CSI Library: Open Educational Resources (OER): Learn about OER

Conferences

For educators interested in learning more about OER, many conferences have moved online, typically with free registration. These are fantastic opportunities to learn more about OER and interact with others involved in Open Education.

Name	Organized by	Date(s)	Registration
Creator Fest	OpenStax	April 16-29, 2020	Free registration
Towards an Open Future	Graduate Center, CUNY	April 24th, 2020, 1:00pm to 4:30pm	Free registration

Past Conferences:

Conference Name	Organized by	Dates	Resources
#OER20 Conference	Association for Learning Technology	April 1-2, 2020	Posts and reflections about the conference

OER courses & toolkits

The OER Starter Kit Workbook by Abbey Elder and Stacy Katz, with contributors Krysia Michael and Jojo Karlin
Publication Date: 2020
The OER Starter Kit Workbook is a remix of the OER Starter Kit to include worksheets to help instructors practice the skills they need to confidently find, use, or even create open educational resources (OER). We welcome instructors, librarians, instructional designers, administrators, and anyone else interested in OER to explore the OER Starter Kit Workbook.

OER 101
This class is a brief introduction to Open Education Resources (OER) for faculty.

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After completing five modules, you should be able to
(1) Understand the purpose of OERs in higher education,
(2) Understand the advantages of OER in higher education,
(3) Analyze and evaluate OER material with the goal of synthesizing material into a class,
(4) Synthesize OER material into a class, and
(5) Create OER content and evaluate potential OER platforms.
How to use Open Educational Resources
This self-paced, 10-module course introduces the user to OER, including what it is, how to incorporate it into one's teaching practice, and why it's important.

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It is expected that upon completion of this course participants will be able to

(1) Describe the meaning of open educational resources.
(2) Differentiate the concepts of open licensing, public domain, and all rights reserved copyrights.
(3) Identify resources that are openly licensed or in the public domain.
(4) Distinguish the different types of Creative Commons licenses.
(5) License works using a Creative Commons license.
(6) Find open educational resources and properly attribute a work offered under a Creative Commons license.
Introduction to Open Educational Resources
This course serves as an introduction to Open Educational Resources (OER) providing faculty with new options for selecting textbooks and other resources so they can make the best decisions for their students.

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Consisting of four two-hour seminars and nine hours of online research and coursework, participants will create tangible products based on their learning.

More resources

More resources:

Open Practices for Faculty course from Limm-Benton Community College (added 3/27/20)
SERL Webinar: “Effectively Encouraging OER on your Campus”
CCCOER Webinars
LYRASIS: “A Deeper Dive into Open Educational Resources: Myths, Barriers, and Current Issues”
Open Oregon (archived webinars)
Open Pedagogy Notebook
Open Textbook Network’s Public Canvas Course on OER Librarianship
Rebus Community and Open Textbook Network’s Office Hours: A monthly webinar series on YouTube that examine complex questions in open textbook publishing and community engagement. Transcripts available here.