Mission

We support students' academic success by reducing the cost of educational materials. We aim to actively participate in the global Open Education movement.

Goals

  1. increase student success 
  2. reduce the cost of educational material for students 
  3. create an OER community on campus and throughout the UH system 
  4. contribute to the global Open Education movement

Purpose of This Website

The purpose of this website is to share information and promote transparency of Leeward CC's process as we work toward adoption, creation, and sharing of OER course materials. 

Team Approach

Leeward CC has adopted the team-based approach for incorporating OER into a course. The team consists of at least one Librarian, one Educational Technologists, and one faculty (subject matter expert) working together using a systematic, project-based approach for each course adoption of OER.

Memberships

Leeward CC is in the University of Hawaii Community Colleges (UHCC) System which is a member of the Community College Consortium for Open Educational Resources, an affiliate of the global Open Education Consortium, and the Open Textbook Network. 

    

Alignment with the University of Hawaii (UH)

As a college within the UH and UHCC systems, we are working toward meeting the 2015-2021 UH Strategic Directions commitment to "reduce cost of textbooks" and the 2015-2021 UHCCC Strategic Plan commitment to "implement Open Educational Resources (OER) to replace most textbooks."

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OER

“Open Educational Resources (OER) are any type of educational materials that are in the public domain or introduced with an open license. The nature of these open materials means that anyone can legally and freely copy, use, adapt and re-share them. OERs range from textbooks to curricula, syllabi, lecture notes, assignments, tests, projects, audio, video and animation.” (Definition by UNESCO).