OER Resources for Faculty

The continuing rise in the cost of a college degree isn’t new news. Open Educational Resources are one of the tools that can be used to help students and their families.

Learn About OERs

Adopting Open Educational Resources in the Classroom
"This course provides faculty with an introduction to the laws that influence the use, re-use, and distribution of content they may want to use in a course"--From Lumen Learning.
Learn OER
A self-paced workshop that "walks you through techniques to incorporate Open Educational Resources (OER) into your teaching practice" from the Open Washington Open Educational Resources Network.
Making Sense of Open Education
Learn what OERs are, how to find them, and how to adapt or modify existing OERs.
OER Community Course Experience
This self-paced course "will introduce you to the fundamental principles and effective practices related to Open Educational Resources"--from SUNY website.
OER Impact Calculator
"The OER Adoption Impact Explorer helps you understand some of the impacts of adopting OER instead of commercial textbooks"--from website.
Texas Learn OER
Learn how to use, find, and create OER, from the Digital Higher Education Consortium of Texas.

Find OERs

South Plains College Library | Use the search tool to find OER resources
OER Commons
Online collection of open access teaching resources and tools. Includes a variety of subjects, including mathematics, science and technology, social sciences, and humanities.
OASIS
Find OER textbooks, course materials, and more. Created by SUNY Geneseo's Milne Library
Open Textbook Library
"This library is a tool to help instructors find affordable, quality textbook solutions. All textbooks in this library are complete and openly licensed"--from UMN website.
MERLOT
Search for curated online learning and support materials.

OER Metafinder
Searches several OER repositories at once. From George Mason University.
Open Washington-Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges

Texas Open Educational Resources and Open Textbooks

Evaluate OERs

Achieve Rubric for Evaluating OER Materials
Rubric for evaluating OER materials
Faculty Guide for Evaluating OERs
Basic guide to evaluate OER materials
OER Evaluation and Selection Criteria
A thorough breakdown of selection criteria to consider when evaluating OER. Created for a workshop taught at Lehman College

Adapt, Remix, Create

Adaptation Guide
Ebook covering how to adapt an open textbook
Authoring Open Textbooks
Free ebook that explains how to create an OER textbook. It includes information on copyright and the nitty-gritty of designing and writing
BC Open Campus Self-Publishing Guide
Goes into the details of writing, organizing, and publishing your OER
Lumen Course
This course provides faculty with an introduction to the laws that influence the use, re-use, and distribution of content they may want to use in a course. Activities include finding openly licensed content for use in a class and publishing openly licensed works created by faculty. At the end of the course, students will have openly licensed content that will be ready for use in a course.
Modifying An Open Textbook: What You Need to Know
Breaks down how to adapt an open textbook
OER Handbook for Educators
Covers a variety of topics related to OER, including content creation
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"--from website.
OER Planning Worksheet
A handout geared toward helping you select and evaluate OER for your course. The handout encourages you to consider which objectives your materials fulfill. This is useful as a guiding document for planning.

OER Research

Below is a reference list of articles about OER and resource sites. Please reach out to our instructional designers or the library staff for help with or questions about OER resources.

OER Handbook for Educators 1.0

OER: A Field Guide for Academic Librarians

https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/652

As OER Grows Up, Advocates Stress More Than Just Low Cost

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-01-15-as-oer-grows-up-advocates-stress-more-than-just-low-cost

Eight Qualities of Open Pedagogy

https://www.nextthought.com/thoughts/2015/02/ten-qualities-of-open-pedagogy

Defining the “Open” in Open Content and Open Educational Resources

https://guides.pcc.edu/c.php?g=178339&p=1172025