SUNY COTE OER Webinar - Theories & Methods

This 2-part webinar, hosted by Open SUNY's Center for Online Teaching Excellence (COTE), was presented by Dr. Rhianna Rogers. Part 1 of this 2 part webinar series discussed some innovative strategies for the creation, use, and implementation of Open Educational Resources (OERS) in college course assignments. The effective OER implementer follows what she refered to as the DAURAS approach (i.e., development, application, use, reuse, assessment, and sharing). This presentation will discuss the elements of the DAURAS approach as well as provide some practical examples for the effective incorporation of OERs in a college course environments.

The hope of this portion of the presentation was to contribute to the ongoing discussion of OER use and development by providing a few examples for how to 1) use and reuse existing OERs in a intellectually responsible and ethical way, 2) effectively implement and apply them into current teaching models and course assignments, 3) develop quality OERs that reflect tangible course objectives and assignment outcomes, 4) share and disseminate them to a variety of interested constituencies, and 5) how to assess their effectiveness, viability, and sustainability in course assignments over time.