The CCCOER’s community of practice email group allows open education practitioners a place to share their experiences, ask questions about open education topics, share news of open education events, update the community on the progress of open education projects and policies, and share open educational resources with one another.
Those involved in the open education community know that locating OER for specific courses or topics can sometimes be challenging. The CCCOER email group allows someone looking for OER on a specific topic to ask the many other people involved in open education what OER they have already located or used. It’s a great resource for anyone looking to benefit from the efforts others have already poured into locating resources on the same subject. The email list is a Google Group and past discussions are searchable. Community members are able therefore to search through past discussions to see what resources have been shared before on various topics. However, many members have been interested in having a list of all the OER shared via the email list as an alternative to searching past discussions.
Earlier this year, Dr. Larry Green, mathematics faculty member at the Lake Tahoe Community College, created an index of the OER shared via the email group. The index is organized alphabetically by subject area and is continually being updated by Dr. Green as more resources are shared. Dr. Green has also recently created a video walkthrough to introduce the index and explain its organization.
Sign up to join the CCCOER community email group and explore Dr. Green’s index of shared OER.