Introduction to OER Course

This course is part of the ASCCC OERI Introduction to OER Certificate. Topics covered include open licensing, open pedagogy, accessibility, curation of resources, and research about how OER affects student success. 

At the end of this course successful participants will be able to:

• Properly identify the creative commons (CC) license on a resource and describe how this resource can and cannot be used.
• Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of open resources using current research in the field as evidence.
• Research, analyze and review repositories of open resources.
• Effectively search for open resources and post reviews in an OER repository.
• Create an open resource by remixing multiple existing resources and designate a license to this new resource based on the licenses of multiple resources use.

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Contact Information:

Suzanne Wakim

• wakimsu@butte.edu
• ASCCC OERI Regional Lead, Discipline Lead for Biology, and Project Mentor
• Butte Community College: Coordinator for OER, DE, and SLO; Biology faculty

Rachel Arteaga

• arteagara@butte.edu
• ASCCC OERI Liaison
• Butte Community College: OER Coordinator; Librarian

Dave Dillon

• dave.dillon@gcccd.edu
• ASCCC OERI Regional Lead and Webinar Coordinator
• Grossmont College: Counseling faculty/Professor

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Course Content

What are Open Educational Resources?

Topics

• Defining OER
• The 5R's
• Why Use OER
• Open in other Contexts

Assignments

• Discussion 1: Meeting your Colleagues
• Quiz 1
• Exercise 1: Review of OER tutorials

Licensing and Copyright

Topics

• Copyright, Fair Use, and Public Domain
• Creative Commons Licenses
• Attributions

Assignments

• Quiz 2
• Exercise 2: Literature Review
• Discussion 2: Licensing
• Mid-term Course Survey

How do I find Open Educational Resources?

Topics

• Searching OER Repositories and Collections
• Strategies for Searching
• Using Library Materials

Assignments

• Quiz 3
• Exercise 3: Review of Repositories

Curating, Adapting, and Creating: Advantages and Challenges

Topics

• Remixing, Adapting, and Collecting
• Curating
• Gathering Resources
• Combining Licenses

Assignments

• Quiz 4
• Exercise 4: Review OER Content
• Discussion 3: Clarifications and Mythbusting

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Open Educational Practices (OEP)

Topics

• Accessibility
• UDL
• OEP

Assignments:

• Quiz 5
• Exercise 5: Curate Content
• End-of-course Survey

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Grading and Completion

• You will need to earn "completion" on all assignments in the Course to continue in the Certificate
  
• If you do not earn a completion upon your first submission, we will leave feedback which you are encouraged to apply and resubmit the assignment. 

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Course Schedule

Week	Module	Due Wednesday	Due Saturday
9/7	Getting Started		Icebreaker Discussion Post
9/14	What is OER	Quiz 1 Icebreaker Discussion Response	Exercise 1 - Review OER Training Materials
9/21	Licensing & Copyright	Quiz 2	Exercise 2 - OER Literature Review
9/28	Licensing	Licensing Discussion Post	Licensing Discussion Response Mid-course Survey
10/5	Searching	Quiz 3	Exercise 3 - Review OER Repositories
10/12	Curating, Adapting, Creating	Quiz 4	Exercise 4 - Review OER Content
10/19	Curating, Adapting, Creating	Mythbusting Discussion Post	Mythbusting Discussion Response
10/26	OER in the classroom	Quiz 5	End of Course Survey
11/2	OER Project		Exercise 5 - Curate Content
11/9	OER Project
11/16	OER Project		Final Video

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The ASCCC OERI Introduction to OER Certificate

The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges Open Educational Resources Initiative (ASCCC OERI) encourages and supports professional development opportunities for current and future California Community College employees.  The ASCCC OERI is now offering an Introduction to OER Certificate. 

The certificate will provide an overview of OER fundamentals, providing participants with the foundational knowledge needed to be an effective OER advocate and the opportunity to collaborate with faculty working on a current OER project. Topics covered include open licensing, open pedagogy, accessibility, curation of resources, and research about how OER affects student success.   Participants will be supported in their learning by live synchronous guidance from the ASCCC OERI. 

This no-cost professional development opportunity will begin September 7th, 2020 and conclude November 20th, 2020.  The first eight weeks  consists of a self-paced Canvas course supported with weekly synchronous Zoom meetings for questions, answers, and discussion. Meeting times will be Mondays 2pm-3pm,  Wednesdays 12:30-1:30pm, Thursdays 2:30pm-3:30pm, and additional days and times to be determined. Participants are encouraged to attend one live meeting per week but attendance is not required. The last three weeks includes a hands-on opportunity to participate in the development or improvement of an OER, employing the knowledge gained through course participation. At conclusion, participants will record and caption an openly licensed lightning talk or TedTalk style video summarizing their experience and what they have learned, which may be archived on the OERI website for future professional development. 

Successful completion of the course assignments, contribution to OER development or improvement, participation in live sessions, and creating a concluding video are necessary to earn the ASCCC OERI Introduction to OER Certificate.