Getting Started with Open Educational Resources

Devin Soper

Scholarly Communications Librarian

dsoper@fsu.edu | 850.645.2600

Slides: http://bit.ly/2qGwZuO

9 May 2017

Agenda

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• Why OER?
• Finding OER
• Creating OER

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Defined

Markus Busges, OER Logo, CC-BY-SA

OER Defined

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OER are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or are released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and repurposing by others

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- Hewlett Foundation Definition

Source: http://www.hewlett.org/programs/education/open-educational-resources

OER Defined

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• OER are free and open
• Include the 5R permissions:
• Reuse
• Revise
• Remix
• Redistribute
• Retain

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Benefits

Markus Busges, OER Logo, CC-BY-SA

Benefits of OER

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• Save students money on course materials!
• Price of college textbooks has risen at 3X the rate of CPI over past 25 years
• 2 in 3 students report having not purchased a textbook due to high cost
• Less than 1 in 2 students report purchasing current editions of their textbooks

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Sources: Student PIRGs, Book Industry Study Group

Benefits of OER

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• Improve student learning outcomes
• Ensure students can afford their materials
• Revise materials to address errors & omissions
• Adapt materials to include local/student context
• Remix materials to incorporate new media
• Design assignments that empower students to create, revise, or remix open resources (Open Pedagogy!)

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Benefits of OER

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• Share course materials with the world
• Provide more options for teachers and learners
• Demonstrate excellence in teaching & learning
• Raise the profile of your department and institution

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Finding

Markus Busges, OER Logo, CC-BY-SA

Finding OER

http://ocw.mit.edu/about/

Finding OER

https://www.oercommons.org/

Finding OER

https://solr.bccampus.ca/wp/

Finding OER

https://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm

Finding OER

http://opencourselibrary.org/

Finding OER: MOOCs

Finding OER: Open Textbooks

https://openstaxcollege.org/

Finding OER: Open Textbooks

http://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/

Finding OER: Open Textbooks

http://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/?subject=

Finding OER: Open Textbooks

http://florida.theorangegrove.org/og/access/home.do

Finding OER: Articles

https://doaj.org/

Finding OER: Videos

Finding OER: Videos

Finding OER: Videos

Finding OER: Images

Finding OER: Images

http://guides.library.harvard.edu/c.php?g=310751&p=2072816

Finding OER: MetaSearch

http://search.creativecommons.org/

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Creating

Markus Busges, OER Logo, CC-BY-SA

Creating OER

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• OER should be Creative Commons (CC) licensed or in the public domain (PD)
• Ensures broadest possible dissemination
• Minimizes common copyright concerns
• Provides teachers and learners with clear, permissive reuse terms (compared to traditional © protection)

Creating OER

Credit: http://www.gcflearnfree.org/useinformationcorrectly/copyright-and-fair-use

Benefits of OER

• Simplified reuse rights

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(c) 2014 Internet Keep Safe Coalition, http://www.ikeepsafe.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/INFOGRAPHIC-First-Amendment-Copyright-Fair-Use.png

Creating OER

https://stateof.creativecommons.org/report/

Creating OER

http://research.gfcmsu.edu/content.php?pid=603525&sid=4981139

Creating OER

Credit: How To Attribute Creative Commons Photos by Foter, CC-BY-SA

Creating OER

http://creativecommons.org/choose/

Creating OER

http://guides.lib.fsu.edu/enc2135

Creating OER

http://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu:405473

Creating OER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZrYNfsTsPc

Creating OER

https://pressbooks.com/

Attribution

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This presentation was created by Devin Soper. It is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License.