Open Educational Resources (OER)
What is Open Courseware?
Open Courseware refers to classes created and then offered for free in the virtual environment. See how others teach concepts online! Open Courseware can act as an inspiration for your own teaching.
From Open Educational Resources (OER) libguide by Heather Blicher
Canvas Commons
Looking for built-out modules or courses, ready to adapt to your needs? Try looking in the Canvas Commons. You can access it within your course shell from the left navigation menu:
Modules can be downloaded directly into your course. Watch a video on Canvas Commons & Free Adaptable Layouts from the SDCCD Video Library to learn about importing from Canvas Commons.
Courses can also be downloaded BUT BEWARE you will need to do so into a NEW course shell otherwise you risk overwriting your existing course shell. Call Instructure's Canvas Faculty Support and ask them to create a new shell for you, THEN import the course cartridge it into that shell. See directions below:
HOW TO REQUEST A CANVAS DEVELOPMENT SHELL (Directions from City Online Mentor Aileen Gum)
Development Shell is also known as a Sandbox shell
- Contact Canvas Help 24/7 either by Phone or Chat:
- Phone support: (844) 612-7422
- Chat or use the “Help” icon on the left margin in your Canvas course.
- You can also use the SDCCD Faculty Support Desk Form
- Have this information ready:
- Your name
- 10-digit Employee Number
- Organization: San Diego Community College District
- Tell them the development shell is just for you, NO students will be in this development shell
- Name of course: DS-Coursename-YourName (Example: DS-English101Master-Agum)
Open Courseware Collections
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Academic EarthThis website acts as a gateway to online courses and content offered by universities such as MIT, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, and Yale.
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Carnegie Mellon University's Open Learning InitiativeCreated by Carnegie Mellon University, this Open CourseWare service offers courses that you can enroll in, "peek at", or adopt for your own use in online teaching. Some require small fees, but most are free.
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Khan AcademySign up for a free account and you will have access to practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard in many subject areas.
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MIT Open CourseWareMIT is credited with being the original Open CourseWare creator. Classes that have been created and taught for MIT are offered free of charge online for those interested in self-directed study. 2,000 courses with topics that include: Engineering, Health Sciences & Technology, Management, Humanities, & More!
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Open Course LibraryThis site contains 41 courses developed specifically for community colleges over the last two years in Washington State - 39 more are being developed over the next year. Faculty can take these courses and modify them as appropriate, then incorporate them into Blackboard.
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Open Education Consortium SearchSearches across 80 providers of open courseware.
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OpenLearnThese classes are offered free of charge through the Open University of the United Kingdom. Topics range from "Music Theory" to "An Introduction to Sustainable Energy", "Psychology in the 21st Century" to "Products, Services, and Branding".
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Open Yale Courses"Open Yale Courses provides free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University. The aim of the project is to expand access to educational materials for all who wish to learn."--website description
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The Saylor FoundationThis Open CourseWare includes topics such as: General Education, Art History, Computer Science, English Literature, and More! The foundation lays out a course of study for each subject that includes multiple classes at various levels.
From Open Educational Resources (OER) libguide by Heather Blicher
University Sponsored Courseware
Several universities have made available the educational course materials developed by their faculty.
The educational materials for each course may include syllabi, lectures, notes, powerpoint presentations, readings, assignments, and video or audio lectures, depending on the course, the semester, and the professor.
