Open Educational Resources (OER)

This guide provides faculty a basic understanding of Open Educational Resources (OER), including how to find, evaluate, use and adapt OER materials for their own courses.

Organizations

The following organizations are dedicating to supporting OER and facilitating their use in academia. If you'd like to further support open learning, visit their websites. Some resources also go beyond the information on this guide to give more extensive information on OER.

Appeal to Administration

Compelling Reasons to Adopt OER for Senior Management
Gives an explanation of OER specifically for administrators. Includes information on marketing, quality, productivity, and institutional reputation.
Lumen Learning Impact Meter
Adjust the meter to match the data from your institution. This is the potential impact OER could have for your students! Includes total amount of money students are spending on textbooks as well as how much each learning objective costs in comparison.
Open Textbooks: A Policy Guide (PDF)
Provides current, relevant information on the textbook issue for students. Also gives sample programs and information on how to get grants and develop robust programs around OER.

Other Resources

Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources Promo Kit
Includes a glossary, sample policies, marketing materials, and case studies to help get buy in from stakeholders. Be sure to download the needs assessment as a starting point.
CCCOER Policy Models
Mostly policies that R1 universities are currently implementing but can still be helpful as a framework.
Open Data Fact Sheet from SPARC (PDF)
Provides statistics about rising textbook costs.
Why Open Education Matters Video
Simple video that can be shown to stakeholders to explain what basic open education is.

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