Open SLCC Staff
Dr. Elizabeth Bond Rogers
Director, Faculty Development and Transformational Educational Initiatives
Andrea Scott
Operations Associate, Educational Initiatives
Jen Hughes
Librarian, Archives, Nmedia & Educational Initiatives
Anita Tsuchiya
Operations Associate, OER Editor
Bridget Raymundo
Student Advocacy and Outreach Specialist Intern
Statement
Provide students a cost effective alternative to traditional text books.
Definition
"Open Educational Resources are teaching, learning and research materials in any medium - digital or otherwise - that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions."
- William & Flora Hewlett Foundation
Instructions for Finding OPEN Courses at SLCC
Student
No cost, low cost instruction video.
OER is more than free. OER is free with permissions.
The 5Rs of Open Content
The terms " open content" and "open educational resources" describe any copyrightable work (traditionally excluding software, which is described by other terms like "open source") that is licensed in a manner that provides users with free and perpetual permission to engage in the 5R activities:
The right to make, own, and control copies of the content (e.g., download, duplicate, store, and manage).
The right to use the content in a wide range of ways (e.g., in a class, in a study group, on a website, in a video).
The right to adapt, adjust, modify, or alter the content itself (e.g., translate the content into another language).
The right to combine the original or revised content with other open content to create something new (e.g., incorporate the content into a mashup).
The right to share copies of the original content, your revisions, or your remixes with others (e.g., give a copy of the content to a friend).
Creative commons licensing allows authors to create, remix and redistribute using the permissions and terms of their choosing.
