instructors are using to reduce textbook costs in their courses. If you see a name and email address, feel free to contact that person about their class.
Open Washigton
Open Educational Resources Network in Washington State - Learn OER, Find OER, Attribution Builder, and OER Stories.

Open Educational Resources Defined

According to the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition:

"Open Educational Resources are teaching, learning, and research resources released under an open license that permits their free use and repurposing by others. OERs can be full courses, course materials, lesson plans, open textbooks, learning objects, videos, games, tests, software, or any other tool, material, or technique that supports access to knowledge."

Creative Commons and OER

Source: "Creative Commons and OER" by Jane Park is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Game Changer: Open Education is Changing Rules

Source: "Game Changer: Open Education is Changing the Rules" by ISKME is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Licensing Info

Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons CC BY license.

"Faculty Guide to Open Educational Resources (OER)" by Highline College is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Note: Links and embedded images/videos with a listed source may or may not be covered by a CC license.

05/28/2019

New! OER Starter Kit

OER Starter Kit
"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."

Why Open Education Matters

ASHC Pa Ousman Jobe talks with Highline College students about textbook costs in the video below. Watch and hear what students have to say about how much they spend and how it affects them.

Watch this short animated video about open education. 2:22 minutes long.

Source: "Why Open Education Matters" by Blink Tower

Training

WA Online Instructor Training Registration
The purpose of this course is to provide information and experience in using open educational resources (OER) in your teaching practice. We will discuss the concept of OER and open licenses. We will also provide plenty of practice in locating and sharing open educational resources. This is a 2-week online, asynchronous course and participants are expected to spend 10 hours to complete the course.
Open WA Learn OER
This course walks you through techniques to incorporate Open Educational Resources (OER) into your teaching practice. The course will cover the fundamental aspects of OER including open licensing and public domain. It focuses on providing practical guidance in locating and applying openly available resources.
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This is a short course consisting of 9 modules. Module 1: Introduction
Module 2: Understanding OER
Module 3: Open License
Module 4: Creative Commons
Module 5: Finding OER
Module 6: Sharing OER
Module 7: Public Domain
Module 8: Accessibility
Module 9: Why OER Matters
CCC OER Archived Webinars
Community College Consortium for OER Archived Webinars - catch up on webinars you may have missed.

Articles of Interest

OER:Some Questions Answered by David Wiley
David Wiley maintains a blog called, "Iterating toward openness".

Cable Green, Director of Global Education, Creative Commons

Cable Green, Director of Global Learning, Creative Commons - slideshow

Presentation from a workshop on OER at South Puget Sound Community College on March 20^th, 2015. Below is a link to the presentation by Cable Green, if you’re interested in watching it. Cable is the Director of Global Learning at Creative Commons.

https://spscc.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=ec6b6954-267e-4841-9435-0ac9d662e1a1

Fair Use

Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries, ARL and American University. January 2012. This is a code of best practices in fair use devised specifically by and for the academic and research library community. It enhances the ability of librarians to rely on fair use by documenting the considered views of the library community about best practices in fair use, drawn from the actual practices and experience of the library community itself.

Source: "Code of Best Practices in Fair Use" by Association of Research Libraries (ARL)

Faculty Guide to Open Educational Resources (OER): OER Explained