Michigan OER Virtual Summit

Being the first to do anything has its challenges. Being the first to introduce OER at a campus is a big challenge. Being the first to introduce OER by creating or heavily adapting OER is a MASSIVE challenge, but it’s one to which many brave and courageous faculty have risen. We can learn a lot from their experiences and apply that knowledge to make the leap to creating OER for the first time less terrifying.

This panel will feature faculty members who heavily adapted existing OER or created a resource from scratch, whether it be open textbook, ancillary material, or courseware. Panelists will be asked to reflect on these early projects, sharing what went well, what went wrong, what was an unexpected result, and how the project contributed to the future of OER programs at their institutions. The panel will be targeted to beginner attendees.

This presentation is designed to address the successful use of OER resources in social science courses. Specifically, this presentation will address the issue of social science resources that are up-to-date and allow instructors to utilize current social science research and applications to allow courses to maintain relevance.