Review and Attributions
Concept Review Questions
Concept Review Activity
The last exercise for these units is for you to create your own OER. This will allow you to apply all that you’ve learned in Units 1-7.
Choose one of the three prompts to create an open educational resource about the topic of this unit. This can be a blog, vlog, libguide page, a slide deck, a short video, a handout, or other. For this exercise, be sure your resource is licensed CC BY. Here are some topic ideas; feel free to create your own based on your department culture or course needs. The goal is that you will use this OER!
- Create an OER which reflects something you need for your course – start small, such as one teaching unit
- Create an OER that informs faculty or students on the importance of active and engaged teaching
- Create an OER on five (or so) tips you deem important for faculty to ensure they are following best practices in regarding adopting, adapting, or creating OER
Be sure your resource is properly marked with an open license and publicly accessible (public link sharing in Google Docs is acceptable if you’re not ready to make it broadly discoverable). If you’d like to adapt a resource that already exists, make sure to provide a link to the original version so we can see the improvements you made. HINT: TASL!
Here’s an example of an openly licensed handout on open education for faculty. It was created with a Google Docs template. The handout was adapted from an existing OER (see attribution statement) and modified to meet the needs of the creator for a faculty workshop.
Once you’ve created your OER, consider emailing the resource link to your colleagues or students for review.
Attributions
Information for this unit was consulted and adapted from
- “6 Steps to modifying an Open Textbook” by BC Campus is licensed under CC BY 4.0
- “Adaptation Guide: What is an Adaptation” by BC Campus is licensed under CC BY 4.0
- “Considerations for licensors and licensees” by Creative Commons is licensed under CC BY 4.0
- “Creating Open Educational Resources: Tips for New Creators” by Abbey Elder is licensed under CC BY 4.0
- “Modifying an Open Textbook: What You Need to Know“ by Open Textbook Network is licensed under CC BY 4.0
- “Module 4: Copyright & Open Licensing – Assignment: Create OER” in the Open Education Primer | Version 1 by SPARC is licensed under CC BY 4.0
- “Module 8: Sharing OER” by Open Washington is licensed under CC BY 4.0