Open & Affordable Course Content Options
“Open Educational Resources (OER) are learning, teaching and research materials in any format and medium
that reside in the public domain or are under copyright that have been released under an open license,
that permit no-cost access, re-use, re-purpose, adaptation and redistribution by others.” -- UNESCO
Not all online materials are free, and not all free materials are openly licensed. This table summarizes the main options you'll encounter & what they mean for you as an instructor or course designer. Questions? Email online-library@nvcc.edu
About Open Licenses
Creative Commons licenses specify what you can do with a work -- retain, reuse, revise, remix, and/or redistribute
Attribution: creativecommons.org [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons
Best Practices
- Code of Best Practices in Fair Use in Open Educational ResourcesA Guide for Authors, Adapters & Adopters of Openly Licensed Teaching and Learning Materials
OER Self-Paced Tutorial
- How to Use OERs, A Self-Paced WorkshopThis course walks you through techniques to incorporate Open Educational Resources (OER) into your teaching practice. The course will cover the fundamental aspects of OER including open licensing and public domain. It focuses on providing practical guidance in locating and applying openly available resources.
The training content is originally developed by Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges. CC BY.