Statement
Provide students a cost effective alternative to traditional text books.
Definition
"Open Educational Resources are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and repurposing by others. OER include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge."
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The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Instructions for Finding OPEN Courses at SLCC
Spring 2019 Open Education Resources (OER) Schedule
Summer 2019 Open Education Resources (OER) Schedule
Fall 2019 Open Education Resources (OER) Schedule
Open SLCC Staff
Jason Pickavance
Director of Faculty Development and Educational Initiatives
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
TB
Room:
225D D-E
Phone:
Email:
Andrea Scott
Operations Associate, Educational Initiatives
Whitney Sproul
OER and UA Technician
Campus:
Taylorsville
Building:
Markosian Library
Room:
LIB 230
Phone:
Email:
Haunani Aiono
Student Advocacy and Outreach Specialist Intern
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.
https://creativecommons.org/
