This guide is intended to introduce you to Open Educational Resources (OERs).
The guide includes OER used by CSI faculty and recommendations for discipline-specific resources.
If you are a faculty member interested in using OER materials for your course, please contact Christina Boyle, OER Library Liaison.
If you are a student who has taken courses using OER and would like to share your experiences, please email us your thoughts.
Unless otherwise noted, this guide is licensed under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA license.
This guide was designed by Betsy Yoon.
The COVID-19 pandemic has required a rapid response by educators to meet student needs. CSI has transitioned to mostly distance learning for the present and the physical library space is closed until further notice.
Many instructors might find themselves looking for resources that are easily accessible and don't require an in-person visit to the library. Open Educational Resources (OER), are free and openly available instructional materials (including textbooks) that are born digital and available from anywhere with an internet connection.
This content is adapted from Open Oregon Educational Resources and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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This series of slides will introduce you to the basics of Open Educational Resources (OER) and its implementation at the College of Staten Island.
"Open educational resources (OER) are free and openly licensed educational materials."
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2017-18: $346,548.80
2018-19: $587,885.70
2019-20: $498,682.55
Since starting the OER initiative in 2017, CSI students have saved a total of $1,433,187
The benefits of OER are not limited to financial benefits and include faculty engagement, student success, social justice, flexibility, accessibility, enrollment, retention, and completion, and open pedagogy.
"The cost of textbooks really plays a huge role in my success in the class. ... [OER] is really changing the way I am studying and improving my success in the class." - Blossom Akagbosu, 2019 Student government senator
From November 2019 symposium, "Conversations about OER, OA, and Open Pedagogy"
"As long as ... professors advocate for these students and advocate for [OER], students will have a much better and easier time navigating through their college experience." - Maxwell Velikodny, 2019 Student government senator
From November 2019 symposium, "Conversations about OER, OA, and Open Pedagogy"
Faculty benefit from OER in myriad ways. Some examples are:
"As faculty, we should be really concerned with the idea that we’re teaching a class and the students aren’t taking it just because of the textbook." - Anne Hays, Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Library Instruction
From November 2019 symposium, "Conversations about OER, OA, and Open Pedagogy"
The following departments have used OER in their courses:
Division of Humanities & Social Sciences: Anthropology, Core, History, Library, English, French, Political Science, Psychology, Media Culture; Division of Science & Technology: Astronomy, Biology, Physics; Lucille and Jay Chazanoff School of Business: Finance, Economics, Management; School of Health Sciences: Social Work
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Contact Christina.Boyle@csi.cuny.edu, Emerging Technologies Librarian and OER Coordinator
Since the launch of CSI's OER program in 2017 to 2020, students have saved $1,433,187 in textbook costs.
Browse this guide to learn more about how you can convert your course to OER, the tools available to you, and what faculty at CSI are already using.
The request for proposals for the FY 2022 OER grant is out!
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