Open Education Resources to Support Instruction

Issued by University of Illinois Springfield

The purpose of the course is for participants to plan for and incorporate Open Educational Resources into their classrooms. Participants discuss topics and research related to the adoption of OER in the higher-education classroom.

Type Validation
Level Foundational

Skills

Design of OERs
Familiar with OER reserach and current precatice
Identify and evaluate OER for possible adoption
Use OER repositories and Digital collections

Earning Criteria

Participants will learn: Ideas for designing or redesigning a unit of instruction by integrating OER; Use OER repositories, OER collections, and online advanced searches to find OER resources for a specific course; Identify and evaluate OER for possible adoption or adaption in the course using specific criteria and standards; Discuss the topics and research on the impact of OER adoption in higher-education classrooms. Learn current practices to increase the use of OER and develop and implement