YCCC: Open Educational Resources OER: Home

The Topic

Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research resources released under a license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others. OER can be:

full courses, course materials, lesson plans
open textbooks
learning objects
videos, powerpoints, games, tests, software
any other tool, material, or technique that supports access to knowledge

undefined of this guide include:

Starting a conversation about Open Educational Resources

Discovering ways to find, evaluate, attribute, and integrate open educational resources appropriate for YCCC

What makes them "Open"?

OERs are licensed in such a way that enables adopters to utilize the 5 Rs: Retain, Redistribute, Reuse, Revise, Remix.

Creative Commons licenses are often applied to OERs to license these rights to adopters.

OER libguides to explore

Suggest an OER Link for a YCCC Library Subject Guide

To suggest an Open Educational Resource please use this form:

York County Community College: OER Presentation

Open Educational Resources, Pedagogy, and the Public Mission of Community Colleges
by Robin DeRosa

OER - making the case

Community College Consortium for OER
A growing consortium of community and technical colleges committed to expanding access to education and increasing student success through adoption of open educational policy, practices, and resources.
Why Open Education and Open Educational Resources (OER)?
New England Board of Higher Education
OER Promotes Student Success
Community College Daily, Oct. 12, 2018
Textbook Affordability Survey Report
Library Journal, 2019
New study finds OER courses and degrees improve student retention and completion, faculty engagement, and result in cost savings for students
Achieving the Dream
The Impact of Open Educational Resources on Various Student Success Metrics
: “This research suggests OER is an equity strategy for higher education: providing all students with access to course materials on the first day of class serves to level the academic playing field in course settings."
What Impacts do OER Have on Students? Students Share Their Experiences with a Health Psychology OER at New York City College of Technology
Preceding studies also report that students were attracted to OER for the cost savings and ease of use and that was true for students in this study as well. Students in this study also voiced their satisfaction with not having to carry a textbook as they traveled throughout the day.
Open Education Primer An Introduction to Open Educational Resources, Practices and Policy for Academic Libraries
This resource is intended to provide an introduction to open education for academic librarians in North America, with emphasis on the three pillars of resources, practices, and policy.

Topics to consider...

Topics for YCCC to consider:

campus wide discussion of OER
need for curated content (selected, organized, & presented using professional or expert knowledge)
making sure academic standards are met
OER training
College-wide OER Policy