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AI Meets OER: Unleash Creativity & Navigate Licensing
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Explore the convergence of Generative AI, OER, and Open Pedagogy. Discover strategies for harnessing AI to create and adapt open resources.Session recording from August 21, 2024Run time: 51 minutes

Subject:
Higher Education
Material Type:
Lecture
Author:
Gwendolyn Morel
Lea DeForest
Date Added:
08/28/2024
Advancing an Ecosystem for  Open Educational Resources:  OER in Texas Higher Education
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This report presents the results of a biennial independent survey done by the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME) commissioned by the Digital Higher Education Consortium of Texas (DigiTex), in collaboration with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), to examine the landscape of Open Educational Resources (OER) programs, policies, and practices at higher education institutions in Texas.

Subject:
Education
Higher Education
Material Type:
Reading
Author:
Amee Godwin
Anastasia Karaglani
Judith Sebesta
Kylah Torre
Michelle Singh
Ursula Pike
Cynthia Jimes
Date Added:
12/20/2021
Authoring Open Textbooks
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This guide is for faculty authors, librarians, project managers and others who are involved in the production of open textbooks in higher education and K-12. Content includes a checklist for getting started, publishing program case studies, textbook organization and elements, writing resources and an overview of useful tools.

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Education
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Open Textbook Network
Author:
Anita R. Walz
Caitie Finlayson
Cody Taylor
Deb Quentel
Dianna Fisher
Karen Bjork
Karen Lauritsen
Linda Frederiksen
Melissa Falldin
Ralph Morelli
Shane Nackerud
Date Added:
01/01/2017
Biology I for Science Majors
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The course introduces students to the nature of life, concepts of biochemistry, metabolism, genetics, cellular and molecular biology. Students will learn about the various techniques used to study biology - cloning, gene editing and the exciting field of Genetic Engineering.This Open Education Resource Core Curriculum course was developed with funding from Texas Higher Education Board - Open Educational Resources Grant Program (OERGP) 2018-2019 RFA # 20337.

Subject:
Biology
Education
Higher Education
Life Science
Material Type:
Full Course
Author:
Veronica Amaku Ph.D.
Date Added:
08/23/2020
Canvas Commons Course - Guide for OER Specialists
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This course is a guide for OER specialists who are looking to establish a workflow, locate openly licensed resources, create accessible content, and produce openly licensed materials--especially textbooks--in an organized format. The course was developed under an Open Textbooks Pilot grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education.

Subject:
Education
Material Type:
Full Course
Author:
College of the Canyons
Date Added:
08/19/2021
Canvas Commons OER course - ECON 2301: Principles of Macroeoconomics
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This is a Principles of Macroeconomics course utilizing exclusively Open Educational Resources and designed in Canvas. This course is mapped to the Learning Outcomes for ECON 2301 as established under the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Academic Course Guide Manual. This course is based on Openstax Principles of Macroeconomics 2e textbook and incorporates key components from EDUC 1301: Learning Frameworks, designed to enhance the student’s experience as well as to improve overall student learning.
The course was developed by a faculty team from Collin College as part of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board OER Course Development and Implementation Grant Program.

Subject:
Economics
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Assessment
Full Course
Homework/Assignment
Lecture Notes
Reading
Textbook
Author:
Gian Aryani
Lorena Rodriguez
Meenakshi Beri
Michael Latham
Joshua Arduengo
Date Added:
12/31/2021
College Algebra Blackboard Ultra MyOpenMath Course
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College Algebra Blackboard Ultra Course created by Dr. Hanan Amro for South Texas Math Department.  It was modified to include additional learning materials funded by THECB OER Development Grant (2021).The course is Quality Matters certified and uses MyOpenMath for homework and assessment delivery.

Subject:
Mathematics
Material Type:
Lesson
Author:
Rosa Gutierrez
hanan amro
Date Added:
05/15/2022
Critical Thinking
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Critical thinking is the ability to think clearly and rationally about what to do or what to believe. It includes the ability to engage in reflective and independent thinking. Someone with critical thinking skills is able to do the following:

Understand the logical connections between ideas.
Identify, construct, and evaluate arguments.
Detect inconsistencies and common mistakes in reasoning.
Solve problems systematically.
Identify the relevance and importance of ideas.
Reflect on the justification of one’s own beliefs and values.
Critical thinking is not simply a matter of accumulating information. A person with a good memory and who knows a lot of facts is not necessarily good at critical thinking. Critical thinkers are able to deduce consequences from what they know, make use of information to solve problems, and to seek relevant sources of information to inform themselves.

Critical thinking should not be confused with being argumentative or being critical of other people. Although critical thinking skills can be used in exposing fallacies and bad reasoning, critical thinking can also play an important role in cooperative reasoning and constructive tasks. Critical thinking can help us acquire knowledge, improve our theories, and strengthen arguments. We can also use critical thinking to enhance work processes and improve social institutions.

Some people believe that critical thinking hinders creativity because critical thinking requires following the rules of logic and rationality, whereas creativity might require breaking those rules. This is a misconception. Critical thinking is quite compatible with thinking “out-of-the-box,” challenging consensus views, and pursuing less popular approaches. If anything, critical thinking is an essential part of creativity because we need critical thinking to evaluate and improve our creative ideas.

Subject:
Language, Philosophy, and Culture
Philosophy
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
Oklahoma State University
Author:
Brian Kim
Date Added:
06/03/2021
Curation
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This module includes information to help find, evaluate, adapt and share open educational resources to meet learning outcomes and objectives. The module also offers information on how to describe and organize OER to enable its discovery by future users.

Subject:
Education
Material Type:
Module
Provider:
College Libraries Ontario
Date Added:
08/13/2020
Digital Texts in the Time of COVID
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The Fall 2020 term served as a litmus test of how well the evolving course material distribution and selection process works for U.S. higher education. More faculty than ever before had to select and adapt their course materials, with less time than previous years to explore their options and make decisions.

Subject:
Education
Higher Education
Material Type:
Primary Source
Author:
Jeff Seaman
Julia Seaman
Date Added:
04/29/2022
ENGL 1113 Online Library Sessions – OpenOKState
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This resource is used to provide library instruction for introductory undergraduate composition courses.

Subject:
Information Science
Information Technology
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Activity/Lab
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Provider:
Oklahoma State University
Author:
Holly Luetkenhaus
Date Added:
06/03/2021
ENGL 1213 Online Library Sessions
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This resource is used for library instruction in undergraduate second semester composition courses

Subject:
Information Science
Information Technology
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Activity/Lab
Assessment
Homework/Assignment
Module
Provider:
Oklahoma State University
Author:
Cristina Colquhoun
Holly Luetkenhaus
Date Added:
06/03/2021
Education for a Digital World: Advice, Guidelines and Effective Practice from Around Globe
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Education for a Digital World contains a comprehensive collection of proven strategies and tools for effective online teaching, based on the principles of learning as a social process. It offers practical, contemporary guidance to support e-learning decision-making, and instructional choices, as well as program and course planning, and development.

Subject:
Education
Educational Technology
Higher Education
Material Type:
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:
Sandy Hirtz
Date Added:
09/27/2023
Equity Through OER Rubric
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​The Equity Through OER Rubric is a comprehensive self-assessment tool, designed to guide students, faculty, administrators and other academic practitioners and leaders in not only better understanding, but also acting on the equity dimensions of OER. The rubric is organized by categories, aligned with roles and functions for higher education institutions, units and practitioners. Its overarching goal is to enable users to integrate OER in equitable ways across higher education leading to quality and equitable student access, outcomes and success.

Subject:
Education
Material Type:
Assessment
Author:
Driving OER Sustainability for Student Success (DOERS3)
Date Added:
08/04/2021
Ethical Use of Technology in Digital Learning Environments: Graduate Student Perspectives
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This book is the result of a co-design project in a class in the Masters of Education program at the University of Calgary. The course, and the resulting book, focus primarily on the safe and ethical use of technology in digital learning environments. The course was organized according to four topics based on Farrow’s (2016) Framework for the Ethics of Open Education.

Subject:
Education
Educational Technology
Higher Education
Material Type:
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:
Michele Jacobsen
Verena Roberts
Barbara Brown
Date Added:
09/27/2023
Find Resources
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If you haven’t discovered already, there are myriad open resources that exist. Often the trouble lies in locating those that fit precisely what you need. We’ve broken down these resources with the intent of making the search process more efficient and effective. For each you’ll find a list of unique traits, licensing information, and an example of how to attribute the source. Click one of the media sources in the Find Resources sub-menu for the details.

Subject:
Education
Material Type:
Lesson
Provider:
Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
Date Added:
08/24/2015