OER

OER, Open Pedagogy, & Open Access

It’s been seven years since I introduced the 4Rs framework for thinking about the bundle of permissions that define an open educational resource, or OER. The framework of permitted activities…

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OER Finding and Adopting Guide for Instructors: Worksheet Define your need: Find selected open resources or replace a whole textbook? Keywords to search for topic, unit, or course Format or medium preference Search: Try many different sites and many different keywords and strategies Keep ...

This guide provides instructor a basic understanding of Open Educational Resources (OER), including how to find, evaluate, use, and adapt OER materials for their own curriculum.

Through creating and spreading open educational resources, students learn more and make an impact on the world, writes Christina Hendricks.

Institutions in several states are now required to label courses with OER and affordable materials. Proponents cheer the move toward transparency, though some challenges remain.

Keynote given at Metropolitan State’s TLTS conference in Denver, CO. A Sense of Audience I’m going to start by telling a story about how I got here. I’ve mentioned this on my blog once or tw…

This guide provides instructor a basic understanding of Open Educational Resources (OER), including how to find, evaluate, use, and adapt OER materials for their own curriculum.

Matthew 28 is the most well-known biblical record of what is commonly referred to as “the Great Commission.” But a new Barna report reveals that a surprising proportion of churchgoing Christians lack familiarity with Jesus’ famous command to “go and make disciples of all nations.”

A number of colleges are adopting free textbooks or creating their own. All agree it’s a complicated process.

Angela Jenks on episode 289 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast

How to create an active, engaged learning environment in a large classroom setting (250+ students) using technology and flipped classroom techniques.

Instructional materials are the content or information conveyed within a course. These include the lectures, readings, textbooks, multimedia components, and other resources in a course. These materials can be used in both face-to-face and online classrooms; however, some must be...

In 2005, more than 120 U.S. universities came to the aid of some 20 colleges and universities that had been impacted by Hurricane Katrina through shared online classes.

Equity in education is one of the most compelling moral issues of our time, but the gulf between our approach to equity and the strategies…