Resources
The following is a list of resources used in this website.
Why OER?:
- Estimated increases in new college textbook prices, college tuition and fees, and overall consumer price inflation, 2002 to 2012: https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-13-368.pdf
- Winthrop University undergraduate estimated 2021-2022 cost of attendance:
https://www.winthrop.edu/finaid/cost-of-attendance.aspx - 2016 Student textbook and course materials survey:https://www.flvc.org/documents/96858/931951/2016+Student+Textbook+Survey.pdf/591cf5b0-bbe8-406d-acd8-b23d89b8577f
- Top reasons for dropping out of college: https://educationdata.org/college-dropout-rates
- OER defined and the 5R activities: https://creativecommons.org/about/program-areas/education-oer
- The Winthrop Plan: https://www.winthrop.edu/uploadedFiles/president/StrategicPlan.pdf
Find & Evaluate:
- Open textbooks defined: https://open.bccampus.ca/open-textbook-101
- Open Textbook Library: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/
- OpenStax: https://openstax.org
- OER Commons: https://www.oercommons.org
- Open Textbook Library's review criteria: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/reviews/rubric
Customize:
- What are Open Licenses: www.yearofopen.org/what-are-open-licenses
- About Creative Commons Licenses: https://creativecommons.org/about/cclicenses
- How to License: wiki.creativecommons.org/images/a/a4/Creativecommons-how-to-license-poster_eng.pdf
- Modifying and open textbook: https://open.bccampus.ca/2013/08/21/6-steps-to-adapting-an-open-textbook/
Integrate:
- Best Practices in Designing Courses with Open Educational Resources by O. Zhadko and Susan Ko, 2019
- Dacus Librarian liaisons, by subject area: https://libguides.library.winthrop.edu/?b=s
- Dacus Library OER Guide: https://libguides.library.winthrop.edu/OERs
- Instructional Designers in Winthrop's Office of Online Learning:
https://www.winthrop.edu/onlinelearning/contact-us.aspx