Open Educational Resources

We help faculty and staff with Open Educational Resources (OERs) by offering:

• One-on-one or small group introductory and ongoing project consultations
• Educational sessions and workshops
• Guidance on best practices for OER creation, adaption, and accessibility

We also help with:

• Identifying and evaluating appropriate OER textbooks 
• Identifying appropriate publishing platforms for adapting and creating OER 
• Interpreting and adopting Creative Commons licenses 
• Depositing OER works in appropriate repositories

Creating OERs

• Curriculum & Instruction faculty member Joanne O'Toole contributed a chapter to Steps to Success: Crossing the Bridge Between Literacy Research and Practice.

• Craig Delancey (Chair, Philosophy) wrote a textbook, A Concise Introduction To Logic.

Adopting & Adapting OERs

• All COM 211 (Strategic Communication in Business) instructors use an OER textbook adapted by Communication Studies lecturer Rose Marie Crisalli in their sections.

• All GST 104 (Experiential Learning in College) instructors use an OER textbook.

If you're doing something with OERs and would like to be included in this list, please contact Nicole Westerdahl (nicole.westerdahl@oswego.edu). 

Creating OERs

• Kristen Munger (former Associate Dean, School of Education) edited and contributed to a textbook entitled Steps to Success: Crossing the Bridge Between Literacy Research and Practice.
• Former Curriculum & Instruction faculty member Maria S. Murray also contributed chapters to Steps to Success: Crossing the Bridge Between Literacy Research and Practice.
• Roger Hinrichs (Emeritus, Physics) is one of the senior contributing authors of the OpenStax textbook College Physics.

Adopting & Adapting OERs

• Lisa Langlois (Art History) used OERs in several of her classes, including ART/WST 110 (cross-listed course), ART 250, ART 251, ART 368, ART 369, ART 371, ART 571, ART 399, ART 499, and HON 201.