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How It Began: IMLS-funded OER Librarian Bootcamp

The Certificate in OER Librarianship began as an IMLS-funded OER Librarian Bootcamp that was comprised of four components: 1) Online completion of the Creative Commons' Librarian Certificate program; 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 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

Start Here: Welcome!

Syllabus & Instructor Info

All Weeks

Week 1: Open Education, OER & Creative Commons

Week 2: Making the Case for Open Education

Week 3: The Role of Libraries

Week 4: Best Practices for Building a Program

Week 5: Making It Real

Prepping for Minneapolis

Action Plan Renewable Assignment Sharing (Public)Links to an external site.

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 Textbook Network (grosz045@umn.edu).

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