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Everything about Open Course Library

Library of free digital learning materials

Open Course Library (OCL) is an effort by the State of Washington to identify and make available digitally, to community and technical college instructors and students across that state, free textbooks, interactive assignments, and videos. Instructional materials can be "a smorgasbord of teaching modules and exercises developed by other open-learning projects.. . Interactive-learning Web sites and even instructional videos on YouTube. . ." However, OCL is not an OER publishing project, although it did contribute to the development of some widely used resources. Goals include: lowering textbook costs for students, providing new resources for faculty to use in their courses; and fully engaging in the global OER or open educational resources discussion. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: Open Course LibraryA 5-minute orientation
  2. Pick up a classic book: Wuthering HeightsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  3. Read the landmark paper: Open Pathways to Student Success: Academic Library Partnerships for Open Educational Resource and Affordable Course Content Creation and AdoptionCited 27 times
  4. Go sideways: Open textbookA closely related topic
  5. Go sideways: Open educational resourcesA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

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🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. Process and organizational structure
  2. Resource availability
  3. Open Course Library and Open Educational Resources
  4. Reasons for the effort
  5. Effectiveness assessment
  6. Long-term impact

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

📚 Books worth reading

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

🔗 Related topics