Academic Senate Special Meeting Open Educational Resources March 29th 3pm-4:30pm Library Viewing Room valleycollege.edu/oer
Sharing
high-quality teaching, learning, and research resources
that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license, such as a Creative Commons license which permits their free use and repurposing by others,
and may include other resources that are legally available and free of cost to students
Source: SPARC
Works which exist in the public domain are open educational resources
Works created by the federal government are considered public domain and can be used openly without any restrictions or limits.
65% of students reported not purchasing or renting textbook due to cost Source: Open Textbook Alliance
Access
Institutionally licensed campus materials such as library databases that all students enrolled in the course have access to use are open educational resources.
Source: SPARC
Creative Commons openly licensed content can be used as open educational resources
Equity
Source: CCCOER
76% of SBVC students receive some sort of financial aid Source: SBVC Research Office
Savings
Success
Source: SPARC
Future