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Texas OER Core Elements Academy 2021

OER Core Elements Academy

Description 

Librarians, instructional designers, and faculty are invited to participate in this unique professional learning opportunity. The Academy will cover three core elements of Open Educational Resources: Introduction to Open Educational Resources & Practices Exploration of the what, why, and how of OER, highlighting use cases involving successful adoption and implementation of OER. Discovery & Curation Hands-on training aimed at supporting effective search, quality evaluation, and curation strategies to collaboratively identify, evaluate, and organize OER relevant to desired use. Authoring & Remixing Deep dive into courseware improvement, developing collaborative workflows to utilize authoring tools to design, create and remix resources. Leverage supports for peer review, reflection, and refinement of resources.
 

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) and the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME) welcome applications for the first Open Educational Resources (OER) Core Elements Academy. Academy workshops will be held virtually on Wednesdays in June from 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. CT. Faculty, librarians, and instructional designers at Texas public and independent institutions are invited to apply.

The OER Core Elements Academy will consist of three synchronous, virtual sessions:

June 2: Introduction to Open Educational Resources & Practices - Exploration of the what, why, and how of OER, highlighting use cases involving successful adoption and implementation of OER at Texas institutions.

June 16: Discovery & Curation - Hands-on training aimed at supporting effective search, quality evaluation, and curation strategies to collaboratively identify, evaluate, and organize OER relevant to desired use.

June 30: Authoring & Remixing - Deep dive into courseware improvement, developing collaborative workflows to utilize authoring tools to design, create and remix resources. Leverage supports for peer-review, reflection, and refinement of resources.

OER Core Elements Academy June 2021 Resources

Certification from the OER Academy

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