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In this course you can find:

Information on the CCC OER Award Program
The ASCCC OERI Introduction to OER Course

CCC OER Award Program

In this module, you can find information on the program, as well as links to important documents.

ASCCC OERI Introduction to OER Course

This course is a self-paced version of the ASCCC OERI Introduction to OER Course. Topics covered include open licensing, open pedagogy, accessibility, curation of resources, and research about how OER affects student success.

How to earn your OER Basics Course badge

Each unit of the course ends with multiple-choice quiz that can be taken as many times as necessary to earn a passing score. Passing the quiz will unlock the next module. You can miss one question on each quiz and still pass. The last module will contain a cumulative test. Like all the other assessments, you can miss one question and have multiple attempts achieve a passing score. Completion of this test will earn the OER Basics Course Badge.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course successful participants will be able to:

Properly identify the creative commons (CC) license on a resource and describe how this resource can and cannot be used.
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of open resources using current research in the field as evidence.
Research, analyze and review repositories of open resources.
Effectively search for open resources and post reviews in an OER repository.
Create an open resource by remixing multiple existing resources and designate a license to this new resource based on the licenses of multiple resources use.

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