Faculty can use the table below to see which Pitt areas are available to help with questions you may have throughout the OER development process.
| Stage | Example Questions | Teaching Center | Libraries | Bookstore |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction | What is an OER? Why would I want to use or make one? |
X | X | X |
| Funding | Where can I apply for funding to make / adopt OER? How can I improve my OER-related project proposal? |
X | X | |
| Discovery | What OER or free resources exist in my subject area? | X | X | |
| Identification | Is this thing actually an OER? If not, is it still free for students to access? |
X | ||
| Licensing | What is a Creative Commons license? How may I use, change, and share this OER? How may others use, change, and share my OER? |
X | ||
| Evaluation | How do I evaluate whether an educational resource is likely to be effective for my learning objectives? | X | ||
| Creation | How do I create an effective educational resource? How do I modify an existing educational resource to be more effective? |
X | ||
| Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | How do I make an educational resource on any topic more diverse, equitable, and inclusive? | X | X | |
| Course Integration | How do I effectively integrate an educational resource into my course? | X | ||
| Sharing | How can I make my existing resource into an OER? Where/how can I publish/share the OER I have created? |
X | ||
| Communication | How do I make my students or prospective students aware that my course uses OERs? | X | ||
| Assessment of Learning | How do I assess whether an educational resource is effective in supporting my students' learning? How do I apply this knowledge to improving the educational resource? |
X |
Contacts:
Teaching Center: Pre-Consultation Survey Form
Libraries: ULS-OER@pitt.edu
Bookstore: Jvb9@pitt.edu