faculty resources
Open educational resource (OER) offerings have proliferated, so choosing appropriate material is challenging. A primary benefit of using an open textbook is the ability to adapt the material to meet specific course needs. Adapting materials to suit your needs is where our OER Specialists and librarians can help.
We can:
- Work with faculty to promote and facilitate the adoption and adaptation of OER
- Help departments to guarantee course offerings for Z-Degree/OER Degree
- Design and implement data collection efforts
- Train faculty and staff on Creative Commons licensing and copyright
- Faculty can apply for funding to edit or remix the OER/ZTC options you would like to use for your course. Contact the PVCC Library Zero Cost/OER Team: ztcoer@paradisevalley.edu to find out the grant funding cycle
Getting Started with OER
Looking for an open textbook or other content (images, videos, courses, etc.) to create your own OER materials? Check out this library research guide for content databases.
More than 30 full courses have been developed through the Maricopa Millions project, and most of them are available for you to remix, reuse, and redistribute. Search Canvas Commons using the tag "MMOER" to access these OER courses. Similarly, most OER textbooks published by OpenStax/Rice University are already available through course shells on Canvas Commons and ready to import into your course (search for “OpenStax”). For information about Canvas Commons, course development, and how to import content into your own Canvas shell, contact the PVCC Library Zero Cost/OER Team: ztcoer@paradisevalley.edu
PVCC OER Portfolio