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LibGuides, discovery tools, and websites:

how to make OER discoverable

Creating & Using a Visually Engaging OER Website

Ame Maloney, Faculty Services Librarian

Skyline College

May 7, 2021

Unless otherwise indicated, Creating & Using a Visually Engaging Website by Ame Maloney for ASCCC-OERI is licensed CC BY 4.0 International.

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Goals

  • Introduce SMCCCD’s OER website
  • Why a Website?
  • Maintenance & Updates
  • Creating Your OER Website

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Why a Website?

  • Inherent challenges due to multi-campus collaboration
  • Easily editable by all OER Liaisons and team members
  • Visually engaging
  • Flexible and dynamic
  • Easy management from anywhere

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OER Liaisons at all 3 SMCCCD campuses have editing permissions

Updates can be done as needed or per semester as course materials are reported

Will be updated for FA 2021 for use at Adjunct Symposium, Flex Days, and in OER Basics Canvas course

OER Liaison at each campus updates local resources

Website has been shared at A.S., as part of Flex Day programming, and most recently OEWeek

Additional design planning includes organization by discipline and inclusion of a newly released OERs section

Maintenance & Updates

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Ready to Create Your Website?

  • Consider your audience. Will it be for faculty? Students?
  • Lots of options for web platforms (Google Sites, Wix, college site, etc.)
  • Local Design Support
    • Instructional Designers & Instructional Technologists
    • Librarians

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Thank You!

Any questions?

You can find me at:

email: maloneya@smccd.edu

website: SMCCCD Virtual OER Petting Zoo & skylinecollege.edu/ztc

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