Today's Message
Posted: Monday, March 7, 2016Open Education Week: March 7-11
March 7–11 is Open Education Week, and the Open SUNY Center for Online Teaching Excellence (COTE) has scheduled daily webinars from noon to 12:30 p.m.
Open educational resources (OER) support student success by removing the barrier created by the rising costs of textbooks. OER also benefit faculty members by providing them with the ability to customize their learning materials according to their specific student learning outcomes, preferences, and student needs.
In a fall 2015 Buffalo State survey, 77 percent of faculty members expressed interest in learning more about OER. Open Education Week is the perfect time to learn more about and begin exploring these valuable resources.
Today’s webinars are the "OER Creation Project" by Mark McBride, library director at Monroe Community College, from noon to 12:30 p.m., and "Introduction to Creative Commons, Open Educational Resources and Open Policies," presented by Creative Commons, at 4:00 p.m.
To find out more about the COTE OER webinars, please visit the COTE Hub, where you can view and access all of this week's COTE webinars. Keep an eye on the Daily for more Open Education Week highlights throughout the week.
