Open Educational Practices Toolkit

Curating Content

Reframing Text

• Students as Producers, Students as Partners, Inside Higher Ed. 
• Examples of students producing "text", Vanderbilt University

Licensing (CC/Public Domain)

• Creative Commons, Creative Commons
• Creative Commons and Public Domain Teaching Handbook, Center for Instructional Innovation and Assessment, Western Washington University
• Open Educational Resources Handbook, Center for Instructional Innovation and Assessment, Western Washington University

Open Textbooks

• What is an Open Textbook and How to Use It, BCcampus
• Open Textbook Library, Open Textbook Library
• Open Washington, Open Washington
• OER Commons, OER Commons

Interactive Learning Materials or Objects

• What are Interactive Learning Materials?, Madison Technical College
• Where can I Find Interactive Learning Materials?, InstructionalDesign.org
• Evaluating Interactive Learning Materials, University of Hawaii

Podcasts

• Podcasting in Education: What are the Benefits?, the podcast host
• 8 Ways Teachers can Leverage Podcasts as a Learning Tool, EmergingEdTech
• Using Podcasts for Education, Higher E-Learning
• The Value of Using Podcasts in Class, The Atlantic

TED Talks

• Using TED Talks in the Classroom, Open Curriculum
• 25 reasons to use TED in the Classroom, Class Tech Tips
• Using TED Talks in the Flipped Classroom, Russel Stannard

Creating Content as a Practice

Instructor Producers

Learn to Screencast

• How to Screencast, wikiHow
• How to Screencast like Khan Academy, Teach Thought
• Best Screencasting Technology for Teachers, Andrew Douch
• Getting the Most from Screencasting, Teaching in Higher Ed.
• Screencasting to Engage Learning, Educause Review

Blogging

• Teaching with Blogs, Inside Higher Ed.
• How to Use Blogs in a College Classroom, eLearning Industry
• Getting  a Blog set up for the Classroom, University of Michigan
• Integrating, Evaluating, and Managing Blogging in the Classroom, The Chronicle of Higher Education
• How to Choose the Best Blogging Platform in 2023 (Compared), wpbeginner
• Basics of Wordpress, University of Michigan
• What is RSS and How to Use it, Blogging Basics 101

Produce a Podcast

• There's Something in the Air: Podcasting in Education, Educause Review
• Produce your Podcast, Podcasters' Studio
• Teaching Podcasting: A Curriculum Guide for Educators, NPR
• Project Audio: Teaching Students How to Produce Their Own Podcasts, The New York Times
• Technology Needed to Produce a Podcast, Entreprenuer 

Student Producers

Podcasts

• Starting Your Podcast, For Students, NPR

Blogs

• Why Blogging is Key to the Future of Higher Ed, Campus Technology 
• Why Teachers and Students Should Blog: 18 Benefits of Educational Blogging, Kathleen Morris

Social Media

• Social Media in Higher Education: Strategies, Benefits, and Challenges, Hootsuite
• Handbook for Using Twitter in the Higher Education Classroom, OnlineCollege.org
• Teaching with Twitter, Teaching in Higher Ed. 

 

Learning Activities

Using Open Data

• Open Data as Open Educational Resources, Javiera Atenas and Leo Havemann
• What are Data Repositories?, Data Insider
• See Also: Open Educational Resources

Using Open Research

What is Open Research?

• What is Open Research, Wellcome Trust

Class Blogs

• Example of Class Blogs at Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt University

Platforms to Use to Create Class Blogs

• Wordpress
• Blogger
• Wix
• Weebly
• Medium

Creating Wikis

• Teach with Wikipedia, WikiEdu 
• Wikify your Course: Designing and Implementing a Wiki for your Learning Environment, Educause Review
• Using Wikis to Enhance Undergraduate Research, Teach for the Earth
• When to use a Wiki, Vanderbilt University
• How to Use a Wiki in the Classroom, eLearning Industry

Class Curated Syllabus

• Syllabus Co-Creation: Inviting Students to Collaborate About What they are Learning, TLC Western Washington University
• Curriculum is Power, So Co-Create It With Students, Education Week

Creating Textbooks

• A Guide to Making Open Textbooks with Students, Rebus Community 

Books and Other Sources

Impact

• Open educational resources and perceptions of financial aid
• Using Open Educational Resources to Promote Social Justice, Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL)

Podcasting

• Podcasting in high education: what are the implications for teaching and learning?
• Podcasting in Higher Education: Students' and Lectures' Perspectives

Students as Producers

• Student as producer and open educational resources: enhancing learning through digital scholarship

Blogs

• Blogging as an Instructional Tool in the ESL Classroom
• Using Blogs to Enhance Critical Reflection and Community of Practice

Wikis

• Wikis and collaborative learning in higher education
• Collaboration and Learning with Wikis in Post-Secondary Classrooms
• Uses and Potentials of Wikis in the Classroom
• Wikis as a Tool for Collaborative Language Learning: Implications for Literacy, Language Education and Multilingualism