OER in Texas Statewide Playbook

The OER in Texas Statewide Playbook Hub is a collaborative space where institutional leads can access resources and training to guide new and expanding OER work on their campuses, and connect with other institutions to build awareness and drive systems change throughout Texas.

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The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) has developed and partners on several initiatives to support open education across Texas. These initiatives include grant programs; professional development opportunities, like academies and the Open Texas conference; and OERTX, the state’s open digital repository. Now, the THECB is expanding this statewide approach to open educational resources (OER) in Texas through the Texas Open Educational Resources Playbook. This playbook was developed by the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management (ISKME) and THECB, with support from the OER in Texas Playbook Advisory Committee. The playbook and accompanying asynchronous course modules outline the steps needed to implement change management inherent in an institutional shift to OER. Institutional leads are invited to explore the playbook before begining the course, and can complete all of the modules in order or select which modules are most applicable to their work.

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OER Playbook

OER Playbook Course Modules

This course is intended to support leads in developing and expanding Open Educational Resource (OER) work at institutions of higher education. This asynchronous course is designed to complement the OER in Texas Statewide Playbook, which outlines the steps needed to implement the change management inherent in an institutional shift to OER.

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OER Voices in Texas

Get to know faculty and librarians who have been leading OER Projects on their campuses throughout Texas.

The History of OER in Texas

The Higher Education Coordinating Boards' Director of Digital Learning, Carrie Gits shares the history of OER in Texas from 1999 to today.

San Jacinto College

Sociology Professor, Dr. Tonja Conerly shares San Jacinto College's OER goals, approach, and impact during our innaugural OER Playbook Academy.

University of Texas, Arlington

Director of OER, Jessica McClean shares UTA Arlington Libraries' OER goals, approach, and impact during our innaugural OER Playbook Academy.

Houston Community College

Learn how Philosophy Professor & OER Coordinator, Nathan Smith is leading the OER initiative at Houston Community College.

Austin Community College

Carrie Gits reflects and shares lessons learned from leading the OER initiative at Austin Community College while she served as Head Librarian & Associate Professor at the Highland Campus.

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