Open Educational Resources (OER) at Penn State
Learn how you can create, share, and use open and affordable resources at Penn State.
Open and Affordable Teaching and Collaboration – Two Examples
This session will present two faculty approaches to working with open and affordable educational materials. Half of the session will focus on potential sources of OER materials for Math and Statistics courses, while the other half will discuss the structure and benefits of forming a community of practice among your peers to support and explore your work with OAER.
Leveling the Academic Playing Field with Open Educational Resources (OER)
Students often report not purchasing a textbook because it is too expensive or deferring a course due the high cost of texts. In this session, faculty share their experiences using freely available (OER) to replace or augment their textbooks and traditional lectures.
Enhancing STEM learning through 3-D Visualization and Digital Collaboration Tools
Enhance student learning in the Sciences with free or low cost tools for interactive and customizable 3-D visualizations then use these tools to create collaborative learning activities for the lab, classroom, and at-home learning using Google Jamboard and Docs. Originally developed for anatomy and physiology courses, these strategies can be adapted for a diverse array of materials.
Copyright and Creative Commons: How to Find and Use Resources
A 30-minute presentation followed by 30-minute Q&A. Presentation on copyright and creative commons resources.