Open Massachusetts: A Public Higher Education Repository


Committed to achieving equitable access for all students.

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A platform for sharing open educational resources created and adopted by faculty from Massachusetts Public Higher Education Institutions. Join us here as we collaborate, curate, and create high quality open educational resources that serve the needs of students of Massachusetts Institutions of Public Higher Education.  

New to the Open Massachusetts Repository or just getting started? Navigate to the "Getting Started" section for additional information, and review the Starter Kit to support you in joining the repository!

Questions? Email Repository Coordinator Rachel Oleaga at Roleaga@necc.mass.edu 

Join our Hub by becoming a member of one of our campus groups.

2024 MA OER Faculty Awards

March 29, 2024, 9:27 a.m.

Friendly reminder that this is the final week to nominate an OER Champion!

NOMINATE AN OER CHAMPION TODAY - (click here) Nominations due April 19th, 2024

What is it? The Massachusetts Department of Higher Education's OER Advisory Council’s 3rd statewide Open Educational Resources Achievement Awards honoring gold, silver, and bronze contributors to OER at public higher education institutions. See last year’s winners here!

Who is eligible to be nominated? Any faculty, staff, or administrator who works at a MA state college or university, and has created, adapted, or adopted an OER between April 15, 2023, and April 19th, 2024. Note: OER Advisory Council members & DHE employees are ineligible.

Judging Criteria: Quality, quantity and depth of contributions Effect of outreach Actual/potential impact (e.g., cost savings, etc.).

For more infomation email Rebecca Dowigert at Framingham State University rdowigert@framingham.edu

Getting Started

The following sections will help getting started with OER, navigating OER Commons and sharing your resources in the Open Massachusetts: A Public Higher Education Repository

Collections

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Remixing Open Textbooks through an Equity Lens (ROTEL)

Remixing Open Textbooks through an Equity Lens (ROTEL): Culturally Relevant Open Textbooks for High Enrollment General Education Courses and Career and Professional Courses at Six Public Massachusetts Colleges

The six Massachusetts Institutions of Higher Education along with the MA Department of Higher Education will test the hypothesis that underrepresented students will achieve higher academic outcomes if free, culturally-relevant textbooks are available to them. The project will pay stipends to faculty to create new OER or adapt and remix existing OER content using an equity lens. The team will pilot this project in the six public colleges and universities, and evaluate student success outcomes.

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College Groups

OER Video Tutorials

Watch the tutorials in this section to create a resource, update a resource, use Open Author, create a profile in OER Commons, search OER Commons, and collaborate with Open Massachusetts Groups. 

Creating a Resource

Watch this tutorial to learn how to create a resource using Open Author in Open Massachusetts. 

Updating a Resource

Watch this tutorial to learn how to update a resource using Open Author in Open Massachusetts. 

Open Author

Get started using our OER authoring tool, Open Author. This video walks you through how to author and remix; including how to add and format content, import and attach resources, embed media, add co-authors, check for accessibility, describe your resource, select a license, align to standards, publish, and download.

Created by ISKME. Licensed Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.

 

Create a Profile in OER Commons

Learn how to create a login and profile for OER Commons.

Created by ISKME. Licensed Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.

 

Search OER Commons

An OER Commons user demonstrates how to search OER Commons.

 

Collaborate with Groups

Learn how to use groups to organize content, create discussions, and collaborate on resources.

Created by ISKME. Licensed Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.