New tool: OER FAQ
A team of Oregon librarians has developed an OER FAQ website that is linked from the menu bar of openoregon.org (look up!). Read more…
Category Archives: Resources
Revised for 2018: Textbook Affordability Student Toolkit
Download materials that student groups can use to promote textbook affordability on campus. Read more…
Introducing the Pacific Northwest OER Directory
The Pacific Northwest OER Directory is a curated list of resources and toolkits, people, and distribution lists for academic librarians interested in textbook affordability. Read more…
Open Geology Website
OER Champion Shannon Othus-Gault at Chemeketa Community College uses open pedagogy to showcase student work on a mineralogical website.
Out-of-this-world OER Marketing Campaign
Lane Community College has released OER marketing materials designed by Victoria Koldewyn. The files have a CC-BY-NC license so feel free to reuse and adapt with your own school’s logo.
Library resources as course materials
This post explores several strategies that libraries can pursue to encourage the use of library content as course materials. While library materials are not the same thing as open educational resources, they can be an important component in solving the problem of high textbook prices. Read more…
Textbook Affordability Student Toolkit
Download materials that student groups can use to promote textbook affordability on campus…
Oregon State University Infographics
Oregon State University created infographics from the data collected in a 2012 survey of Florida students. These graphics have a CC BY-NC license so feel free to reuse and adapt with your own school’s logo. Read more…
Open Education Manifesto
Lane Community College has released an Open Education Manifesto poster designed by Graphic Design student Char Houweling. The poster has a CC-BY-NC license so feel free to reuse and adapt with your own school’s logo.
BCcampus: OpenEd
In just over two years, BCcampus has nearly reached their goal of finding, adapting, or creating open textbooks that align with the 40 highest-enrolled courses in British Columbia and students have saved over $500,000. The next phase of the project will add 20 textbooks in CTE areas. Read more…