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NEW OER RESOURCES AND TOOLKITS

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Open Content, OER Repositories, Interactive Textbooks, and a Digital Social Platform:

The Case of Greece

"This slide presentation describes the usage of OER Content in Greece. The presentation presents Greece's journey to OER since 1996 and plans for software development through 2028."

AVAILABLE:

https://dschool.edu.gr/dschool2-project/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/END-2018-v1.1-E.MEGALOU-25-06-2018.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

Teaching and Learning with Open Educational Resources

"Based on interviews with faculty and administrators, student focus groups, and course observations at eight community colleges, it is a careful examination of teaching practice among the most committed OER users and technology-oriented faculty members. It examines the extent to which these faculty members are addressing key domains of OER-based, student-centered, and culturally relevant teaching where OER has great promise to advance new approaches to teaching."

Table of Contents:
Executive Summary
I. Introduction
II. Research Design
III. Developing a Framework for Enacting Open and Culturally Responsive
Practices
IV. Course Transformation with OER in Practice
V. How these Practices Affected Students
VI. Institutional Role: Supports, Gaps, and Possibilities
VII. Discussion
VIII. Conclusion and Looking Ahead
Appendices
Photography Attributions

 

 

 

 

ACC Learn OER: AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Educational Technology

sites.google.com/austincc.edu/acclearnoer/module-1-introduction-to-this-course

"Open Educational Resources (OER) are invaluable assets for teachers and researchers alike. These no-cost, open access resources allow educators and students to find information, but navigating the wealth of OER on the web or creating new resources can be intimidating for newcomers.

 

This course, created by Carrie Gits of Austin Community College Library Services, provides 10 modules on OER that will be invaluable for librarians, instructors, and researchers. Each module can be accessed from a menu on the left hand side of the webpage (viewable as a hamburger icon on tablet and mobile devices).

 

Modules provide videos, text, resources for further learning, and a knowledge checklist, and cover topics that range from accessibility issues to Creative Commons licensing.

 

By the end of this course, individuals will be able to create OER of their own and understand the intricacies of such resources. Participants can also earn professional development credit for completing the whole course and final assessment.

 

Additionally, there is an optional supplementary activity workbook linked at the bottom of the page."

 

FROM ISR, NOVEMBER 5, 2021

 

 

 

WESTERN UNIVERSITY OER FACULTY TOOLKIT

("The Western University OER Faculty Toolkit is intended to be used as an introductory guide for Western faculty interested in incorporating Open Educational Resources (OER) into their teaching practice. Beginning with a definition of OER, reasons to use OER, and online collections of OER to use, the Toolkit also covers basic information about adapting, adopting, and evaluating OER. Additionally, there is information about licensing and copyright, including an explanation of Creative Commons licenses and attribution statements.

Throughout the Toolkit, there is discussion about Western specific resources and links are provided to more in-depth resources on topics including adopting open textbooks, adapting open textbooks, and ensuring OER are truly accessible

for all users.")

  1. Introduction

    Deanna Grogan

  2. I. What is OER?
    1. 1. OER definition

    2. 2. Why use OER?

    3. 3. Types of OER (and where to find them)

    4. 4. OER at Western

  3. II. Adopt/Adapt vs Creation
    1. 5. Adopt/Adapt vs Creation

    2. 6. Adaptation

    3. 7. Adoption

    4. 8. Evaluating OER

    5. 9. Help for Adapting, Adopting and Creating OER at Western

  4. III. Licensing and Copyright
    1. 10. Copyright

    2. 11. Creative Commons Licensing

    3. 12. Combining CC Licenses

    4. 13. Creative Commons Alternatives

    5. 14. Attribution Statements

    6. 15. Keeping Track of Changes

    7. 16. Licensing and Copyright Resources for Western Faculty

  5. Appendix 1 – Accessibility and Usability

  6. Appendix 2 - Feedback about this Resource

 

 

TO FIND OER RESOURCES BY DISCIPLINE, PLEASE ALSO CONSULT THIS RESOURCE

 

 


USask Open Textbook Authoring Guide (v 1.0)

("This book is a practical guide to adapting or creating open textbooks using the PressBooks platform.

It is continually evolving as new information, practices and processes are developed.

The primary audience for this book are faculty and post-secondary instructors in Saskatchewan, Canada who are developing, adapting or adopting open textbooks at the University of Saskatchewan.

However, there may be content within this book that is useful to others working on similar Open Educational Resource initiatives.")

https://openpress.usask.ca/authoring/

    1. Introduction

    2. The Adopting Open Textbooks Workshop

    3. Find and Distribute an Open Textbook from BCcampus

    4. Using an Open Textbook for your Course

    1. Getting Started

    2. How to Create a Consistent Adaptation

    3. Six Steps to Adapting an Open Textbook

    4. Permission to Adapt

    5. Editing

    6. Technical Platforms and Tools for Adapting

    7. Adapt a Book outside the DEU

    1. Structuring your Open Textbook

    2. Open Textbook Formats

    1. Change your Password

    2. Recover your Password

    3. Can't Log into Pressbooks

    4. Book Structure: Parts and Pages

    5. How to Remove Automatic Chapter Numbering

    6. How to Import Content from MS Word

    7. Working in MS Word

    8. Math and Science Formulas Using LaTeX

    9. Adding and Editing Images

    10. Contributing to the Development of Pressbooks Textbooks

    11. Linking Material

    12. How to Search for a Word in an Entire Book

  1. Writing Tools
    1. Style Guide

    2. Canadian Spellings

    3. Images: Captions, Attributions and Citations

    4. Citation and Reference Guide and Tips

    1. Guidelines for Text Editors

    1. Concerns about Plagiarism

    2. Finding Openly Licensed Content

    3. Creating New Images and Copyright

    4. Screenshots of Software

    5. Citing Government Websites and Publications

    6. Licensing for a Newly Created Open Textbook

    7. Licensing an Adaptation

    8. Waivers or Release Forms

  2. Accessibility Toolkit
    1. Open Textbook Accessibility

  3. Learning More
    1. Creative Commons Licenses

    2. Creating OER and Combining Licenses

    3. Game Changers: Why Openness in Education?

    4. Creative Commons Information Pack

    5. OER Myths: Basic Guide to OER

    6. OER FAQ Resources

  4. Glossary

 

 

 

Modifying an Open Textbook : What You Need to Know

("Modifying an Open Textbook: What You Need to Know focuses on the technological aspects of editing open textbooks found in the Open Textbook Library or elsewhere, and will help you assess the effort, expertise, and technical tools needed. In addition, this guide includes step-by-step instructions for importing and editing common open textbook file and platform types.

Finally, this guide provides a basic overview of accessibility considerations and general guidance on where to find additional help.")

  1. About the Open Education Network

  2. Acknowledgements

  3. Feedback Invited

  4. Quick Guide
    1. Overview

    2. Basic Considerations

    3. Step 1: Check License

    4. Step 2: Identify Format

    5. Step 3: Assess Editability

    6. Step 4: Determine Access

    7. Step 5: Publish Textbook

  5. Editing Format Guides
    1. Format Guide: PDF

    2. Format Guide: HTML

    3. Format Guide: EPUB | MOBI

    4. Format Guide: Pressbooks

    5. Format Guide: OpenStax

  6. Support

 

 

 

"The OER by Discipline Guide: University of Ottawa is an in-progress tool suggesting open educational resources for specific courses at the University of Ottawa. Its purpose is to help professors get acquainted with existing OER in their disciplines and facilitate their use. It will be updated annually as new resources are identified."

from the preface to the website

 

 

 

AN OER COURSE RE-DESIGN MODULE

("This training has information that you're likely to need when you redesign a course using open educational resources. 

The modules in this training walk you through a course redesign process. Feel free to skip around to the information that you need. As I said, this is course redesign process - just one way of doing things. If you read my suggestions and decide to work in a different way, that's fine too.  

While this course is laid out linearly, you don't necessarily need to approach it that way. Use it in a way that works for you.")

 

 

 

The OER Accessibility Evaluation Rubric

(FROM THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA, USA)

 

"The OER Accessibility Evaluation Rubric is an evaluation tool for faculty, librarians, instructional designers, and other stakeholders in open educational resources to determine the accessibility of the OER they are creating and/or adopting for use in their courses.

This includes the following:

  • Document design
  • PowerPoint design
  • Captioning and transcripts
  • Alternative text

 

 

("Affordable Learning Georgia’s Accessibility Guides are designed with USG faculty creators of OER in mind. The guides feature practical,

step-by-step ways to make open content in the most common authoring programs accessible.")

 

 

 

EVALUATING OER -- A LIBGUIDE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS LIBRARIES

 

 

 

A CASE STUDY OF AN OPEN TEXTBOOK PROJECT FROM KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY (KSU)

 

 

 

 

OER WORKBOOK FROM AUSTIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AUSTIN, TEXAS

THEIR OER COURSE MODULE OUTLINE IS AVAILABLE HERE (from AUSTIN CC)

 

 

 

Open Pedagogy Notebook

OERs and Educational Technology

openpedagogy.org

"Educators engaged in open pedagogy, or interested in becoming more engaged in the process of bringing open educational resources (OER) to their classrooms, may want to explore the Open Pedagogy Notebook.

 

Here, visitors will find a great introduction to open pedagogy principles and examples of open pedagogy in practice. Participation is one of the pillars of OER, and the Open Pedagogy Notebook puts that into practice by welcoming user annotations throughout. For example, the What is Open Pedagogy? tab poses the questions "what are your hopes for education, particularly for higher education?" and "what challenges do your students face in their learning environments, and how does your pedagogy address them?"

 

Readers can browse different perspectives and responses. Additionally, users are welcome to submit their own open pedagogy templates and resources.

 

Speaking of resources, after browsing the entirety of this section, readers may want to explore the various materials currently available under the Examples tab. These materials include assignment prompts and syllabus structure ideas.

 

Open Pedagogy Notebook is co-operated by Rajiv Jhangiani (Kwantlen Polytechnic University in British Columbia) and Robin DeRosa (Plymouth State University in New Hampshire)."

 

from the ISR, May 21, 2021

 

 

 

THE EQUITY THROUGH OER RUBRIC  

("The Equity Through OER Rubric is a comprehensive self-assessment tool, designed to guide students, faculty, administrators, and other academic practitioners and leaders in not only better understanding, but also acting on the equity dimensions of OER.

The rubric is organized by categories, aligned with roles and functions for higher education institutions, units, and practitioners.

Its overarching goal is to enable users to integrate OER in equitable ways across higher education leading to quality and equitable student access, outcomes, and success.")

 

 

 

As Misinformation Grows, Scholars Debate How to Improve Open Access

(INSIDE HIGHER ED, NOVEMBER 8, 2021)

 

 

 

Benefits of Using OER & OER and Low Cost Materials at Penn State

Benefits of Using OER &; OER and Low Cost Materials at Penn State

This Penn State University website notes the following research study:

"A Review of Research on Efficacy and Perceptions of Open Educational Resources

Hilton, J. (2016) Open educational resources and college textbook choices: a review of research on efficacy and perceptions. Education Tech Research and Development, 64(4), 573 – 590. synthesizes the results of 16 studies that examine either (1) the influence of OER on student learning outcomes in higher education settings or (2) the perceptions of college students and instructors of OER. Results across multiple studies indicate that students generally achieve the same learning outcomes when OER are utilized and simultaneously save significant amounts of money."

Website also synthesizes other research, and provides instructional videos.

 

 

Research Guides: Open Educational Resources: Evaluate OER

(Evaluation Rubrics and Toolkits for evaluating OERs are listed in this Libguide - also includes Finding OERs, and Finding Images)

This guide provides a basic understanding of Open Educational Resources (OER), including how to find, evaluate, and use OER materials for your own curriculum. (from Goucher College Library, Maryland, USA)

Evaluation Process of OER:

"Here are a few steps you might take in the evaluation process. If this process seems lengthy, think about the process you follow to review textbooks and other materials for your course. You can use a similar or modified evaluation process.

  1. Does this OER cover the content you'd like your students to learn in this course or module?
  2. How accessible is this content? Will it be accessible for your students, or is it too technical? Or is it robust and challenging enough for your students?
  3. How can you use the content? Verify the license that the resource is under. Can you remix or revise the OER as long as it isn't for commercial purposes? Who do you have to recognize if you use it? Will you be able to do so? For more help with this, please contact the library.
  4. Once you determine how you can use the OER, what would you like to do with it? Does only a portion of it apply to your class? Would you possibly want to combine this OER with another OER or resource? Does the library have access to articles that could act as supplemental readings? 
  5. As you collect more OER and other resources, save them in a central location. Take note of how you envision using them. Align these resources with the learning objectives and weekly lessons on your syllabus in order to identify gaps."

From the Goucher College Library's LIBGUIDE on OERs

 

 

OERs from a Mexican Perspective

 

 

Connect OER is an excellent tool to locate OER Brochures and Guides, as well as Policy Statements written and then adopted by Universities and University Libraries. Also note the Impact Stories section of this website.

This description is taken from the ISR, Vol 27, no. 13 (April 2, 2021)

Connect OER
OERs
sparcopen.org/our-work/connect-oer

"As an information sharing platform that connects educators across North America, Connect OER lives up to its name. Readers may want to start by navigating to the Directory tab to view the existing database. Several filters are provided for more fruitful browsing; for example, selections allow users to search by name, location, activity, and other institutional characteristics, and buttons at the top of the page invite users to narrow by Institutions, Programs, Policies, Events, and Resources. Then, interested readers can create a free profile for their institution to highlight their own OER contributions and share best practices in the field. Additionally, the Reports tab contains comprehensive yearly snapshots of Connect OER's efforts and the evolution of OER generally.

Connect OER is a project of SPARC, a global group dedicated to "making open the default for research and education."

 

 

 

HBCU AL$ RESOURCE CENTER

("With the essential support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the California State University Long Beach MERLOT (www.merlot.org) and SkillsCommons (www.skillscommons.org), and the collaboration and community of Historically Black Colleges

and Universities (HBCUs) are designing and deploying strategies to make college more affordable by reducing the cost of course materials.

The HBCU Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$) Resource Center provides any HBCU free access to the tools, technologies, and some services for them to support their own AL$ program and learn from their HBCU colleagues. If you would like to become a MERLOT

partner and collaboratively develop your customize HBCU AL$ portal, please contact: webmaster@merlot.org")

 

 

 

OERs BY SUBJECT (from a Book by Ryerson University, Now is the Time for Open Educational Resources

Subtitle: A Guide to OER by Subjects Taught at Ryerson University https://pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca/ryersonoerdiscipline/) 

    1. Introduction

    2. About this Guide

    3. Remote Teaching

    4. OER for Remote Teaching

 

  1. Faculty of Arts

    1. Anthropology

    2. Arts & Contemporary Studies

    3. Communication & Culture

    4. Criminology

    5. Economics

    6. English

    7. French

    8. Gender and Sexuality

    9. Geography

    10. History

    11. Immigration and Settlement Studies

    12. Indigenous Studies

    13. Linguistics & Languages

    14. Music

    15. Philosophy

    16. Politics and Governance

    17. Psychology

    18. Public Administration

    19. Sociology

    20. Spanish

 

  1. Faculty of Communication & Design

    1. Creative Industries

    2. Digital Media

    3. Documentary Media

    4. Fashion

    5. Film

    6. Graphic Communications Management

    7. Interior Design

    8. Journalism

    9. New Media

    10. Performance

    11. Photographic/Film Preservation

    12. Photography

    13. Professional Communication

 

  1. Faculty of Community Services

    1. Child and Youth Care

    2. Disability Studies

    3. Early Childhood Studies

    4. Environmental Management

    5. Midwifery

    6. Nursing

    7. Nutrition

    8. Occupational and Public Health

    9. Social Work

    10. Urban Planning

 

  1. Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science

    1. First Year Engineering

    2. Aerospace Engineering

    3. Architectural Science

    4. Biomedical Engineering

    5. Chemical Engineering

    6. Civil Engineering

    7. Electrical Engineering

    8. Industrial Engineering

    9. Mechanical Engineering

 

  1. Faculty of Science

    1. Biology

    2. Chemistry

    3. Computer Science

    4. Mathematics

    5. Molecular Science

    6. Physics

 

  1. Ted Rogers School of Management

    1. Accounting

    2. Business Fundamentals

    3. Business Math and Excel

    4. Economics

    5. Entrepreneurship and Strategy

    6. Hospitality and Tourism Management

    7. Human Resources Management

    8. Marketing Management

    9. Organizational Behaviour

    10. Retail Management

    11. Civil Law

  2. OER Repositories

 

 

 

OER by Discipline Guide: McMaster University

  1. About this Guide

  2. Introduction

  3. I. Sciences

    1. 1. Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences

    2. 2. Biology

    3. 3. Chemistry & Chemical Biology

    4. 4. Geography & Earth Sciences

    5. 5. Kinesiology

    6. 6. Mathematics & Statistics

    7. 7. Physics & Astronomy

    8. 8. Psychology, Neuroscience, & Behaviour

    9. 9. School of Interdisciplinary Science

  4. II. Social Sciences

    1. 10. Anthropology

    2. 11. Economics

    3. 12. Geography & Environmental Studies

    4. 13. Globalization & Human Condition

    5. 14. Health, Aging, & Society

    6. 15. Indigenous Studies

    7. 16. Labour Studies

    8. 17. Political Science

    9. 18. Religious Studies

    10. 19. Social Psychology

    11. 20. Social Work

    12. 21. Sociology

  5. III. Business

    1. 22. Integrated Business & Humanities

    2. 23. Commerce

  6. IV. Humanities

    1. 24. School of the Arts

    2. 25. Classics

    3. 26. Communication Studies & Multimedia

    4. 27. English & Cultural Studies

    5. 28. French

    6. 29. History

    7. 30. Gender Studies & Feminist Research

    8. 31. Linguistics & Languages

    9. 32. Philosophy

    10. 33. Peace Studies

  7. V. Engineering

    1. 34. First Year Engineering

    2. 35. Automotive & Vehicle Engineering Technology

    3. 36. Chemical Engineering

    4. 37. Civil Engineering

    5. 38. Biotechnology

    6. 39. Automation Engineering Technology

    7. 40. Computing & Software

    8. 41. Electrical & Computer Engineering

    9. 42. Engineering Physics

    10. 43. Materials Science & Engineering

    11. 44. Mechanical Engineering

  8. Repositories

 

 

 

OER Toolkit

OER

guides.library.uoit.ca/OER-Toolkit

"Educators looking for guidance as they expand the role of open educational resources (OERs) in their classrooms can turn to this resource. The comprehensive guide is conveniently divided into several sections and caters to a range of audiences. Those new to OERs will find valuable information on the About page, including a breakdown of the 5 "R's" of OER: retain, reuse, revise, remix, and redistribute. For a reliable list of OER hubs, check out the Quick List page. Educators seeking advice on how to create their own OERs will find step-by-step instructions by browsing the Creating, Licensing, and Collaborating pages. The Advocacy and Sustainability pages provide tips that will be especially useful to librarians, educators, administrators, and other stakeholders hoping to implement OER policies at the macro-level. The guide is available under a Creative Commons License and was originally created by The Learning Portal. The toolkit was developed by Colleges Libraries Ontario (CLO), the Ontario Colleges Library Service (OCLS), and the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education."

 

From the ISR, March 19, 2021

 

 

 

A new Library Guide from Iowa State University Libraries:

Disciplinary Open Educational Resources

"The following pages contain lists of resources available for instructors to reduce the time spent looking for subject-specific OER. If your subject area or discipline is not represented here, please review the Find OER page for general repositories and aggregators."

 

 

 

OER STARTER TOOLKIT: an excellent resource for all of you who wish to teach OER:

"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."

The OER STARTER KIT WORKBOOK is a project of the City University of NEW YORK and is available at:

https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/projects/the-oer-starter-kit-workbook

Contents for the OER STARTER TOOLKIT:

 

 

 

 

"There are a multitude of free and adaptable OER, to choose from—including full textbooks and courses,  multimedia resources, and primary sources.  While these can be found through a search of popular search engines like Google,  it is more effective to search and discover them through dedicated OER repositories or libraries.   Above is a sampling of such repositories and libraries. As you search using the tools below, consider using specific topics or learning outcomes as keywords, rather than the course name itself."

 

 

 

OER TUTORIALS

("During the summer of 2020, CCCOER created a five-week series of OER tutorials. The archives for these sessions are below and are free and open for anyone to use.  These are ideal for faculty, librarians, and instructional designers who are new to OER or need a refresher on basic concepts related to finding, adapting, and teaching with open educational resources")

INCLUDES:

1)Introduction to OER 

2)Copyright & Open Licensing Applied

3)Searching for OER by discipline

4)Designing Courses with OER

5) Evaluating and selecting OER:  How do you evaluate open educational resources and select those that will best support learning?

 

This listing comes from the GOOGLE DOC:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VPZW4PpZQ58FcwEAUc0Ce3FCmB8m_WQ-xoGb8jWdcvo/edit#heading=h.jum9mxr7fphf

 

 

 

Incorporating Open Educational Resources (OER) Into Your Course (Pace University)

This short brochure provides examples on how to adopt and edit (especially if one does not have access to PDF editing software) OER materials from OpenStax, SUNY Open Textbooks, and the Open Textbook Network. Links to student OER project ideas are also provided in the work. 

Keywords: PDF, Openstax, OTN, Resources, OER, Educational, SUNY, Open, education, pedagogy, OER Curriculum

 

 


 

A new Library Guide from Iowa State University Libraries:

Disciplinary Open Educational Resources

"The following pages contain lists of resources available for instructors to reduce the time spent looking for subject-specific OER. If your subject area or discipline is not represented here, please review the Find OER page for general repositories and aggregators."

 

 

 

OER STARTER TOOLKIT: is an excellent resource for all who wish to better understand

and then eventually teach OER:

"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."

 

The OER STARTER TOOLKIT comes from the City University of NEW YORK and is available at:

https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/projects/the-oer-starter-kit-workbook

OER = OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

 

 

 

FINDING OER: A LIBGUIDE FROM THE MIAMI DADE COMMUNITY COLLEGE:
https://libraryguides.mdc.edu/c.php?g=609643&p=4232317

 

 

 

 

 

FREE RESOURCES FROM LIBRARIAN ZAKIR HUSSAIN (@American School - Zurich, Switzerland)

 

 

 

 

Please note the RMIT LIBRARY GUIDE DELINEATING OER RESOURCES BY DISCIPLINE:  https://rmit.libguides.com/c.php?g=924918&p=6679316

INCLUDES:

 

 

 

 

  

NEW SEARCH ENGINE FOR FREE, OPEN ACCESS BOOKS:

OAPEN LIBRARY

 

Browse in the OAPEN LIBRARY by Subject here

 

 

 

 PDXOpen has free PDX TEXTBOOKS and Open Access Dissertations and Theses:   https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/pdxopen/

 

 

 

Other free, downloadable Open Access Textbooks may be found here

 

 

 

 

A LIBGUIDE FROM U WISCONSIN: OER AND OPEN TEXTBOOKS: A GUIDE

 

 

 

WHAT ARE OER?

 

 

 

Open Educational Resources (OER) : A General Overview (SUNY at Binghamton)

 

 

 

FINDING OER: A LIBGUIDE FROM THE MIAMI-DADE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

 

 

 

HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY OER WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS AND OPEN TEXTBOOK ALTERNATIVES (HSU LIBGUIDES)

 

HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY Workshop Materials:

 

 

"SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) works to enable the open sharing of research outputs and educational materials in order to democratize access to knowledge, accelerate discovery, and increase the return on our investment in research and education."

 

SPARC’s Work:

 

  • LibOER Discussion Group: Vibrant community of practice of library professionals working open education, including a discussion list and monthly calls.

 

  • Connect OER: Join our platform to share and discover information about OER activities across North America, and read our annual report.

 

 

  • OER Digest: SPARC co-authors this bi-weekly newsletter for open education updates, opportunities, and reminders

 

  • OER Mythbusting: Collaboratively developed resource dispelling the most common OER myths.

 

 

 

OER TUTORIALS

 

OA= OPEN ACCESS   OER= OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ---ALL FREE and OPEN TO THE WORLD

 

 

 

 

A USEFUL ADVOCACY ARTICLE FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF OERs:

The full-text of an article on Covid-19 and the need for expanded Open Access is available here:  https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/24414

 

 

Note also this LSE (London School of Economics) BLOG on the importance of Open Access to Academic Books:

Open access to academic books creates larger, more diverse and more equitable readerships

 

 

 

 

Responding to the Coronavirus with Open Educational Resources

by Wayne Rimmer, Manchester University, UK, Abstract, Open Educational Resources (OER) 

 

 

 

A Searchable Database of Open Access Resources curated by the University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA     ("Search in our database of all open access resources")

 

 

 

ADDITIONAL LISTINGS OF OPEN ACCESS (FREE) TEXTBOOKS, DATABASES, NEW SEARCH ENGINES, OPEN DATA SOURCES IMAGE SEARCHING, AND RELATED MATERIAL MAY BE FOUND HERE

 

 

 


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