About the Open Education Network's Certificate in OER Librarianship
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How It Began: IMLS-funded OER Librarian Bootcamp
The Certificate in OER Librarianship began as an IMLS Links to an external site.-funded OER Librarian Bootcamp that was comprised of four components: 1) Online completion of the Creative Commons' Librarian Certificate program Links to an external site.; 2) Online review of key research on open education; 3) Virtual relationship building with their OTN-appointed cohort and mentor; and 4) Participation at an in-person, 4-day immersive workshop or bootcamp. During the inaugural bootcamp experience, participants engaged in interactive discussions, practice sessions, mentorship meetings with bootcamp faculty, and individual work time to develop local action plans to take back to their institutions. The curriculum for the online review of key research and the in-person bootcamp was created collaboratively by facilitators Cheryl Cuillier, Will Cross, Mandi Goodsett, Olivia Reinauer, and David Rose and OTN staff Dave Ernst, Sarah Cohen, and Karen Lauritsen.
Certificate in OER Librarianship
The Certificate in OER Librarianship is a professional development program that will create effective open education program leaders who want to be stewards and advocates for open educational resources. Librarians who participate will develop comprehensive knowledge in open education and open education programming and be able to apply that knowledge within their own local context, culture, and goals. The Certificate involves five weeks of online programming, a three-day, in-person workshop, and four or five months of cohort-based calls--all facilitated by librarian-mentors who are open educational practitioners. The culminating project is a an Action Plan Links to an external site. that serves as a template and renewable resource for people wishing to strategically plan an open initiative on their own campuses.
Canvas Organization
Most modules are organized in the following way:
- Learning Module
- Introduction
- Content
- Self Test
- Discussion
- Activity
Course Menu
Week 1: Open Education, OER & Creative Commons
Week 2: Making the Case for Open Education
Week 4: Best Practices for Building a Program
Action Plan Renewable Assignment Sharing (Public)
Open + Attribution
This course is open. Content is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution license unless otherwise noted. Attribution: Open Textbook Network (CC BY) unless otherwise noted.
Feedback Invited
This is an iterative curriculum. Your feedback and contributions are welcome. Contact Tanya Grosz, Open Education Network (grosz045@umn.edu).
This course content is offered under a CC Attribution
Links to an external site. license. Content in this course can be considered under this license unless otherwise noted.