Overview

This 4-week, instructor-led course is for participants to plan for and incorporate Open Educational Resources into their classrooms. Participants will also discuss topics and research related to the adoption of OER in the higher-education classroom and provide feedback on their peers’ projects.

Learners who complete this course have the opportunity to earn the Open Educational Resources for Instruction Certificate.

Outcomes

As a result of completing course activities and assignments, participants will:

  • Describe current knowledge and use of OER.
  • Describe ideas for designing or redesigning a unit of instruction by integrating OER.
  • Use OER repositories, OER collections, and online advanced searches to find OER resources for a specific course.
  • Identify and evaluate OER for possible adoption or adaptation in the course using specific criteria and standards.
  • Align selected OER to a unit-level learning objective.
  • Determine whether to adopt or adapt the OER for a specific use.
  • Create a Unit Course Map that outlines how the objectives, assessments, instruction, and OER will align.
  • Provide critical and constructive feedback on other participants’ course unit maps and OER selection posts.
  • Adopt or adapt selected OER content to align with unit-level learning outcomes.
  • Add proper attribution and licensing for the adopted or adapted content.
  • Discuss the topics and research on the impact of OER adoption in higher-education classrooms.
  • Reflect on current practices and future goals to increase the use of OER in their classrooms.
  • Identify their next steps in developing and implementing an OER Unit.

Enrolling is EASY!

  1. Login or create an account.
  2. Enter payment information.
  3. Look for access links in your inbox.

If you are an institutional contact and want to register multiple people from your organization, please contact ION at ion@uis.edu. We can bulk enroll participants from a list.

Using Open Educational Resources to Support Instruction

Cost:

$345.00

Duration:

4 Weeks

Program

This course is a part of the Open Educational Resources for Instruction Certificate program, which includes the following courses:

You must complete the following courses to be eligible for the OER professional certificate:

  • Foundations of Open Education Resources
  • Using Open Education Resources to Support Instruction
  • Creating and Sharing OERs for Online Learning

In addition, you must successfully complete one of the following electives:

  • Universal Design Principles for Online Learning
  • Instructional Design for Online Course Development

Planning

Prerequisite: None

See the proposed course schedule  and important registration dates to help plan your learning path. 

Discounts

Learners pursuing the Open Educational Resources for Instruction Certificate can receive a 12.5% discount by .

Discount codes

If you are from a community college that receives a discount on ION courses, please acquire your code from the ION contact at your institution or email ion@uis.edu before registering. 

Community college members must also use their college email for verification.