Thursday, Nov. 5th, 2:30-3:30 PM, Rm A441 in the Library
The Basics of Open Educational Resources (OER): A Faculty Workshop
RSVP to: ccooney@citytech.cuny.edu
OER make it easier for students to access course materials, and provide more options for instructors to integrate dynamic, tailored course materials into their pedagogy.
The workshop – First we’ll cover the meaning of the term OER, the differences between open and free course materials, introduce resources to help you find high quality content in your discipline, and review attribution and licensing of OER.
Many students at City Tech experience challenges connecting to required textbooks in there courses. They have problems accessing the books because they are simply too expensive for everyone to afford. Even when students have access to the material, instructors often encounter challenges with getting their students to read the text. OER are free course materials that are licensed such that they can be adopted and reworked to your individualized course curriculum. OER include a variety of course materials including traditional print and beyond…simulations, images, videos, etc. While many of us already use free and open content in our teaching, this workshop will introduce you to ever more expanding collections and repositories of peer reviewed course content.
To learn more about the Library’s OER Initiative and OER in general please visit our Initiative site and our OER guide.
Attend a Faculty panel on Open Educational Resources
Wed. October 14th, 4:30 – 6:30 p.m., Namm 227 (Faculty Commons)
RSVP to: ccooney@citytech.cuny.edu
Join a City Tech faculty panel discussion about integrating open educational resources (OER) into the classroom.
Featured panelists:
Prof. Amanda Almond, Psychology
Prof. Raffi Khatchadourian, Computer Systems Techonology
Prof. Jeremy Seto, Biology
Moderator: Prof. Cailean Cooney, Library
As the Fall semester progresses, the Library will offer an OER workshop, and will solicit applicants to participate in the Spring cycle of our Open Educational Resources Initiative, founded last year in response to growing concern over textbook costs, the program will fund 10 faculty to select no-cost open/alternative course materials to replace textbooks.
Want to learn more about OER now? Browse the Library’s new OER guide!
Panel co-sponsored by City Tech Library and the Faculty Commons as part of the college’s Open Access Month programming!