Section outline

  • General

    OER Passport is a professional development program that takes educators through the process of understanding, finding, developing and sharing Open Educational Resources.  

    This course trains teachers and students on OER use, reuse, licensing, creation, and sharing by completing the following tasks. The first half of the course builds a solid foundation in OER and provide teachers with the tools to complete the second half of the course which focus on the use, reuse, production, and innovative teaching practices.

    Participants can complete the tasks online. There are also files to print/create physical copies of OER Passports that can be used in an offline environment.

    • This self-paced workshop walks you through techniques to incorporate Open Educational Resources (OER) into your teaching practice. 

      The course will cover the fundamental aspects of OER including open licensing and public domain. It focuses on providing practical guidance in locating and applying openly available resources. It is expected that upon completion of this course participants will be able to:


      • Describe the meaning of open educational resources.
      • Differentiate the concepts of open licensing, public domain, and all rights reserved copyrights.
      • Identify resources that are openly licensed or in the public domain.
      • Distinguish the different types of Creative Commons licenses.
      • License works using a Creative Commons license.
      • Find open educational resources and properly attribute a work offered under a Creative Commons license.

  • Copyright & License

    Activities: 3
  • OER Primer

    Activities: 3
  • Licenses

    Activities: 6
  • Finding OER

    Activities: 5
  • Public Domain

    Activities: 4
  • Why OER Matters

    Activities: 3
  • Join OER Commons

    Activities: 2
  • Share Out OER

    Activities: 4
  • Get Published

    Activities: 5