The Library seeks applicants for the Open Educational Resources (OER) Fellowship – an accelerated version of our professional development program first instituted in 2015. Full-time and part-time faculty are eligible to apply with their chair’s approval. Faculty who are currently supplementing required course materials with freely available materials, library licensed digital resources, and OER are encouraged to apply.
See applications details below!
Participants will curate a zero-cost OER to replace the existing course material in a course taught this Fall 2018. In order to be considered zero-cost OER, the course section you teach must assign freely available resources within copyright and openly licensed materials; inclusion of library licensed digital resources is also recommended.
Program information
This intensive program will dedicate a significant portion of each of the three-day sessions to individual work on OER development in addition to seminar style discussions and activities. Sessions will be led by Prof. Cailean Cooney, OER Librarian, and colleagues with expertise in OER and the OpenLab. Individual follow-up consultations are available to Fellows in June as well.
The program will cover:
- An introduction to open educational resources
- Interpreting and selecting Creative Commons licenses
- Searching and selecting OER and zero-cost course materials
- Creating an OpenLab site
- Learning strategies to organize course materials for optimal accessibility
Requirements
- Participate in three day program on:
- June 6th – 10am to 4pm
- June 11th – 10am to 4pm
- June 13th – 10am to 4pm
- Curate OER and post on a public OpenLab site – due June 20, 2018
- Teach with the OER in at least 1 section of a course in Fall 2018 semester
- Submit a brief written assessment of the experience in January 2019
Payment
Upon completion of all of the above requirements, OER Fellows will receive a stipend of no less than $1,300.
How to apply
Apply online at http://cityte.ch/oerfellowship – Submit* no later than Tuesday, April 10, 2018
*Before submitting an application, please consult with your department chair about the proposed course you intend to replace the current required course material with zero-cost OER.
Questions?
Feel free to reach out to Cailean Cooney, Assistant Professor / OER Librarian at: ccooney@citytech.cuny.edu.
