Our Journey into Course Redesign with OERs
By Wendy Torres
Coppin State University
Twitter Handle: @Tech_snacks
E-mail: wvelez-torres@coppin.edu
BookCreator Presentation
Pre-Test
OER Defined
- “Reuse – the right to reuse the content in its unaltered / verbatim form (e.g., make a digital copy of the content)
- Revise – the right to adapt, adjust, modify, or alter the content itself (e.g., translate the content into another language or modify a learning activity)
- Remix – the right to combine the original or revised content with other content to create something new (e.g., incorporate the content into a mashup)
- Redistribute – the right to share copies of the original content, your revisions, or your remixes with others (e.g., give a copy of the content to a friend)
- ‘Retain – the right to make, own and control copies of the content.
- ”—David Wiley[1]
Creative Commons Licenses explained
Three types of Open Courses you can offer students
1) Fully OER: All material in course is licensed under Creative Commons Licenses ( or Public Domain) and openly available over an Internet Connection. Material follows the 5 Rs: Reuse, Revise, Remix Redistribute ,Retain
2) OER low cost: Most of the material is openly licensed. Some material like a textbook or add-ons, however may not be free, but the cost to the student cannot exceed $40 total for course materials. If the textbook is low cost but not Openly Licensed, then you cannot say the course is OER low cost.
3) Z-courses( Zero cost to student) : Material in the course contains both Openly licensed material as well as paid subscription services. Remember, OER content has to follow the 5r (reuse, revise, remix, redistribute and retain)
Paid subscription services like databases or video repositories are paid by the institution and are not open to the public. However, the students do not have to pay to use the services.
If you have this kind of course, you need to make sure you attribute the materials and abide by the licensing regulations of the subscription services. Note, however, that this course cannot be listed or classified as an OER course.
Redesign Plan
Start by redesigning one unit or module, instead of trying to redesign an entire course all at once.
- Why redesign: What have you observed, heard or encountered regarding this Module/Unit?
- What are the learning outcomes students get from this module/unit?
- What materials do you currently use for this unit?
- What is the current cost to the student?
Our OER/Open Access Repository
- The starter page can be found at the following url: oersresources.weebly.com/
- This is a public page available to anyone who has Internet access.
Quizzizz review quiz questions
OER Evaluation Resources
- OER individual resource evaluation checklist : CC-BY license and can be used accordingly.
- OER Instructor Survey Instrument: Survey developed by SRI International as part of the Achieving the Dream OER Degree Initiative to capture faculty experiences with OER. The survey has a CC-BY license and can be used accordingly.
- OER Student Survey : developed by SRI International as part of the Achieving the Dream OER Degree Initiative to capture student experience with OER. The survey has a CC-BY license and can be used accordingly.
- OER Institute Rubric: A checklist developed by ACC Instructional Development Department for evaluating OER under consideration for adaptation.
- OER Evaluation Criteria: A six-component checklist for evaluating OER from Affordable Learning Georgia. The checklist has a CC-BY license.
- Open Education Course Rubric : Developed by Pierce College for use by their faculty to evaluate open courses. This POP (Pierce Open Pathway) rubric is used to evaluate an overall course, not individual course materials.
OER Grants and Adaptions Guides
- Open Education (hewlett.org)
- M.O.S.T Grants
- Adaptation Guide
- Modifying an Open Textbook: What You Need to Know