Open Education Resources (OER) are openly-licensed learning materials made available for introduction and adaption into classroom instruction. OERs can include entire courses, assignments, discussions, quizzes, syllabi, simulations, textbooks, and modules. The intention of OER is to provide low-cost learning materials to students to enhance the affordability of higher education.
A grant from The Department of Education has enabled the Center for Academic Innovation to offer support and funding for tenure-track General Education faculty interested in revising their courses. Faculty will incorporate OER materials into their instruction, and will align the materials to course objectives and pedagogical best practices.
Hover over the images below to learn more about how SVSU faculty members have implemented Open Education Resources into their classrooms with the help of the OER Grant.
Select the "More" option after hovering over the image to see a video outlining the faculty member's story.
All primary texts implemented by Dr. Lacey were links to open resources, students researched their own primary online texts, and instruction was presented in a highly-structured weekly format.
All primary texts implemented by Dr. Lacey were links to open resources, students researched their own primary online texts, and instruction was presented in a highly-structured weekly format.
Dr. Boles incorporated a new online syllabus format, a how-to guide for General Education students, and is in the process of writing an open Sociology text to share with the OER community.
Dr. Boles incorporated a new online syllabus format, a how-to guide for General Education students, and is in the process of writing an open Sociology text to share with the OER community.
Dr. Trump incorporated new introductory text pages for each course section, offered online access to primary texts, and moved from using files for sharing information, to providing materials in tabular format.
Dr. Trump incorporated new introductory text pages for each course section, offered online access to primary texts, and moved from using files for sharing information, to providing materials in tabular format.
Dr. Weaver created an interactive textbook in Canvas tailored to his course needs. He also incorporated videos, activities, relevant text, quizzes, discussion boards, and conference tool meetings into his course.
Dr. Weaver created an interactive textbook in Canvas tailored to his course needs. He also incorporated videos, activities, relevant text, quizzes, discussion boards, and conference tool meetings into his course.
Student Spotlight
Hover over the images below to learn more about SVSU students' experience with Open Education Resources in grant-funded classrooms.
Select the "More" option after hovering over the image to see a video outlining the student's viewpoint.
The contents of this webpage were developed under a Strengthening Institutions Program, Title III, from the U. S. Department of Education awarded to Saginaw Valley State University 2017-2022. However, those contents do not necessarily represent the policy of the United States Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.