Take advantage of our new OER and Textbook Affordability Consultation service.
("Open Educational Resources - OER Venn diagram" by Eugene Open Educational Resources is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.)
Contact the library, and our staff will work with you to find open or low-cost options for your required texts. Give all students a better chance at success with more equitable and accessible options.
Busse Library Hours
June 2-August 15
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Monday-Friday: 8am-4:30pm Saturday-Sunday: CLOSED NOTE: The library will be closed on June 19 and Friday, July 4. Contact Information: Phone: 319-368-6465 |
("Iowa OER" icon created for the Iowa Open Education Action Team, used with permission)
Iowa OE Action Team (supports affordable higher education for Iowa students through a blog, summit, annual survey, and other resources)
This starter kit was created to provide instructors with an introduction to the use and creation of open educational resources (OER). From Iowa State University.
This seven-module course provides faculty with an introduction to the laws that influence the use, re-use, and distribution of content they may want to use in a course. Activities include finding openly licensed content for use in a class and publishing openly licensed works created by faculty. At the end of the course, students will have openly licensed content that will be ready for use in a course. (From Course Hero. "On open educational resources -- Beyond definitions" by opensourceway is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.)
This ten-module course walks you through techniques to incorporate Open Educational Resources (OER) into your teaching practice. The course covers the fundamental aspects of OER including open licensing and public domain. It focuses on providing practical guidance in locating and applying openly available resources. From WA State Board for Community & Technical Colleges.
Our OER LibGuide is based on one shared by Loras College Library,.which was, in turn, adapted from Lansing Community College (LCC) Library Research Guide on Open Educational Resources (OER) by Regina Gong.
