The term Open Educational Resources (OER) was first adopted by UNESCO in 2002 to describe materials used to support education that can be freely accessed, reused, modified, and shared in order to improve the quality of curricula and teaching and reduce costs.  In this workshop, you will learn where to find high quality, openly licensed materials and how to reuse them.  We will also cover Creative Commons licensing, attribution of open educational resources, and accessibility considerations.

Workshop Objectives

Exploring Open Educational Resources is an asynchronous, 3-day workshop from the Online Learning Consortium through a partnership with the University System of Maryland. The workshop will begin on Wednesday, September 28, 2016, and end on Friday, September 30, 2016, requiring approximately 3-5 hours of work, including reading research-based articles, viewing presentations, engaging in online discussion forums, and submitting assignments. 

To sign up for an OLC workshop, please open an RT ticket with the name of the workshop and preferred date(s). Please submit your request at least seven days prior to the start of the workshop to allow time for OLC processing. Instructional Technology staff will assist with your registration, answer any questions you may have about the experience, etc. You will receive a confirmation email from OLC after we register you and an additional email about 24 hours before the workshop begins with login information.