Defining the "Open" in Open Content and Open Educational Resources:

The terms "open content" and "open educational resources" describe any copyrightable work (traditionally excluding software, which is described by other terms like "open source") that is licensed in a manner that provides users with free and perpetual permission to engage in the 5R activities:

1. Retain - the right to make, own, and control copies of the content (e.g., download, duplicate, store, and manage)
2. Reuse - the right to use the content in a wide range of ways (e.g., in a class, in a study group, on a website, in a video)
3. Revise - the right to adapt, adjust, modify, or alter the content itself (e.g., translate the content into another language)
4. Remix - the right to combine the original or revised content with other material to create something new (e.g., incorporate the content into a mashup)
5. Redistribute - the right to share copies of the original content, your revisions, or your remixes with others (e.g., give a copy of the content to a friend)

Interested in learning more? 

1. Explore this guide
2. Check out the PCC OER website
3. Peruse this helpful OER starter kit
4. Read the FAQ from Open Oregon 
5. Get in touch! 

There are immediate opportunities to participate in funded OER work in the 2023-2024 academic year, through the PCC OER Steering Committee (OERSC).

• Request print copies of OER texts for instructor review or classroom sets:
  Submit Print OER Interest Form

• Funding for conferences, webinars and other OER-related professional development:
  Look for opportunities you’re interested in (consider openoregon.org); begin planning; more communication about details and process will be forthcoming.

• Compensate part time colleagues to participate in SAC or department meetings focused on OER work:
  Submit SAC/department PT funding interest form (please try to limit responses to 1 per SAC/department/group).

• If you have already adopted OER in your courses, apply for a maintenance project grant (work to be completed prior to June 22, 2024): Submit OER maintenance grant interest form. OER maintenance is a priority for OERSC and there will be ongoing opportunities for such funding.

Questions? Contact oer@pcc.edu

Content for this guide has been developed by PCC Librarians Jen Klaudinyi and Amanda Bird.