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OER and Licensing
As you begin to work with OER, you’ll find the discussion around “free” and “open” resources dominates the discussion. At the heart of OER is a desire to ensure that knowledge makers contribute to a global library of ideas. The best way to begin thinking about this issue is through the Creative Commons site. What…
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OER Syllabus for ENA 101
Sample ENA 101 Course Calendar with OER Resources (J. Elizabeth Clark) Weekly Class Meetings: ENG 101 students will meet twice each week: in person, on campus, each Tuesday from 9:15-11:30 a.m. AND online asynchronously for the second class meeting each week. ENA 101 students will meet three times each week: in person, on campus, each…
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Teaching with OER in Fall 2021
Seminar Agendas, Resources and Presentations Agenda for 8 December 2021 Semester Wrap Up Meeting Welcome and Check- in Review of Grant Objectives Small Group Meetings – In mixed groups of A, 101, 102, 103, and 259, share assignment created with OER resources-choose one to showcase for larger meeting Large Group Share 1 assignment (ENA, 101,102,103,…
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OER Syllabus for ENG 103
Sample ENG 103 Syllabus and Course Calendar with OER Resources (Evelyn Burg) Zoom link: (private): First day of class: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 Course Purpose: Welcome to the Research Paper course. Not only do you need excellent research and writing skills while at LaGuardia, if you wish to transfer to attain a Baccalaureate degree…
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OER Syllabus for ENG 102
Sample ENG 102 Schedule with OER Resources (Rochell Isaac) Dates Modules Learning Activities Readings Week One Course Overview Introductions Review of CourseObjectives! Review Course Content on Blackboard! Complete Diagnostic Essay! Follow guidelines sent in welcome email! Review the Syllabus in its entirety. Complete Task list! Week Two Symbolism & Horror: TheShort Story! Intro to Literature…
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Connecting Courses with OER
In recent years, the Writing Program has worked hard to understand how our writing sequence builds from developmental writing to research and technical writing. One of the core objectives in our writing sequence is critical and analytical reading. The following cross-course module demonstrates how critical and analytical reading can be scaffolded from course to course,…
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OER and Accessibility
CUNY’s Accessibility Toolkit for Open Educational Resources (OER) provides a robust explanation of accessibility, principles and best practices of accessibility, tools, evaluation measures, and more to assist with accessibility and OER. CUNY’s site focuses on the acronym POUR, adapted from the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) . POUR There are four main guiding principles of…
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Getting Started with OER
As the English Department begins its OER work, there are 3 basic steps to using OER materials in your course: Understanding OER: What is OER? What “counts” as an open educational resource? Why is OER important for our courses? Revising Your Syllabus: Do you want to implement some OER resources? Do you want to convert…
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Open Educational Resources
Supported by a grant from New York State’s OER Scale Up Initiative, Rochell Isaac, Lara Kattekola, Marisa A. Klages-Bombich, Evelyn Burg and J. Elizabeth Clark have curated OER resources and created sample annotated syllabi using OER resources for ENA 101, ENG 101, ENG 102, ENG 103, and ENG 259. Check out the new curated OER…
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OER Resources for ENG 259
OER Texts Technical Writing Essentials: Introduction to Professional Communications in the Technical Fields. Suzan Last; Contributors Candice Neveu & Monika Smith https://pressbooks.bccampus.ca/technicalwriting/ This textbook offers a strong introduction to a range of core technical writing topics and workplace writing contexts. Key content includes the following sections: (1.) What is Technical Communication?, (2.) Professional Style, (7.)…
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OER Resources for ENG 103
OER Texts College Writing, (Lumens textbook with a comprehensive guide that has very short, simple discussions of almost every research paper-related topic with embedded videos and exercises) https://www.oercommons.org/courses/college-writing/view OER text from Ryerson University with a search feature: https://pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca/writehere/front-matter/preface/ and https://pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca/writehere/ with a YouTube for every chapter: Write Here, Right Now playlist Frameworks for Academic Writing…
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OER Resources for ENG 102
OER Texts Introduction to Literature (Lumen Learning Course) Online course with readings https://courses.lumenlearning.com/introliterature/ Literature, Critical Thinking & Writing (Lumen Learning Course) Lumen Learning online course developed via “Achieving the Dream” OER initiative https://courses.lumenlearning.com/atd-westhillscc-english1b/ American Literature I https://courses.lumenlearning.com/americanlit1 Writing and Literature: Composition as Inquiry, Learning, Thinking, and Communication by Tanya Long Bennet at the University of…
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