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Code of Conduct

Behavior that is expected and encouraged:

  • Be respectful, inclusive, and accepting of others. Actively seek to challenge your personal biases, assumptions, and preconceived stereotypes, and approach differences with openness and curiosity.
  • Be conscious of how your words and actions (including unintentional ones) might harm others. Take time to educate yourself on how to be more inclusive and listen when someone takes the time to educate you.
  • Be aware of privilege and power dynamics. If you find you are talking or commenting a lot, consider stepping back to leave more space for others. If you share the work or ideas of others, give credit where it is due.
  • Be considerate of privacy and personal boundaries. Give others a chance to “opt-in” to personal interactions, and respect limits when they are set.
  • Be constructive in offering criticism and be gracious in accepting it. Consider “calling in” rather than “calling out,” and direct critiques toward ideas rather than people.

Behavior that is strictly prohibited:

  • Discrimination, including unfavorable or disparate treatment to others because of any aspect of their identity, appearance, or protected class.
  • Harassment and harassing behavior, including use of epithets and slurs, derogatory or hostile comments, repeated attempts to make contact, or any behavior that interferes with another person’s participation.
  • Sexual harassment, including use of sexual images, jokes of a sexual or gendered nature, or any unwelcome contact of a sexual nature in any medium.  

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Beyond the Basics: Finding, Evaluating, and Adopting OER

Emily Hemmerling

Hutchinson Community College

hemmerlinge@hutchcc.edu

February 23rd, 2023

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  • Previously, on OER�
  • Where to find OER�
  • Ways to evaluate OER�
  • Adopting OER

The Plan:

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  • Open Educational Resources (OER) are materials that are licensed to be freely used, edited, and distributed.
    • OER textbooks are full, real textbooks, used by many faculty across the country.
    • Also includes videos, music, assignments, lab modules, readings, syllabi, entire courses, and more!�
  • Can help alleviate the burden of textbook costs for students.�
  • Can provide faculty with content that can be customized for their course.

OER Review

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  • Develop list of keywords, synonyms, and related subjects first
  • Go broad
  • Come back to course goals and outcomes
    • SWT
  • Remember you can change the text!

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Tips on Finding OER

Ecology, environmental science, environmental biology, zoology, botany, conservation biology, forestry

Biology, life science, natural science

Sustainability

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  • Textbooks
  • Textbooks, assignments, lectures, labs, etc.

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  • Media
    • Wikimedia
    • Pixabay
    • Unsplash
    • ccMixter
    • Free Music Archive
    • YouTube
      • Creative Commons Attribution License (reuse allowed)

Where to find OER: Websites

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Where to find OER: Curated Lists

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  • Library LibGuides
  • Regular Google
    • [topic] OER

Where to find OER: Google Search

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  • Textbooks
  • Textbooks, assignments, lectures, labs, etc.

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Search Time!

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YOU are the expert!�

Follow the same process as any other classroom material, with a few more considerations.

Evaluating OER

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  • Reflects accurate and current scholarship and appropriately covers the subject.

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  • Aligns with institution course descriptions, outcomes, and competencies.�
  • If the course is a transfer course, aligned with KBOR’s System Wide Transfer course core outcomes.

Evaluating OER: Content Alignment

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  • Basic Accessibility
    • Responsive design
    • Alt text for images
    • Transcripts for audiovisual materials
  • OER Accessibility Toolkit

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Evaluating OER: Basic Accessibility

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CC = Creative Commons�

BY = Attribution

    • You can use, revise, remix, and redistribute the work, but you have to credit the original creator

SA = Share Alike

    • Any adaptations must be shared using the same licensing terms

NC = Noncommercial

    • You can use the work, but you cannot profit from it

ND = No Derivatives

    • You can use the original work, but you cannot adapt or remix it. This is not considered an open license.

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Evaluating OER: Quick Copyright Review

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Evaluating OER: Using Checklists

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Evaluation Time!

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  • Depends on institution, but is generally the same as a traditional textbook adoption.�
  • All CC licenses require attribution to the original creator.�
  • Attribution can look like this: ��The textbook for this class will be Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers. It is available for free through the Open Textbook Library: �https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/454

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“Web Literacy for Student Fact-Checkers” by Mike Caulfield is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Adopting OER

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“Checklist for Evaluating Open Educational Resources (OER)” by Texas State University Libraries, licensed CC BY 4.0

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“Open Textbooks: Access, Affordability, and Academic Success” by David Ernst, licensed CC BY 4.0

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“Iowa State University OER LibGuide: Additional Resources” by Iowa State University Library, licensed CC BY 4.0

Adapted from

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Questions?