There are many options for OER Training & Education. This page contains recommended courses, webinars, books, videos, articles, conferences, and websites that will enhance your knowledge about open educational resources.
A set of openly licensed modules for faculty, staff, and administrators Texas Learn OER includes information on understanding OER; open licensing, including Creative Commons; finding and evaluating OER; accessibility; adapting, creating, and sharing OER; and OER policy and practice in Texas.
The second edition is an updated and expanded version of the original adoption guide. The first sections address three distinct groups involved in open textbook adoption: instructors, post-secondary institutions, and students. The second--most comprehensive--section focuses on the operational aspects of adoption: surveying instructors about, tracking usage of, and reporting out about open textbooks (and other OER). The last "Learn More" part provides additional adoption information.
Adoption Guide - 2nd Edition by Lauri M. Aesoph and BCcampus is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
A Basic Guide to Open Education Resources (OER) by Commonwealth of Learning, Neil Butcher, Asha Kanwar, and Stamenka Uvalic-Trumbic is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
This book by Creative Commons explains what creative commons (CC) licenses are, copyright law, and how to use CC licenses.
Chapters include explaining the creative commons organization's mission, copyright law basics and limitations, anatomy of a CC license, using CC licenses and CC-licensed works, creative commons for educators, and creative commons for academic librarians
UNESCO and the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) have developed these Guidelines to support governments, higher education institutions, academics, student bodies and quality assurance/accreditation bodies.
Guidelines for Open Educational Resources (OER) in Higher Education by UNESCO and Commonwealth of Learning is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
This starter kit has been created to provide instructors with an introduction to the use and creation of open educational resources (OER). The text is broken into five sections: Getting Started, Copyright, Finding OER, Teaching with OER, and Creating OER. Each chapter is accompanied with learning objectives and most chapters feature interactive elements and opportunities for readers to engage with the text. Although some chapters contain more advanced content, the starter kit is primarily intended for users who are entirely new to Open Education.
The OER Starter Kit by Abbey K. Elder is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
The Texas Digital Library (TDL), Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), and the Digital Higher Education Consortium of Texas (DigiTex) jointly organize the annual Open Texas conference to convene librarians, faculty, administrators, and other open education practitioners and advocates.
DigiTex facilitates the creation, adoption, and use of Open Educational Resources across Texas through such services as research, professional development and training, and events. OER has the capacity to contribute to cost savings for students and support learning outcomes, while also helping Texas to meet the goals outlined in its higher education plan, 60x30TX.