This page links you to resources from professional development activities from Vol State or TBR. Information about upcoming professional development opportunities on OER may appear as well.
Introducing the Vol State OER Starter Kit
Agapi Theodorou-Shapiro (Humanities) and Bryan Saums (Distributed Education) will introduce participants to the newly formed Vol State OER Starter Kit, an eLearn course. This Starter Kit includes an introduction to OER, how to find and create OER resources, and how OER resources can inspire the use of Open Education Practices in the classroom.
Click Introducing the Vol State OER Starter Kit to sign up!
Tennessee Open Education Week 2021
Archived event linking to excellent information.
During Open Education Week 2021 the THEC Textbook Affordability for Student Success Task Force hosted these events on Open Educational Resources and Open Education:
- A Team Approach to Open Pedagogy through High Impact Practices and Experiential Learning (Zoom recording)
- MERLOT Higher Education OER Affordable Learning Solutions (AL$) and OER SkillsCommons Workforce Resources (Zoom recording)
- Tennessee State Universities Panel: Infusing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion into Open Educational Resources (Zoom recording)
- Using Data-Informed Approaches to Textbook Affordability and Open Educational Resources (Zoom recording)
- Tennessee Community College OER Projects Panel (Zoom recording)
- Tennessee Community College OER Projects Panel Presentation slides that accompanied the session.