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Open Education "...is the simple and powerful idea that the world’s knowledge is a public good and that technology in general and the Worldwide Web in particular provide an extraordinary opportunity for everyone to share, use, and reuse knowledge.
Open Education Resources are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others. Open educational resources include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge." - The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Examples of OERs include:
An introduction to OERs:
A small working group from the Iowa Open Education Action Team has recently developed a new resource for Open Education support staff, faculty, and advocates: Open Education in Promotion, Tenure, and Faculty Development. This new resource aims to help faculty and staff advocate for themselves and others in discussions around open education work in promotion and tenure.
A critical part of sustaining Open Educational Resources (OER) in higher education is recognizing the contributions by instructors who create and improve them as part of their professional work. In order to aid this effort, Driving OER Sustainability for Student Success (DOERS3) has developed an adaptable advisory model to help guide faculty as they attempt to include their OER work in their tenure and promotion portfolios. Visit the OER in Promotion and Tenure Matrix.
