New to OER? Start here: OER Basics
The Iowa OER Toolkit is a set of documents, presentations, and other materials curated in Google Drive to help those starting or managing OER initiatives in the state of Iowa.
NOTE: This resource was created for you! If you have recommendations for changes to this Toolkit or resources you would like us to add, please send those to Abbey Elder at aelder@iastate.edu
Landing Page & Directory
From the Toolkit’s Landing page, you can navigate through to any of the folders linked below. Browse through the available topics and explore the resources available for use and reuse.
1. Professional Development Resources
Includes basic information about OER (presentations, handouts, FAQs), resources to help you locate open content, and curated lists of webinars, research studies, handbooks, and learning communities.
Photo right is by Mimi Thian on Unsplash
2. Managing an OER Program
Includes subfolders on Starting your OER Program: including program development, review, and hiring student workers; Building Relationships: with subfolders on relationship building with administrators, faculty, and students; and Assessing and Sustaining your Program: including resources on building a grant program, publishing OER, Surveying students, and additional high-level topics.
Photo right is by Brooke Cagle on Unsplash
3. Communication and Outreach
Includes information with talking points for different audiences, brochures and handouts, graphics, and support for developing videos and testimonials to share locally.
Image left is by Lane Community College OER bookmarks, licensed CC-BY-NC-SA 2.0.
4. Iowa OER Action Team Projects
Includes materials developed and shared out through the Iowa OER Action Team, including the results of our annual survey of Iowa institutions, one-pager summaries of survey results, our team’s communications, plan, and a base OER presentation about our work.
Photo on right is by Demian Tejeda-Benitez on Unsplash
