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. Getting Started: Learn about OER
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. Higher Ed Initiative Resources
Includes subfolders on Working with Faculty: Tenure & Promotion for OER, FAQs, and faculty training; Collaborating with Students: example Student Government resolutions, student surveys, and toolkits; Starting a new OER Initiative: example documents on grant programs, committees, and assessment; and Building Administrative Support: example efficacy reports and talking points.
Photo right is by Brooke Cagle on Unsplash
3. Media & Brochures for Outreach
Includes example graphics, handouts, games, posters, and brochures to help you advertise and promote OER on your campus.
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
6. Open Education Network Resource Hub
Includes presentations, handouts, workshop materials and more available to Iowa institutional through our membership with the Open Education Network.
