LSC-CyFair Professional Development
OPENing the Mind to Open Educational Resources | On-Demand | Slides
- Explore the benefits of using openly licensed materials and learn how to define, discover, evaluate, and use OER
- One-hour introductory session
Texas OER Core Elements | Course | MyWorkshops Credit
- THECB's introduction to OER with opportunities for further exploration of OER and open education practices
- Three-hour self-paced course
OER & Beyond: Finding Affordable Course Materials | Registration
- Friday, February 23, 2024 from 11am-12pm in TECH 212
- Interested in adopting OER but don't know where to look? Search in real time for OER and other affordable course materials with a librarian at this one-hour workshop.
Open Pedagogy: A Student-Centered Approach | Registration | Slides
- Friday, April 26, 2024 from 11am-12pm in TECH 212
- Thinking of adapting or creating an OER? Consider engaging students in the process through the practice of open pedagogy at this one-hour workshop.
- Getting Started with Open Pedagogy Assignments Checklist
Ambassador Directory
- LSC-CyFair Open Education Ambassadors(Must login with LSC credentials.)
The LSC-CyFair Open Education Ambassador Directory is a faculty-requested tool for facilitating better communication and collaboration between colleagues interested in using "open" resources.
OER Tutorials & Training
- Digital Skills for Collaborative OER Development(OERu) This is a hands-on course where you will learn and demonstrate your skills in using digital technologies for collaborative OER development culminating in publishing an OER learning sequence on your own website using the OERu platform.
- Dimensions of Openness in Education(OERu) Learn about the concepts of open educational practices (OEP), open policy, open source and open teaching to achieve more sustainable education for all.
- OER Community of Learning(Texas State Univ.) The Community of Learning contains a copy of self-paced Canvas modules--created by librarians and peer reviewed by library staff and university faculty, staff, and administrators.
- OER Development Project(OERu) Put your digital skills and knowledge of open educational practices to work and develop OER learning materials for the real world, with options for recognition towards formal academic credit.
- Texas Learn OER(DigiTex) This series of self-paced online learning modules serves as an introduction to OER and provides an opportunity for further exploration and discovery of open education practices.
Creative Commons Certificates
Creative Commons Certificate
The Certificate program offers in-depth courses about CC licenses, open practices and the ethos of the Commons. Courses are composed of readings, quizzes, discussions, and practical exercises to develop learners’ open skills, providing personalized engagement with expert facilitators and copyright lawyers in the field, and offers a 1:25 (max) ratio of facilitators to course participants. Courses are open to everyone, from university students and entry-level professionals to experts in the fields of library science, education, and cultural heritage.
Currently certificates offered:
- CC Certificate for Educators
- CC Certificate for Academic Librarians
- CC Certificate for GLAM
CC Certificate for Educators & CC Certificate for Librarians
The Educators and Academic Librarians courses are quite similar, though they differ in the final unit of content, as well as the community discussions.
- Academic librarians will develop comprehensive knowledge in open education and open access. They will also gain access to a global community of librarians working on similar open access goals.
- Educators will develop comprehensive knowledge of open education including open educational resources (OER) and open pedagogy. They will also gain access to a global community of educators working toward similar open education goals.
CC Certificate for GLAM
The CC Certificate for GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives and museums) is a professional development training for institutions or community groups engaged in cultural or documentary heritage. As more GLAMs adapt to increasingly online audiences and users, they often seek Creative Commons legal tools, expertise and community support. Cultural heritage institutions share a common goal with Creative Commons: to make knowledge and culture globally accessible.
- In the CC Certificate for GLAM, community members will develop capacity in opening access to cultural heritage. They will develop a deeper understanding of open licensing and copyright considerations with digitization projects, Rights Statements, Traditional Knowledge Labels, working with the public domain, and more.
- CC Certificate for GLAM participants will also gain access to a global community of professionals and activists working toward similar cultural and policy changes in their own cultural heritage institutions.
Please note that earning a Creative Commons (CC) digital credential will not authorize you to provide legal advice, represent your opinions as official interpretations of CC tools, or speak on behalf of CC or its Network Chapters.
OER Do-It-Yourself
Want to go even further and modify or author your own open textbook?
Interested in practicing open pedagogy by involving students in the process?
Use the resources below, and contact an Instructional Designer.
- Authoring Open Textbooks
This guide is for faculty authors, librarians, project managers and others who are involved in the production of open textbooks in higher education and K-12. Content includes a checklist for getting started, publishing program case studies, textbook organization and elements, writing resources and an overview of useful tools. - A Guide to Making Open Textbooks with Students
A handbook for faculty interested in practicing open pedagogy by involving students in the making of open textbooks, ancillary materials, or other Open Educational Resources. This is a first edition, compiled by Rebus Community, and we welcome feedback and ideas to expand the text. - Modifying an Open Textbook: What You Need to Know
This is a five-step guide for faculty, and those who support faculty, who want to modify an open textbook. Step-by-step instructions for importing and editing common open textbook file and platform types are included.
