Practical strategies for using OER to build courses in Canvas, the learning management system used by community colleges across California

Examples of the ways that OER can be used to meet the requirements of quality online course design, and specifically in alignment with the statewide online course design rubric for California Community Colleges

Considerations for using OER to create more accessible, relatable learning experiences for students right from the start—including strategies for leveraging Universal Design for Learning, campus accessibility guidelines, and anti-racism frameworks in the development of OER

In this section, we will examine how generative AI (GenAI) tools may assist with academic reading and research. Examples of content generated by ChatGPT will show how GenAI may be incorporated into a classroom setting. Each section offers suggestions for use and various strategies that could be incorporated for those who wish to allow the use of these tools for assignments. Included throughout are suggestions on how to promote students’ ethical and effective use of these tools and to possibly limit their use if desired. By the end of this section, you should be able to use GenAI to support reading practices.

Author: Jonahs Kneitly
Contributors: Gwendolyn Inocencio, Mary Landry, C. Anneke Snyder
Designers: Irene AI, Sweta Kailani
Supervisors: Terri Pantuso, Sarah LeMire

In this section, illustrative examples from ChatGPT show how to incorporate Large Language Models (LLMs) into the writing process while considering ethical concerns associated with such tools, namely avoiding plagiarism or exploitation of AI-generated content. The advent of public access to LLMs means they are now a critically important aspect of digital information literacy. As such, this technology must be addressed in the composition classroom with guided instruction. We recommend a strategy that models application of a modified version of stasis theory to all LLM-generated content.

After reading this section you should be prepared to teach stasis theory as a strategy for continual interrogation that helps rhetors discern whether generative-AI content exhibits appropriate depth, scope, and quality, along with the appropriate next steps in argumentation, writing, or research.

Author: Gwendolyn Inocencio
Contributors: C. Anneke Snyder, Mary Landry, Jonahs Kneitly
Designers: Irene AI, Shweta Kailani
Supervisors: Terri Pantuso, Sarah LeMire

This introductory text on baking and pastries cover the following topics: baking and pastry equipment; dry ingredients; quick breads; yeast doughs; pastry doughs; custards; cake and buttercreams; pie doughs and ice cream; mousses, Bavarians, and souffle; and cookies. The appendix includes measurement and conversion charts, cake terms, and industry resources. This resource was written by Chef Tammy Rink for Nicholls State University CULA 250 course.

This is Benjamin Jowett's third edition (1888) of Plato's Republic. It includes all 10 chapters, margin numbers, and the translator's introductory material.

This resource explores the importance of, and processes for, humanizing education. We start by exploring what humanizing teaching and learning means: to acknowledge that our relationships are foundational to the work that we do. It aims to make learning inclusive with connection, access, and meaning-making at its core.

This material is not a book, nor a guide, nor a checklist–it’s an engagement with complex issues, with social entanglements, and with ways of doing (and not doing) things. This work also foregrounds the importance of twelve core super themes, such as trust, vulnerability, re-framing failure, and friction. These super themes are not discrete units or siloed entities, rather they are multi-layered ideas that intersect and weave together across the humanizing learning spectrum.

Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan is an important primary text. Hobbes's social contract theory relies on a thought experiment involving a hypothetical state of nature in which there are no rules or laws. He argues that life in the state of nature would be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short," and that accordingly we should renounce most of our rights and freedoms by giving them to a powerful sovereign, who will in turn protect us from foreign threat and from one another.

This is a by-no-means comprehensive list of Maps, Documents, Photos/Artwork, Music, Government Agencies, Local (Houston, TX Area) Museums and Foundations, etc. suitable for the social sciences.

This is Chapter 5 on property rights from John Locke's Second Treatise on Government.

The high cost of textbooks has become a serious obstacle to the affordability
of a college education. The textbook market is rigged so that publishers can
generate huge profits and engage in bad practices at students’ expense.
Fortunately, we have solutions to this problem, most notably in the form of “open
textbooks”—high-quality books that are available online for free or for a very low cost
in print. With solutions like these, we can break the publishers’ stranglehold on the
market and help make higher education more accessible to everyone.
These changes won’t happen on their own—students will need to work for them. This
toolkit provides the resources that student governments and state student associations
need in order to bring open textbooks to their campuses and save students money

This is a link to Seneca's On Anger, which is Book 1, Chapter I-XXI of his minor dialogues. The complete file contains other books and chapters in Seneca's dialogues.

Complete course in global health. Has syllabus, learning outcomes, handouts, lectures, and student activities.

The following is a list of OER Keyholders from Northeast Lakeview College. They were recognized for their efforts in supporting open educational resources (OER) at Alamo Colleges District.

This is the Nursing and Allied Health Resources wiki, a collaborative project by members of the Nursing and Allied Health Resource Section of the Medical Library Association. Use the left-hand navigation to browse the content. The content includes resources for nurses and other health

This course teaches critical thinking, reading, and writing skills across the curriculum through the amalgamation of History 1302 (1865-present) with Integrated Reading and Writing (INRW 0315), emphasizing the social, political, economic, cultural, and intellectual history of the United States from the Civil War/Reconstruction era to the present. The developmental INRW 0315 corequisite course focuses on applying critical reading skills for organizing, analyzing, and developing written work appropriate to the audience, purpose, situation, and length of the assignment in the historical context of HIST 1302.

Recording from Texas Digital Learning Week.

As open education resources (OER) advocates and individuals engaged in supporting the curation and creation of OER, the document collaborators came together on the common interest in curating and creating best practices or standards for OER review and approval.

While this group is dependent on volunteers the expected next review will be by July 2023. Throughout this time any comments, errors, or other communication on standards and rubric can be directed to rsauls@flvc.org. This is a final draft released on August 9, 2021 in a call for national feedback and input on implementation or potential use of this documentation.

The rising cost of higher education is about more than tuition—expensive textbooks and
course materials remain a looming barrier to college affordability and access. Open educational
resources (OER) are a solution to high-cost materials and state legislators are starting to
take notice.

Open Educational Resources (OER) are freely available materials that can be downloaded,
edited and shared to better serve all students. OER include all kinds of content such as
textbooks, lesson plans, assignments, games, and other educational materials, and can
include printed materials, not just digital.

Nearly half of all states have considered OER legislation in past years, and it has increasingly
become a go-to strategy for legislators seeking to make college education more affordable
and effective. States can catalyze and support action at institutions by providing resources,
incentives, and policy frameworks.

This playbook provides a set of ideas that state legislators can consider to harness the
power of OER to reduce college costs for students. Recommendations can be combined or
pursued independently, and while not every recommendation is right for every state, each
one offers a potential pathway to benefit students.

Check out SPARC’s OER State Policy Tracker to see existing state policy and stay up
to date on current legislation: https://sparcopen.org/our-work/state-policy-tracking/