蜜桃影视

Faculty Resources for OER (Open Educational Resources)


Welcome to the OER page for faculty at 蜜桃影视!  Resources are provided under the plus signs below.  

Faculty Resources


Information about OER for faculty.
  • Professional Development

    ASCCC's OERI

    The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC)'s Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI) provides self-paced, asynchronous Canvas-based trainings:

    • ASCCC OERI鈥檚
    • ASCCC OERI鈥檚

    The first pilot of the ASCCC OERI鈥檚 cohort-based course is underway.  The also includes relevant courses for ensuring inclusive OER.  

    Additional Trainings

    Other organizations also proviide trainings in a variety of modalities:

    • Search for OER or ZTC in the (Online Network of Educators)
      • In particulat, check out the .
      • Some of these courses are self-paced, and some are provided in cohorts.   
      • @ONE also has a selection of courses on accessible materials ().  
    • to learn about licensing
    • has a selection of webinars to review
    • to learn about making accessible documents (e.g., Word, PowerPoint, and Acrobat)
    • is a Canvas module that takes about 20 minutes to complete.
    • The Chancellor's Office also provides a self-paced courses.
    • The (CCCOER) provides some cohort-based trainings, as well as webinars:
      • or see the Get Involved+ tab for upcoming webinars
      •  series
      • series
    • to help you integrate OER into yoru course.

    Online Books about OER

    If you're interested in reading OER books about OER, there are plenty!  Here's a sampling, but you can probably do a quick search to find more:

    •   on PressBooks
      • Pg 74 provides other books/resources on authoring OER.
    • from BCcampus on PressBooks
    • from ISKME
    • on PressBooks
  • Finding OER

    Looking for new OER to use in your courses?  Check out these resources for finding OER.  You can use these resources to find textbooks or ancillary material.  

    OER can be use to supplement a traditional or an OER textbook, as well as added as an option for the primary textbook in your course.

  • Images and Videos

    Are you unsure how to find openly-licensed images?  Do you want to incorport videos into your OER?  There are some helpful resources and tips in ther Images and Videos page!

  • Accessibility

    There are tons of resources on evaluating and improving the accessibility of the OER that you use.  A selection can be found at this page for helping faculty with accessible OER.

     

  • Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Antiracism (IDEA)

    The ASCCC OER Initative (OERI) is dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion.  This is manifested through the IDEA Framework.  You can find more about the IDEA Framework, including the current version at this or you can join the.   

    The OERI is developing an IDEA Framework training, so stay tuned!  

    (Online Network of Educators) also have a variety of trainings that include teh IDEA principles.  Search for OER or ZTC and equity to find something that fits you!  In particulat, check out the .

      • Some of these courses are self-paced, and some are provided in cohorts.   
      • @ONE also has a selection of courses on accessible materials ().  

    This  also has many useful resources, including rubrics to evaluate your and readings, videos, podcasts, and courses to learn more.  

    If you want to diversity the names that you use in examples, you can check out this Wikipedia page of popular names by region/nationality.  

  • Curate/Create Your Own OER

    Suggested steps, with accompanying resources, can be found at the TC OER Faculty Curating page.  There are also resources at the bottom of that page for when you get stuck!

    You can review this short video to start thinking about curating OER:

  • ZTC Grant Information

    The most up-to-date information on the grants is from the Chancellor's Office ().

    The best resource to understand the state-wide ZTC grants is the OERI's ZTC page ().

    蜜桃影视 has been involved in ZTC grants from the beginning through the creation of a ZTC pathway for Administration of Justice, whichs was approved by the Academic Senate in 2016 (link to 12/05/2016 AS meeting archive).  蜜桃影视 has participated in the more recent grant cycles, as well. Information about these grants and and other involvement in ZTC grants by 蜜桃影视 can be found in the Academic Senate Minutes (link to TC's AS Agenda and Minutes archive), or reaching out to the OER Coordinator or the Associate Dean of Instruction.  

  • Academic Senate and OER

    ASCCC

    Under the The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC), the Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI) provides many services and resources ().  

    You can also find all of the resolutions related to OER that have been passed by the ASCCC at the that is updated by the OERI.  On that page is a report () that summarizes all ASCCC resolutions related to OER, ZTC (zero-textbook cost, or free textbooks), and general affordibility of course materials.  

    蜜桃影视

    蜜桃影视 has also been supportive of OER and ZTC.  

    • 2016 (December): 蜜桃影视 Academic Senate supported a resolution to plan ZTC degrees using outside grants. 
    • 2017 (January):  蜜桃影视 Academic Senate approved two OER/ZTC efforts:
      • Ensuring that the Administration of Justice degree became a Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC), including GE (General Education) options.
      • Ensure a faculty member serves the OER Liaison between the state-wide Academic Senate鈥檚 OER Initiative and 蜜桃影视. 
    • 2021:  蜜桃影视's President Daniels awarded a sabbatical to Dr. Michelle Oja to develop on OER textbook and homework for behavioral statistics.
    • 2023:  State-wide grant funding became available .
      • Planning grant from the California Community College Chancellor鈥檚 Office (CCCCO) to develop a strategic plan.  That plan can be found on the 蜜桃影视 Research on OER page
      • Received an OER Pathways Grant to accelerate the development of ZTC degrees in:
        • Management,
        • Law, Public Policy, and Society, and
        • Studio Arts.
      • Received a grant to implement ZTC degree pathways in:
        • Psychology and 
        • Sociology.
  • Library Guide on copyright and licensing

    More information is a click away! 

    You can find detailed information on the (LibGuide) such as:

    • Resources about copyright and licensing
    • Resources for finding openly-licensed images and videos.

Consider Protecting Indigenous Knowledge


While there are many benefits for students and faculty for using openly-licensed learning materials, there are some situations when OER is inappropriate.  The 23-minute video below by Jessie Loyer (Cree-M茅tis and a member of Michel First Nation) is the keynote speech from the 2020 Open Education Conference that discusses the tension between open licensing and protecting Indigenous Knowledge.  

Similarly, Collin et al. (2016) (PDF of article) discusses property rights and intellectual rights in terms of OER and Indigenous Knowledge.

More questions?


It takes faculty, classified staff, managers, and administrators working together to make OER and ZTC successful at 蜜桃影视 for students.  Unless you are sure of who you should talk to, your first stop for answers should be the OER Coordinator.  They will be able to answer your question or refer you to someone who can.  

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