The Daily Bulletin

Registration is now open for a daylong workshop focusing on the effective use of open educational resources (OER) in the classroom on Friday, September 22, on the Buffalo State campus.

This workshop is free and open to everyone. To register, please visit the SUNY Center for Professional Development website.

SUNY has a strong history of openness and instructional innovation, including the use of OER to provide measurable impact on student success.

This year invites a large scale-up of OER thanks to the Excelsior Scholarship, which includes $8 million in its 2017-2018 funding to provide OER, including e-books, to students at SUNY and CUNY colleges to help "defray the prohibitive cost of textbooks.”

In response, SUNY OER Services is coordinating workshops to invite faculty, librarians, instructional designers, administrators, and other campus stakeholders to explore the possibilities of OER more deeply.

As a participant in these one-day, on site workshops, you will

• interact with faculty and librarians across SUNY who have firsthand experience with OER;
• understand the distinctions between traditional and Creative Commons copyright;
• discover OER materials in your subject area; and
• apply OER content to help meet your course outcomes.

All skill and comfort levels with both OER and campus technology are welcome. Participation is free for all SUNY affiliates.

You won’t want to miss out on this exciting opportunity to explore OER and work directly with faculty experts in various disciplines. We look forward to your participation.

Stay tuned for additional dates and locations of upcoming SUNY OER Services workshops.