Module 01 Introduction to Open Education Resources

Why Open Education Matters, David Blake, CC BY

Welcome to Understanding OER, a self-paced informational tutorial for Trinity faculty and staff interested in replacing commercial textbooks with affordable resources in their instruction.

By the end of this tutorial, participants should be able to:

Define “open” in the context of open educational resources (OER)
Differentiate the concepts of open licensing, public domain, and all rights reserved copyrights
Identify resources that are openly licensed or in the public domain
Identify and use Creative Commons open licenses
Find and evaluate OER and no-cost resources
Use resources from Collier Library (print and digital) as teaching materials

This is a non-facilitated program. For in-person events and webinars, please view our OER LibGuide.

Material in this online course is adapted from Open Educational Resources (OER) at University of North Alabama, Affordable Learning Georgia's Finding Free and Open Resources online tutorial, and Open Washington's How to Use Open Educational Resources online workshop. All material, unless otherwise indicated, is under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.