For Faculty
Faculty Frequently Asked Questions
There are many existing OER that you adopt for your course. If this is not the case for your course, you can adapt/remix existing OER to meet your needs or explore authoring an OER. Feel free to look at some of the resources we recommend for locating existing OER or contact the Open SLCC team for assistance with finding, adapting, or creating OER for your course!
Great! With Creative Commons licenses, you can have the freedom to adapt resources to your needs! Reach out to the Open SLCC team for support and advice.
Some OER include ancillaries such as activities, labs, slide decks, etc. If you have questions about potential teaching resources, reach out to the Open SLCC team and we can assist you! If we cannot locate existing ancillary resources, the Open SLCC team can support you with possible options including potential funding opportunities for faculty to create such resources.
OER production at SLCC can occur in many ways depending on the scope of the project. The OER Production Workflow shows one possible workflow for adapting/remixing/authoring an OER at SLCC. However, to determine what is needed for your project, please reach out to the Open SLCC team for support and advice.
Some OER creators regularly update their content to reflect revisions and corrections. If you adapt/remix/author an OER, with Creative Commons licensing you have the option to update your content at any time! If you have questions about this process, contact the Andrea Scott, andrea.scott@slcc.edu
Faculty OER Support
The following links and documents are curated by the Open SLCC team to assist faculty with OER adoption, adaptation, and authoring.
- OER Production Workflow
- OER Accessibility Checklist
- OER Copyright Review Checklist
- Washington Attribution Builder
- Citations vs. Attributions
For Pressbooks Support, please contact jen.hughes@slcc.edu or andrea.scott@slcc.edu
To help facilitate Open Pedagogy at SLCC, the Open SLCC team worked with the college’s legal department to create the following form: Student Release of Course Materials for Public Availability
- Trans Inclusion in OER by Kat R. Klement and Stephen G. Krueger, licensed CC BY 4.0.
- This resource is a guide on how to make OER more inclusive and representative of trans and gender diverse people.
- Using Open Content to Create a Culturally Relevant Classroom Resources & Links by Dr. Ruanda Garth-McCullough and Dr. Richard Sebastian, licensed CC BY 4.0.
- This resource is from a presentation at the 2020 Open Education Conference. It includes a list of JEDI-focused openly licensed image resources and OER examples.
SLCC Faculty Development Courses can be located by going to your employee tab on my.slcc.edu/.
- Under Employee Training – click on Register for Training
- Under Training Registration – click on Register for Training
- In the Training/Department drop down menu – click on Faculty Development
- In the Course drop down menu – select the course you want to take.
Current Faculty Development offerings related to OER include:
- Introduction to OER Online (asynchronous self-paced Canvas Course)
- Copyright Made Simple Online (asynchronous self-paced Canvas Course) - currently under revision, available soon!
There are OER-related conferences, such as the Open Education Conference, and other professional development opportunities throughout the year. If you are interested in additional professional development opportunities, please contact the Open SLCC team.
