Learn About OER
- Affordable Learning Georgia's "Finding Free and Open Resources" Links to an external site. is a readily accessible tutorial.
- Butte College offers a course titled "Introduction to Open Educational Resources" in Canvas. Although originally designed to be a seminar-online hybrid, the course is now available as a self-paced online course.
- CSU Channel Islands offers a 5-day OER "bootcamp" in Canvas. "This 5-Day Workout is intended to engage you for 20 minutes per day. The focus is exploration of open educational resources in higher education."
- The resources below are intended to provide a general overview of the use of OER. Resources with a focus on a particular topic, such as accessibility, are found elsewhere. If you are aware of a resource that you would like to see added to to this collection, please share it with the OERI Links to an external site..
- Maricopa's OER Faculty Workshop is a self-paced workshop in Canvas. It consists of two parts:
- Part 1: The Easy Way to Create, License, and Share Free Materials
- Part 2: Exploring the Possibilities of Open Educational Resources
- The Open University offers a self-paced course titled "Becoming an open educator"
Links to an external site.. As explained in the course site:
- 'Becoming an open educator', written collaboratively and produced as part of the Opening Educational Practices in Scotland (OEPS) project Links to an external site. is aimed at anyone who is curious about how free and open might change our approach to teaching and learning and has been designed for administrators, educators and facilitators in all sectors.
- Open Washington's "How to use Open Educational Resources" Links to an external site. is a self-paced workshop that covers licensing, finding OER, accessibility, and more.
- University of Texas at Arlington's " Links to an external site.Introduction to Open Education" Links to an external site. is an EdX MOOC that provides students with an opportunity to "learn about open education and how it can significantly reduce costs, increase agency and transparency, and improve learning outcomes." Resources from this MOOC are available for review and use at the OpenEd MOOC Archive Links to an external site..