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Learning Pathways

If you want to learn more about open education resources or practice, please consider the following learning pathways.

OER Foundations

A self-paced short course on the foundations of Open Educational Resources with an achievable certificate.

NoLo Course Transformation

A self-paced short course on transitioning your course to No or Low Cost materials status with achievable certificate.

CC & OER Training Arena

A self-paced fully open short course on OER and Creative Commons – for Education Superheros.

link to OER Training Arena

Introduction to OERs: Practices & Trends at UAF

This short recording is from the April 2021 Faculty Accelerator presentation on OER, current data, open education trends and what’s new at UAF.

OER: Open Educational Resource. One way to help students graduate successfully is to make suree their education remains affordable despite rising tuition and housing costs. Finding or creating free, open educational resources for students can be a game changer.

Open @ UAF Quick Starts

Sharing OER – What are best practices for sharing OER?
About OER – What are Open Education Resources exactly?
Finding OER – Where to start when looking for OER?

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Other Learning Opportunities

OER 101 – This is a self-paced, unfacilitated introductory course created by Open UAS, a program of Egan Library and The Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT).

Creative Commons Certification for Educators – an excellent in-depth course about CC licences, open education practice, open education resources, copyright and lots more.

CTL Teaching Resources – Topics include open education & resources, copyright & fair use, equitable teaching practice and more.

UAF Center for Teaching and Learning Instructional Designers are always excited to talk and brainstorm all things open education. Join us for a 1:1 Virtual Open Lab session or other faculty development opportunity.