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“It is our misfortune, as a historical generation, to
live through the largest expansion in expressive
capability in human history, a misfortune because
abundance breaks more things than scarcity.”
-Clay Shirky
Blue Pill
Open Educational ResourcesOpen educational resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use andrepurposing by others.
THE 5RsRETAIN Make & own copies
REUSE Use in a wide range of ways
REMIX Combine two or more
REVISE Adapt, modify, and improve
REDISTRIBUTE Share with others
Virginia Community College System • Chancellor’s OER Adoption Grant
• CIF Grant
• Textbook Costs & Digital Learning Resources
Group
Tidewater Community College• Z-Degree Project
Germanna Community College• General Education OER Certificate
J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College• General Education OER Certificate
Withdrawing (%) | Fall 2013
8.2%
2.3%
0%
1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
7%
8%
9%
Traditional
SectionsZ Degree
Sections
“To expand the use of open textbooks in order to achieve
savings for students.”
Talk to your
representatives about
the Affordable College
Textbooks Act
% Completing with C or Better
48.4%
60.2%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
Spring
2011
No OER
Spring
2013
All OER
• Richard Sebastian, Ph.D.
• Director of Teaching and Learning
Technologies
• (804) 819-4795
• http://edtech.vccs.edu
• @rasebastian
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