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OER: Open Educational Resources @ HCC

5 TENETS OF OER

Retain – the right to make, own, and control copies of the content

Reuse – the right to use the content in a wide range of ways 

Revise – the right to adapt, adjust, modify, or alter the content itself 

Remix – the right to combine the original or revised content with other open content to create something new 

Redistribute – the right to share copies of the original content, your revisions, or your remixes with others 

(OpenContent)

Education Resource Committee Members

Jennifer Nohai-Seaman (chair)

Sandra Barnes

Ed Becker

Asantewa Dawson

Scott Empric

Paul Gasparo

Eddie Rose

Janet Yarrow

Bob Wyckoff

OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

 What is OER?
It is teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and repurposing by others – full courses, course material, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and another other tools, materials or techniques used to support access to knowledge.
 
What is an OER degree?
–It is a one-year or two-year postsecondary programs which are offered to students using openly licensed resources in place of proprietary textbooks. (Achieving the Dream Power Point)
 

Discipline Specific Resources Page (Our other LibGuide)

 

 

HCC is one of 38 community colleges in 13 states who received an  Open Educational Resources (OER) Degree Initiative grant from Achieving the Dream. This grant will enable HCC to decrease student cost and increase student progress toward their degree. For more information on this initiative contact:

Jennifer Nohai-Seaman

Housatonic Community College

Assistant Professor of Developmental Studies - Mathematics

Lead Faculty - Achieving the Dream OER Degree

203-332-8554

 

USER-FRIENDLY OER COURSE DESIGN FOR REMOTE & FACE-TO-FACE