This online repository of OER resources and openly-licensed teaching materials was developed by faculty for faculty. TeachOER began as a collection of commonly used OERs relevant to a variety of disciplines, but the aim was always to provide examples of teaching materials created around OER and zero cost materials. Teaching materials were developed and submitted by faculty at Baruch College, and added under the “Teaching with OER” tab. As the site has grown its mission has too, and the “Teaching About OER” tab was added to provide a home for materials intended to help faculty educate themselves and others about OER and related topics such as copyright and accessibility.
Professor Cheryl Smith (English) and Digital Pedagogy Specialist, Laurie Hurson (CTL) conceived of and developed this project in the summer of 2017. The project received initial funding from the “Teaching and Learning with Technology” grant, provided by the Baruch Computing and Technology Center. Ongoing support for site development and resource creation is provided by Baruch College’s Center for Teaching for Learning (CTL) and their Open Education Resources Initiative, part of the New York State “OER Scale Up” Initiative (Pamela Thielman and Katherine Tsan, coordinators).
For information about the images used on this site, view the Image Credits.