New for Fall 2018: the SUNY OER Community Courses will introduce you to the fundamental principles and effective practices related to Open Educational Resources.

Six independent mini-courses allow you to focus on specifically the aspect of OER that most appeals to your interests. Content is designed to serve the needs of faculty, librarians, instructional designers, and others across SUNY who are teaching or supporting OER efforts on their campus.

While we encourage those new to open educational resources to start with either the “Understanding OER” or “Open Pedagogy Master Class” sections, any participant is welcome to jump in to start at any appealing point.

Most of the mini-courses require 5-10 hours to complete; facilitated sessions run for 2 weeks. Work is done at your own pace in that time frame.

The Open Pedagogy Master class takes between 10-15 hours; its facilitated session runs for 3 weeks. Work is done at your own pace, but two synchronous events are included.

Course Series Features

• take them in any order
• take them on your own, or as part of a facilitated cohort
• take as many or as few as serves your need
• earn a Credly badge for completion of each mini-course
• free for all SUNY employees

These courses are “open” in every sense of the word: all content is published with Creative Commons licensing, available in multiple formats for local adoption, and open for anyone to complete at any time.

Register for facilitated cohorts through the SUNY Center for Professional Development: bit.ly/oercommunitycourse.