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Textbooks play a crucial role for community college students. The escalation of textbook prices, along with the overall increase in the costs of higher education, has prompted faculty to explore the use of open educational resources (OER) as the primary curriculum in lieu of commercial textbooks. Learn how to weave OER into your course and increase student enrollment!

Takeaways

At the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

Explore OER repositories such as OpenStax, MERLOT, and OER Commons to discover available resources.
Adapt and Customize OER.
Provide clear attribution.
Integrate OER into course design.

Course Design Rubric & Perlata Online Equity Rubric

In this workshop, the following elements are covered:

A7: Effective Use of Course Management Tools

CMS tools are used to reduce the labor-intensity of learning and streamline access to materials and activities for students.

A10: Learning Support

Individualized learning opportunities, such as remedial activities to support Basic Skills or resources for advanced learning, are provided

E3: Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

The Peralta Online Equity Rubric describes that course content and activities are aligned with core principles of UDL -- i.e., multiple means of representation, action & expression, and/or engagement.