Course Overview

This short course will provide you with a general overview of the basics of open and affordable educational resources through the lens of who, what, where, when, why and how. Upon completion of this course, you will have the background as well as the necessary tools to move affordable resources forward in your classroom or your institution. You will also receive a certificate of completion as an OER Champion from the Wisconsin Technical College System.

*Although this is an online class, discussion and suggested due dates are important. The more you participate, the more you will get out of class!

Course Audience

The scope of this course is directed towards faculty and supporting administrators in the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS). While examples may be specific to WTCS, all content can be scoped to any educational organization including K-12, university, or technical/community colleges - in or out of Wisconsin. Although this course is not focused towards librarians, the resources and activities may still be helpful when viewing through a faculty lens.

Participants for this course are from all over the United States and the world! See the map below for where our alumni are from.

Course Structure

View the short lecture video below to review some basic information about this course. Please allow approximately 4 minutes to view this video.

For a transcript of this video, please click here.

Course Competencies

During your time in this course, we will cover the following 6 competencies - or "topics" - surrounding open and affordable educational resources. Each competency - and related learning objectives, or "subtopics" - will be introduced at the beginning of each learning plan (LP).

Explore the components of open educational resources
Point out how using OER impacts students and faculty.
Determine the OER stakeholders for your institution.
Explore faculty support mechanisms for OER.
Outline the history of open education.
Develop an action plan to move OER forward at your institution.

Helpful Information

Course Required Resources: If you ever experience problems with any of the course resources, please feel free to post in the Water Cooler. If you have a question, chances are someone else does too!

Water Cooler

Canvas Help

IMPORTANT: Please be sure to bookmark this link: https://canvas.instructure.com/login/canvas to login into the course. If you have trouble with Canvas please visit the Canvas Community or contact me at the information below.

Optional: If you are not comfortable with the Canvas LMS, view this short video for some guidance. Please allow approximately 8 minutes to view this video.

Vince Mussehl, Instructor

The best way to contact me is by e-mail. However, you are welcome to contact me in a way that works best for you.

Course Acknowledgements

This course is made possible from funding by the Open RN grant from the Department of Education, under the direction of Project Director Kim Ernstmeyer. Below is a photo of Kim and I presenting on the Open RN project at the national Open Education Conference in Phoenix, fall 2019.

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In addition, I would like to thank the following individuals for their service as peer reviewers for this course:

**Course Peer Reviewers**
Name	Role	Institution
Rachel Becker	Copyright & Emerging Technologies Librarian	Madison College
Kelly Carpenter	Director of Teaching & Learning	Lakeshore Technical College
Cindy Domaika	Manager of Open and Instructional Resources	Nicolet College
Kim LaPlante	Manager of Research & Library Services	Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
Mary Purvis	Faculty, Physical Sciences	Chippewa Valley Technical College
Donald Raymond	Faculty, Respiratory Therapy	Chippewa Valley Technical College
Stephanie Vobornik	Assistant Director of Curriculum and Professional Development	Chippewa Valley Technical College
Lee Wagner	Librarian	Gateway Technical College

Click here to get started in the course!