Open Educational Resources

The library encourages the use of Open Education Resources (OER) whenever possible for their ease of modification and use by faculty, as well as a way to reduce textbook costs to students.

The library offers Pressbooks as an authoring tool and collaborative software to create or clone existing OER. Along with Pressbooks the library offers support in creating and adapting H5P which are accessible interactives to support learning.  Digital annotations are possible using Hypothes.is

If you are new to OER and are looking to find material, a beginner's guide is available.

The State Board of Community and Technical Colleges provides an easy pathway to learn, find, use and apply OER to your teaching through Open Washington. You can also find an Attribution builder and FAQs on OER.

The WCC Library supports anyone wishing to incorporate copyrighted or openly licensed materials into their classes. You can ask for a consultation on fair use or schedule an instruction session for your class, department, or research group. Contact Copyright & OER Librarian Rowena McKernan at (LRN 245 ext 3954).