Open Educational Resources NMC

Wouldn't it be nice if MCO could get something like this set up on their website?

Just bookmarking this really nice libguide (aimed at faculty) for future inspiration.

Summary of all research on OER impacts to date.

Great article, and a good reminder! It's easy just to talk about OER in terms of cost.

Three 5-6 minute videos to get faculty started.

David Ernst, CIO College of Education

Social justice ramifications of closed access to information.

Example of institutional support for OER

open source lms

Reviewed in Choice, August 2015: Open Education Europa, from the European Commission. http://openeducationeuropa.eu/ [Visited May'15] Open Education Europa offers a single gateway to more than 170 MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) offerings, nearly 800 courses, and a wealth of freely accessible educational resources in the European Union. The project grew out of the EU-supported Opening up Education Initiative calling for more innovative teaching, new technologies, and open-access learning options for EU citizens. Information is delivered in a simple, easy-to-use manner via the content areas displayed across the tops of pages and a giant search bar below the display; advanced searching reveals the website's total number of results under each filter type. Though the main content of the site is in English, the search bar and browsing buttons can be set to the languages of the EU via a drop-down menu. Browsing through content is simple, with filters set to refine by content type (e.g., MOOCs, courses, articles, events) and help differentiate areas of study by subject or level of materials, language, and special features of the materials (e.g., video lectures, forum, assessment tools). There is also an option to filter content that requires prerequisite courses or experience. The search results are set out much like an online-shopping site-sortable by posting date, alphabetically by title, or relevance. Returns can be hit-or-miss, however, with some filters failing to restrict specific content, e.g., retrieving Spanish and German materials even after setting the English-language filter or returning the same results in different languages. Though the browsing and search algorithms might require a bit more fine-tuning, the creators have designed a handy aggregator that should help increase access to new and innovative educational content for all EU citizens. Open Education Europa is also a convenient way for US citizens, students, or faculty to discover

reddit links to free textbooks

San Jose State University.  

Infographic of "Opening the Curriculum" study

Opinion piece in CHE.

Cool idea! I wish it were available outside of his institution. "Now although "OER Assistant" is used only by Walker himself and "a few other colleagues on the Long Beach campus," the basics of the project are worth considering for any institution struggling to gain traction with OER usage."