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Open Educational Resources at SAIT: More Information

Informational site about OER materials and practices at SAIT

Atenas, J., Havemann, L., and Villar Onrubia, D. (2021). Open Education policy co-creation kit: cards and canvas. Zenobo. DOI:10.5281/zenodo.3899405 CC BY NC 4.0

British Columbia Institute of Technology.  BCIT’s open educational best practices and guidelines. Burnaby, BC: BCIT. Retrieved from https://open.bcit.ca/oer/islandora/object/oer%3A12/datastream/PDF/download/ citation.pdf. CC-BY-SA 4.0

Commonwealth of Learning (2021). Institutional OER policy- template ver 2. Retrieved from https://oasis.col.org/items/02573f95-67c8-4d35-a93c-15f68d7186fd  CC BY 4.0

Coolidge, A., & DeMarte, D. (2016, August).  OER policy development tool. Retrieved from http://policy.lumenlearning.com/ CC-BY 4.0

Iniciativa Educacao Aberta(2018). Open Education Policies Game. Retrieved from https://aberta.org.br/oe-game/ CC BY NC 4.0

Nova Scotia Community College (2023). Open Educational Resources (OER) policy. No. 13.21. Cape Breton, NS: NSCC. Retrieved from https://www.nscc.ca/about/publications/policies-procedures/policies/open-educational-resources-policy.asp

Miao, F., Mishra, S., Orr, D., and Janssen, B. (2019). Guidelines on the development of Open Educational Resources policies. UNSCO and COL. Retrieved from  https://oasis.col.org/items/7ee5e823-3215-4fb9-a87d-dd8455cb9287  CC BY SA 4.0

Mays, RT. (2012). OER policy review and development toolkit. South African Institute for Distance Education. Retrieved from https://www.oerafrica.org/policy-development-review/institutional-considerations-oer-friendly-policy CC BY 3.0

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. (2018, May 31). Open Educational Resources policy and procedure. AC.2.21.1 Calgary, AB: SAIT. Retrieved from https://www.sait.ca/assets/documents/about-sait/policies-and-procedures/academic-student/ac-2-21-1-open-educational-resources.pdf.   CC-BY-SA 4.0

Tidewater Community College. (2016, December 20). Tidewater Community College OER policy.  No. 2108. Norfolk, VA: TCC. Retrieved from https://www.tcc.edu/uploads/pdf/policies/tcc-policy-2108.pdf

Achieving the Dream. (n.d.)  OER readiness assessment.  Retrieved from https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6cbgIt0rhk3VjBISkU1RlZhREk/view.

CCCOER. (n.d.). Eight steps to an institutional plan. Retrieved from https://www.cccoer.org/planning/institutional-planning/ CC-BY 4.0 International

DeFranco, T., McBride, M., Scalzo, K., Brown, A., & Pickett, A. (2016). OER success framework rubric. Albany, NY: SUNY OER Services & SUNY Textbooks. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/1951/67895. CC-BY 3.0 US

Simmons, M. (2017, March 16). ISKME’s Open educational practice rubric. Half Moon Bay, CA: OER Commons. Retrieved from  https://www.oercommons.org/authoring/20997-iskme-s-open-educational-practice-rubric/view. CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 International.

Achieving the Dream. (n.d.)  OER readiness assessment.  Retrieved from https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6cbgIt0rhk3VjBISkU1RlZhREk/view.

Huttner, N., Green, L., & Cowher, R. (2018, August 20). Seeking a sustainable OER ecosystem.  New York: Redstone Strategy Group. Retrieved from https://www.redstonestrategy.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2018/08/Seeking-a-sustainable-OER-ecosystem.pdf. CC-BY 4.0

Jhangiani, R. KPU open education strategic plan 2018-2023. Surrey, BC: KPU. Retrieved from https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/kpuopeneducation/chapter/introduction/.  CC-BY 4.0

RLOE. (n.d.). Your OER Strategic Plan. Retrieved from https://rloe.org/learning-space/

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. (2019, March). Strategic OER goals at SAIT. https://libguides.sait.ca/ld.php?content_id=36320406 CC-BY 4.0.

SUNY (n.d.). OER in higher ed infrastructure examples. Retrieved from https://bit.ly/48Vzxez CC BY 4.0

Zawacki-Richter, O., Conrad, D., Bozkurt, A., Aydin, C. H., Bedenlier, S., Jung, I., Stöter, J., Veletsianos, G., Blaschke, L. M., Bond, M., Broens, A., Bruhn, E., Dolch, C., Kalz, M., Kerres, M., Kondakci, Y., Marin, V., Mayrberger, K., Müskens, W. … Xiao, J. (2020). Elements of open education: an invitation to future research. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 21(3), 319-334. https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v21i3.4659

OER Organizations

There are organizations working on open education, equitable education standards, and open access at all levels: provincial, national, and international.  There have also been multiple studies on implementation and evaluation of OER.  The Review Project has a list of scholarly journal articles on the topic, and OER Hub also maintains a listing of their research publications.

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