OER by subject
What are Open Educational Resources (OER)?
Open Educational Resources are teaching, learning, and research materials in any medium – digital or otherwise – that reside in the public domain or have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions.
OER Recommendations
These selections have been approved by the department.
English 100:
Options for OER Texts:
Option 1: Lumen English Composition I + Khan Academy Grammar
Option 2: Writing for Success + (Khan Academy or Lumen Guide to Writing)
English 101:
Option 1: Lumen English Composition I
Option 2: Writing for Success
English 102:
A Guide to Rhetoric, Genre, and Success in First-Year Writing, CSN Edition
Reading Supplement (100, 101, 102):
Model Courses
Official department model OER ENG 100 course shells (created Spring 2024, based on best practices in co-requisite teaching, using the OER Lumen English Composition I): 16-week and 8-week versions.
Angela Spires has created model ENG 100 and ENG 101 courses using Writing for Success.
Steps to access model ENG OER course materials :
1) Go to Canvas Commons (you will need to login to Canvas to access this).
2) Search for "8 Week - 2024 Model ENG 100 Co-Req w Lumen OER - CSN" or "16 Week - Model ENG 100 Co-Req w Lumen OER - CSN"
3) Click "import/download" to import the 100 OER model course material into your Canvas shell.
Recommended for Literature and Creative Writing Courses
- A Compact Anthology of World LiteratureGood for English 231. Review by Brendan Shapiro, CSN English Faculty Member
Search for OER for English
Use these links to search the web for more OER resources that you can use in your class.
ALS - College Success
One OER option for ALS 101 is titled College Success. The author Amy Baldwin is a well-known expert in the field, and the text takes a modern approach in assisting students with their transition to the college experience. I particularly like the chapters on Understanding Civility and Cultural Competence (Ch. 9) and Engaging in a Healthy Lifestyle (Ch. 11). This adoption includes instructor resources such as PowerPoint slides and a test bank. This text is available for free online or via mobile app and can also be ordered quickly from Amazon for a reasonable price. You can check out other titles from Rice University’s OpenStax project here: https://openstax.org/
Reviewed by Linda Gannon, CSN Department of English Faculty Member