Research Guides: Open Educational Resources (OER) at NECC: Getting Started with OER

Contact Information

Sue Tashjian, M.Ed.

Coordinator of Instructional Technology

The Center for Instructional Technology and Distance Learning (CIT)

Co-Chair MA DHE OER Advisory Council

Co-President Community College Consortium for Educational Resources

Northern Essex Community College

Phone: 978-556-3686 or 978-655-5819, Email: stashjian@necc.mass.edu

What is OER?

What is OER?

Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research materials in any medium – digital or otherwise – that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation, and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions.

OER may include complete courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge.

The OER Starter Kit -by Abbey Elder
"This starter kit has been created to provide instructors with an introduction to the use and creation of open educational resources (OER). The text is broken into five sections: Getting Started, Copyright, Finding OER, Teaching with OER, and Creating OER. Although some chapters contain more advanced content, the starter kit is primarily intended for users who are entirely new to Open Education."

OE Global

OE Global
"Open Education Global is a worldwide community of organizations committed to improving education access, affordability, success and quality for all."
CCCOER
"CCCOER is 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. We provide a community and resources to learn about the evolving practice of open education."

OER Courses & Remixing

OER Courses and Remixing - Learn about OER

Open Washington has a great site for learning more about OER: https://www.openwa.org/

SUNY OER Services community courses will introduce you to practical principles and practices related to OER no matter your level of experience: https://innovate.suny.edu/sunyoercommunitycourse/

Open Attribution Builder: This is a tool to help you build attributions. Click the About box to learn more. As you fill out the form, the app automatically generates the attribution: https://www.openwa.org/attrib-builder/.