Foundation in Open Educational Resources

Issued by University of Illinois Springfield

This course provides an overview and insights into the key issues of Open Educational Resources. Participants engage with peers by exploring, evaluating, and identifying resources. The student and instructor interactions are designed to benefit the students, teaching, and leadership experiences in understanding the use of OERs.

Type Validation
Level Foundational

Skills

Develop an OER Learning Plan
Develop OER Stragegies for classrooms and students
Evaluate OER materials
Evaluate OER textbooks
Use Creative Commons resources

Earning Criteria

Students will learn: Assessment of OERS; Describe advantages and disadvantages of OER used in higher education settings; Develop an individual learning plan; Use an OER repository to find OER resources to support instruction; Evaluate OER for appropriateness and quality; Create a strategy for using OER in the classroom; Identify a potential open textbook for use in a higher-education classroom or program; Evaluate the open textbook using specific assessment