Open Educational Resources: Final Thoughts

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Continuing Your Exploration of OER

Now that you've completed this course, we hope you see the benefits of open educational resources, and are excited about them! If you are, we hope you'll tell your colleagues about OER and encourage them to become involved as well.

If you're not comfortable sharing your own work as an open educational resource, you can still contribute. You can collaborate with others, or even act as an editor on someone else's project.

Since this course is entirely self-directed, we want to make sure you have some resources if you have further questions. Here are a few places you can find other enthusiasts and advocates of OER:

• K-12 OER Community of Practice

  This group is just getting started, but they offer discussion groups for those of you teaching in a K-12 environment.

• OER Commons Groups

  The OER Commons has several groups on a variety of topics. Some of them are state-specific, while others are topic-specific (ex. primary sources). Each group has a space for resources and a discussion group.

• Rebus Community Forums

  If you're interested in writing or collaborating on an open textbook, check out Rebus' discussion forums.

 

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