LibGuides: Open Educational Resources (OER) and Affordable Course Content (ACC): Research and Resources

Resources to Learn More

Learn OER (Open Washington)
An OER to learn about OER.
SPARC Open-Education
Information about open education from SPARC (Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition), a non-profit organization that works to enable open sharing of research and educational materials.
OER Handbook for Educators
An open wiki designed to help educators find, use, and share OER.
OER Starter Kit
"This starter kit has been created to provide instructors with an introduction to the use and creation of open educational resources (OER). The text is broken into five sections: Getting Started, Copyright, Finding OER, Teaching with OER, and Creating OER."
OER Toolkit
This toolkit provides information and tools to help faculty and library staff across all publicly funded colleges in Ontario to understand, engage with, and sustain OER in their work and practice.
University of Maryland (MOST) OER Initiative
A program piloted by the University System of Maryland Student Council in 2013, which provided workshops for faculty, targeting those who taught large intro courses, that trained faculty to develop their own OER for courses.
Adopting OER Resources in the Classroom
Six modules that go through the steps of finding, adapting, and adopting OER for use in the classroom. Provided by Lumen and TCC.
UNESCO - Open Educational Resources
VIVA's Open and Affordable Course Content Initiative
The VIVA Open and Affordable Course Content Initiative investigates and supports sustainable educational resource and access models that enable equitable and inclusive learning, give faculty control over instructional materials, and lower the costs of higher education for Virginia students. The OACC pages detail the tools and resources VIVA uses to meet these objectives.

Articles

OER Adoptions on the Rise. The number of faculty members choosing open educational resources over traditional textbooks has nearly doubled in the last year, but awareness over all remains low. By Lindsay McKenzie, December 19, 2017, Inside Higher Ed.

The Truth (About OER) Is Out There. Faculty members struggle to find open educational resources or even understand what they are -- but solutions are bubbling up. By Mark Lieberman, January 10, 2018. Inside HigherEd

The Impact of Open Educational Resources on Various Student Success Metrics (PDF – Links to an external source and may not be accessible) by Nicholas.B. Colvard, C.Edward Watson, Hyojin Park. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2018, Volume 30, Number 2, 262-276.

Listservs and Blogs

SPARC Open Education Forum
A listserv that builds community for individuals passionate about open education.
VIVAOER-L
Closed listserv for any VIVA members interested in discussing and learning more about Open Educational Resources. To subscribe to VIVAOER-L, please send a request to be added to the list to viva@gmu.edu.