Introduction
This guide barely scratches the surface of low-cost, no-cost, and Open Educational Resources. Here are a few resources to help you find your next steps and provide additional information about OER and how it is implemented. If you find a useful resource that is not yet listed, feel free to fill out the "Tell Us What You Think" survey on the navigation bar to the left, and let us know about it!
Helpful Videos
This is a series of recordings of hour-long discussions made by the Open Education Network and Rebus Community, and cover many OER topics, ranging from tenure & promotion to how OER can be integrated into classes and student-created OER.
Redefining Educational Resources: Fall 2023 Library Presentations
This is a series of presentation given in fall 2023 covering and related topics.
- Roadmap to No Textbook: How the Library Can HelpA straightforward, step-by-step guide on how to find OER and library-licensed resources, package them into an easy-to-integrate resource, and what roadblocks you may run into along the way.
- How to Write an OER TextbookIf you are considering turning your course materials into a textbook, this presentation covers many basic considerations, including: How to find free images/diagrams/reading materials, licensing & copyright, and the Pressbooks Open Publishing Platform.
- The WTAMU Digital Repository: Access, Availability, and Approachability.Cornette Library offers a Digital Repository filled with WT faculty research, OER, theses, dissertations, scholarly deliveries, and historical documents. Learn how you can leverage this resource in your classes and use it to make your research accessible to the world.
- The Road Less Copywritten: Navigating Open LicensingThis presentation covers open licenses, Creative Commons, the public domain, license compatibility, and how to properly use copyrighted material in classes.
- The Fair Use Doctrine and Some Interesting Court CasesThis presentation covers the Fair Use Doctrine, rules of thumb to prevent copyright violations, and other exceptions to copyright that allow you to navigate the intersection between copyrighted and openly licensed material.
- Cornette Conversations: ERIC and its Many FacesERIC, a US Department of Education database, is filled with scholarly research on education and has many different ways to access its content. Come learn about the different interfaces and the unique controlled vocabulary hidden inside it to help you.
- Critical Thinking in Learning MaterialsFocusing on Bloom’s Taxonomy, learn how to measure the critical thinking level in your teaching materials and how adapt learning materials to increase the level of critical thinking.
- The Second Professor: Learning Styles and How to Integrate Them into Course MaterialsThis presentation discusses learning styles, and emphasizes the importance of integrating multiple teaching styles into course materials to ensure all students are successful.
Current OER News
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Podcasts
- An Intro to Open Educational Resources
"Westmoreland Intermediate Unit, Supervisor of Distance Learning, Becky Henderson, provides us with a look into the world of open educational resources and O.E.R. Commons. Discover how OER is changing the landscape of educational resources." - Creating and Extending Open Education"Terry Greene shares about creating and extending open education on episode 364 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast."
- Exploring Open Educational ResourcesTwo academic librarians share how they use OER in their instruction in this episode of the How We Teach This podcast from Emporia State.
- Gettin' Air: The Open Pedadogy Podcast"Join Terry Greene as he and his guests get some air time to discuss technology-enabled and open learning practices in Post-Secondary Education."
- Open Education @ the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast16 episodes from the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast related to OER.
- The Pandemic's Impact on Open Educational Resources (OER)Inside Higher Ed's podcast, The Key, looks at how the pandemic has affected the use of OER.
- Using Open Educational Resources in Your Teaching"John Stewart shares how he uses Open Educational Resources (OER) in his teaching on episode 125 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast."