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Teach with OLI
Improving the Teaching Experience
Using OLI as part of your teaching helps you target student misunderstandings during class.
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Flexible Course Materials
Use all modules of a course or just a few depending on your needs
Use all modules of a course or just a few depending on your needs
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Learn How OLI Helps Educators
Our courses empower you to improve effectiveness in your classrooms through the student learning data that we collect and report back to you.
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OLI's aim is to combine exceptional-quality courses, continuous feedback, and research to improve learning and transform higher education.
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Find Educator Resources
We have many step-by-step guides but also offer periodic webinars to help you through the process of getting started and to introduce advanced options.
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OPENNESS + ANALYTICS
The infinite variety that OERs provide creates challenges for using learning analytics to drive adaptive teaching and learning, support iterative improvement and demonstrate effectiveness. OLI's John Rinderle and Norman Bier discuss this topic at the Open Education 2011 conference.
PROVEN RESULTS
OLI has completed numerous course evaluations and research studies to
document how OLI can truly revolutionize learning and teaching. Learn more
Quick Fact
The Open Learning Initiative has been studying student learning since 2002
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OpenStax CNX http://cnx.rice.edu A collection of open textbooks and "knowlege chunks" that can be used to create course materials. OpenStax Connexions is housed at Rice University and funded by a consortium, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Maxwell Foundation.
Ruff, C. (2016, May 31). UNC Press to offer publishing services for professors' DIY textbooks. Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved from http://chronicle.com/article/UNC-Press-to-Offer-Publishing/236646 ["University of North Carolina Press, which recently set up an Office of Scholarly Publishing Services that will offer copy editing, design layout, distribution, and seed money for professors making open educational resources."]
State College of Florida - Manatee-Sarasota. Library. e-text initiative pilot @ State College of Florida Libraries. Let go...let grow. Retrieved from http://libguides.scf.edu/c.php?g=102898&p=672372 [Librarians support faculty in developing e-textbooks and course packs from library material.]
BCcampus. (n.d.) Open textbook project: BCcampus is contributing to the development of an open future for teaching practices and educational resources. Retrieved from https://bccampus.ca/open-textbook-project/ [Explore this site for information on the work that faculty and librarians have done to develop open textbooks for post-secondary institutions in British Columbia, Canada. The group's open textbook project has 151 textbooks available as of June 1, 2016.]