Asynchronous Workshop Series
OAR Trail Map: Backward Design for Forward Progress
Utilize backward design to locate open and affordable resources that can be adopted into your course. Create new or use your existing macro and micro learning objectives and formative and summative assessment, then use them to locate open and affordable instructional material in OAR repositories.
These tutorials have been divided into roughly 20-minute segments. This allows the information to be presented in manageable chunks, making it easier for you to complete them at your own pace whenever it fits into your busy schedule.
At the end of each tutorial, you will be provided with a certificate of completion.
Part 1 will guide you through steps one and two of the backward design process, defining your course's learning objectives and assessments.
Part 2 will guide you through searching your library's online catalog and the OAR repositories OpenStax, LibreTexts, and Pressbooks directory for learning materials that align with your course's learning objectives and assessments.
Part 3 will guide you through searching the Open Textbook Library, Open Oregon, BCCampus Open Ed, and Google for learning materials that align with your course's learning objectives and assessments. .
Thursday, October 3 from 1:30-3pm EST
Spend time exploring your library’s catalog to find online versions of the instructional materials you already use, or find alternative textbooks, articles, videos, etc. that could be adopted into your courses. You will also have the opportunity to contact your library to inquire about the available user licenses and to ensure that the materials you want to use are owned in perpetuity.
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Thursday, October 17 from 1:30-3pm EST
Deep dive and take your time in this guided exploration of multiple open and affordable resource repositories. Find instructional materials to adopt in your courses.
Thursday, October 24 from 1:30-3pm EST
Explore multiple open and affordable repositories for supplemental materials to adopt in your courses including syllabi, instructor guides, test banks, slide presentations, videos, learning activities, and more.
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Thursday, November 7 from 1:30-3pm EST
In this guided session, take what you find in open and affordable resource repositories and adapt it for your courses, including adding original content to the materials you find.
Thursday, November 14 from 1:30-3pm EST
This session will guide you in finding instructional materials and applying Creative Commons licenses to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the materials.
Thursday, December 5 from 1:30-3pm EST
This session will guide you through taking a material you have created for one of your courses, applying a Creative Commons license to it, and make steps to share the material widely.
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