Using OER offers a number of benefits to the faculty and students at PAC.
Some search platforms contain more resources than others, some are easier to navigate, and some have more courseware than just textbooks. There is also a certain degree of overlap.
Where to find Open Source Textbooks and Course Materials presented by Achieving the Dream
Source/Title |
Link and Description |
Type of Resource |
Course Topic |
Submitted by |
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BCcampus |
https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/facultyoertoolkit/chapter/evaluating-oer/ OER evaluation tool/checklist |
Tool |
Finding/Curating OER |
Richard Sebastian, Achieving the Dream |
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Creative Commons Licenses Chooser |
https://chooser-beta.creativecommons.org/
Online tool to help creators choose and format open licenses for their works |
Tool |
Open Learning Experience |
Richard Sebastian, Achieving the Dream |
|
Open Attribution Builder |
http://www.openwa.org/attrib-builder/
Online tool developed by WA State Board of Career and Technical Colleges that helps users of OER create proper attribution |
Tool |
Finding/Curating OER |
Richard Sebastian, Achieving the Dream |
|
Community College Consortium for OER (CCCOER) |
This is primarily a vibrant community of open educators and practitioners, but CCCOER also offers monthly webinars and other events focused on open education. |
Organization |
Open Community |
Richard Sebastian, Achieving the Dream |
|
Teaching and Learning with OER report (2022) |
https://achievingthedream.org/teaching-and-learning-with-open-educational-resources/
Recent Achieving the Dream report from research partner, SRI, on the outcomes of teaching and learning OER study.
|
Research |
Open Learning Experiences |
|
Richard Sebastian, Achieving the Dream |
UT Texas Scholar Works |
https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/
Texas ScholarWorks was established to provide open, online access to the products of the University's research and scholarship, to preserve these works for future generations, to promote new models of scholarly communication, and to help deepen community understanding of the value of higher education.
|
Repository |
Finding/Curating OER |
|
Laurie Lopez Coleman, San Antonio College |
DigiTex |
DigiTex supports the adaptation, development, and implementation of Open Educational Resources (OER) at colleges and universities in Texas, including organizing convenings and other professional development activities and conducting a statewide survey on OER policy and practice. |
Organization |
Open Community |
|
Laurie Lopez Coleman, San Antonio College |
Resource for Maps |
https://www.geographic.org/maps/maps.html
This site contains a variety of different maps. Some are world maps and others are of continents and individual countries. |
Repository |
Open Community |
|
Barbara Wong, Alamo Colleges Onlne |
Pixabay |
Open repository for high-quality stock images, videos, and music contributed by the community. This repository is a very helpful resource when adding royalty-free images to a course. |
Repository |
Open Community |
|
Amy Gates, Alamo Colleges Online |
Smithsonian Open Access |
“Download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images.” |
Repository |
Finding/Curating OER |
Jen-Beth Ball, Alamo Colleges Online |
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Accessibility for OER |
https://www.oer.iastate.edu/accessibility-oer
Iowa State provides a great website dedicated to making OER accessible along with links to tools and other resources. |
Organization |
Sustaining Open |
Amy Gates, Alamo Colleges Online |