OER Core Elements Academy Fall 2021 Resources

This resource includes the recordings and practice activities for the OER Core Elements Academy which consists of three synchronous, virtual sessions:Introduction to Open Educational Resources & Practices - Exploration of the what, why, and how of OER, highlighting use cases involving successful adoption and implementation of OER at Texas institutions.Discovery, Evaluation & Curation - Hands-on training aimed at supporting effective search, quality evaluation, and curation strategies to collaboratively identify, evaluate, and organize OER relevant to desired use.Authoring & Remixing - Deep dive into courseware improvement, developing collaborative workflows to utilize authoring tools to design, create and remix resources. Leverage supports for peer-review, reflection, and refinement of resources.Participants will have assignments to complete between synchronous sessions. Two opportunities for office hours with OER experts will also be offered:Office Hours – Option for informal discussion with OER experts.Participants are required to attend 4.5 hours of instruction and complete approximately 7 hours of practice activities to find, curate, publish, and share OER.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Authors: Megan Simmons, Michelle Singh, Kylah Torre

Common Knowledge: A Concise Overview for Students

This resource is a concise overview of common knowledge and source attribution. 

Material Type: Reading

Author: Keith Elphick

Providing Effective Student Feedback

This guide includes tips and best practices designed to help you: Write valuable grading comments on student assignmentsUse varied methods to give general feedback to the whole classFacilitate effective online discussions

Material Type: Student Guide

Author: Audrey Lundahl

"Write it down...": Oral History & Narrative Assignment

An oral history narrative mini-project that can be used in, for example, an English or Humanities course.  Calls for students to present a "snapshot" of their pre-COVID-19 day and asks them to reflect on how their lives have changed.  Includes links to related articles/readings.

Material Type: Homework/Assignment

Author: Mandy Palmer

Study, Strategize and Succeed – Open Textbook

College is a formative time for students. Understanding effective strategies for student success can go a long way in helping with retention of students.

Material Type: Textbook

Author: Kwantlen Polytechnic University Learning Centres

Brief Introduction to Creative Commons Licenses and OERs

A five-minute video tutorial on Creative Commons Licenses, the five “R’s”, and where to find Open Educational Resources.

Material Type: Module

Author: Phil Jensen

Le Chatelier's Principle Dry Lab

This resource is a virtual Le Chatelier's lab.  Pictures of systems at equilibrium are presented, then pictures are given after different stresses are applied.  A buffer system with pH data is included.  This resource is designed to accompany Chemistry Atoms First 2e section 13.3 Shifting Equilibriahttps://openstax.org/books/chemistry-atoms-first-2e/pages/13-3-shifting-equilibria-le-chateliers-principle

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Yokabet Gedeon

Intermediate ESL Writing: Types of Sentences

This handout is designed for intermediate English language learners in writing classes. The focus is on sentence-level errors and particularly the order of words in a sentence.   Second language learners tend to refer to their native languages when writing.  So no matter how well they write their ideas, this handout will help them understand and practice their word order errors. The handout includes clear charts of the order of words in a sentence, examples, exercises, and a quiz.

Material Type: Homework/Assignment

Author: Sharla Jones

Primary and Secondary Sources: Fact Sheet

This resource is a fact sheet for students to learn about primary and secondary sources.

Material Type: Primary Source

Author: Gwen Henderson

APR vs. APY study guide

This is a quick guide to help students differenciate the terms APR and APY.  There are formulas presented to help students calculate APY given certain parameters of investments.  The guide also presents formulas to allow students to calculate APY outside of the traditional one year examples.

Material Type: Student Guide

Author: George Swindell

Successful Online Teaching

This short module teaches instructors about Moore's three types of interactions in distance education while exploring strategies to improve each type in their own courses. It is research-based and includes references and a quiz. It was designed with higher education in mind but is applicable for isntructors at all levels.

Material Type: Module

Author: Waneta Hebert

Using Photovoice in the Classroom

This resource is designed to provide information regarding Photovoice action research and its use in the classroom as a class project. Students identify with social problems in their communities and address possible solutions. 

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Module

Author: Beatrix Perez

Finding Library Database Sources for an Assignment

This lesson goes over using library databases to find sources for a paper in a general education freshman or sophomore level class. In the activities in this lesson, the student will find one resource, create a search log, and develop a basic understanding of the process of searching library databases.The sample search is for a paper on music education in a teacher education class.

Material Type: Lesson

Author: Jennifer Crispin

The Evolution of Bloom's Taxonomy

This resource describes the evolution of Bloom's taxonomy and the contributions by other researchers and educators to adapt it to changing education scenarios. 

Material Type: Reading

Author: Roopa Vinay

C++ Guide for Beginners

This OER is designed to give readers a further understanding of coding and C++. Concepts covered include:PointersClassesLinked ListsStacksQueuesAbstractionData hidingPolymorphismInheritance

Material Type: Reading

Author: Michael Massaro

Course Map

The course map shows the alignment between competencies, learning modules, assessments, learning activities, and instructional material for an applied statistics course.

Material Type: Syllabus

Author: Andrés Padilla-Oviedo

PowerPoint Help

Hints for creating powerpoints.

Material Type: Lecture Notes

Author: Lauraine Paul

Find Resources

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.

Material Type: Lesson

Psychology: Module on Learning

This module on learning introduces classical and operant conditioning and social/observational learning and is appropriate for an undergraduate psychology course, either as a first introduction to the topic or as a refresher for more advanced courses.It includes a brief overview of the topic, module level objectives, readings (online free textbook and a website), links to YouTube videos explaining the three major learning theories, a low-stakes quiz sample, one required discussion, an optional discussion, and a choice of three different assignments.Links are active at time of upload, but that may change, of course.

Material Type: Assessment

Author: Denise Arellano

Interpersonal Violence in Contemporary Visual Art

This resource discusses the social issue of interpersonal violence and provides examples of contemporary art to serve as entry points into difficult discussions and information about gender violence. Trigger warning: Please note that the below information and artworks deal with physical abuse, sexual assault/rape, and emotional abuse.   

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lecture

Author: Sara Ishii