Welcome!

Welcome to OER@DVC!

This professional development course supports participants in the OER@DVC grant Links to an external site.; a 2021-2022 program for DVC faculty interested in exploring, using, and creating Open Educational Resources (OER) and converting courses to Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC).

Topics of our course include anti-racism, open licensing, finding and using existing OER, creating and adapting resources, and universal design for learning. By the end of our course you will have created a ZTC Action Plan to convert your course from traditional textbooks to ZTC, or to improve your already-existing ZTC course.

Our asynchronous course runs from March 7 – April 24, 2022.

Course objectives

Upon completing this course, you will be able to:

• Define OER/ZTC
• Properly identify the Creative Commons (CC) license on a resource and describe how this resource can and cannot be used.
• Effectively search repositories of open resources for discipline-specific content.
• Describe the conceptual framework of universal design and the relationship between universal design, equity, and accessibility.
• Create an open resource by remixing multiple existing resources and designate a license to this new resource.
• Explore the ways in which OER use intersects with anti-racist pedagogy and equity.

OER@DVC grant program

All OER@DVC recipients will complete this training course and create a ZTC Action Plan in order to receive a $1000 stipend (Stipend #1).  Recipients who do not already teach ZTC sections can convert their own course(s) to OER/ZTC and receive an additional $2,000 stipend (Stipend #2).  All course conversions must be complete by August 15, 2022.

Grant deliverables include:

• Complete OER@DVC Canvas training course, including ZTC Action Plan
• Ensure course is listed as ZTC in the online course schedule. 

Course support

We are hosting optional synchronous Zoom meetings throughout the course to support you. These meetings will be recorded and made available:

• Kickoff: Friday, March 11, 12:00-1:00 https://4cd.zoom.us/j/2888131300 Links to an external site. 
• Librarian office hour with Lindsey: Monday, March 21, 12:00-1:00 https://4cd.zoom.us/j/2888131300 Links to an external site.
• Librarian office hour with Amanda: Tuesday, March 22, 2:00-3:00 https://4cd.zoom.us/j/2053170598 Links to an external site. 
• ZTC Action Plan Q&A: Friday, April 15, 12:00-1:00 https://4cd.zoom.us/j/2888131300 Links to an external site.

If you have any questions about this course or the OER@DVC program Links to an external site., please reach out to Andrea Sorce or Lindsey Shively, OER@DVC co-coordinators.

Navigating this course

Home: This is the page where you are currently.  It contains general course details. 

Modules: Our course is organized with modules (or units) of learning content. Each module is designed to be one week long. You can click the "Let's get started!" button at the bottom of this page, or on the Module link from the left-hand side course navigation bar to see all modules. 

Course Content Inside Learning Modules: Once you are in a module, navigate through the course content by clicking the "Next" button at the bottom of each page. The "Next" button allows you to navigate the course in sequential order.

OER@DVC Links to an external site. by Lindsey Shively and Andrea Sorce is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Attributions

Content for this course was adapted from:

• Open for AntiRacism Links to an external site. by Joy Shoemate is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
• ASCCC OERI - OER Basics by Rachel Arteaga and Suzanne Wakim is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
• Sacramento City College OER Institute Links to an external site. by Rebecca Goodchild is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.