Open+Educational+Resources

Open Educational Resources (OER) is descriptor attributed to instructional items that are often free, web-based and Creative Commons-licensed. OERs are used to support instruction in Higher Education in order to respond to the dynamic changes in content as well as eliminate the need for students to purchase costly textbooks. This page provides HCC-led resources related to OER.

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 * Open Educational Resources #8620 ** Open Educational Resources – OER is referenced by many as a way to expand instructional pedagogies and save students money but what do we mean by OER? How do you locate free, vetted sources for instructional content; address copyright concerns; connect students to a variety of free media AND still have time to teach?Speakers from Northern Virginia Community College and the University of Maryland University College will share their institutions’ journeys with incorporating OER into their curriculum and the challenges and benefits of enacting this instructional model. Following their brief presentations, faculty are encouraged to remain for a panel discussion about OER.


 * Stephen Miller is Associate Vice Provost for the UMUC Library at UMUC, and also an Associate Professor in UMUC’s Graduate School and regularly teaches online. He holds a Master’s of Science in Library and Information Science from the University of Kentucky and a Master’s of Business Administration from UMUC. Prior to coming to UMUC in 2002 he was Director of the Digital Library of Georgia at the University of Georgia Libraries, and previously an archivist and project manager at Duke University's Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library. ||  ||