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As part of the Tennessee Board of Regents' strategic plan to increase equity in access and student success, the offices of academic affairs and organizational effectiveness have awarded grants totaling $650,000.00 to 28 teams comprising 122 faculty, librarians, and instructional designers from 13 colleges and universities to create free Open Educational Resources (OER) for their courses. The Cycle 3 OER Grant RFP generated 59 proposals, which is more than double the number received last year. OER materials developed during the first two years of the program have already saved students $6,666,032.48 on commercially published textbooks and instructional materials. This year, TBR is collaborating with Achieving the Dream and SRI Education to study the effect Open Educational Practices (OEP) have on student learning outcomes. 12 of the 28 grant teams will be participating in the study and will attend the OEP Summer Institute at Chattanooga State Community College in July.
Cycle 3 OER Grant Recipients

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-Created by ISKME. Licensed Creative Commons BY-NC-SA. authors, check for accessibility, describe your resource, select a license, align to standards, publish, and download.

This video tutorial shows users how to create and manage groups on OER Commons, and how to share resources within those groups.

Tennessee Textbook Affordability Taskforce members were invited to get an early look at the soon to be launched Tennessee Open Education Hub - the first of its kind collaborative platform that supports courseware improvement for both public and private colleges and universities in Tennessee. This informative session provided participants with an opportunity to discover tools to identify, curate, design, build, and share high-quality resources to impact teaching and student learning outcomes. We also showcased OER exemplars and use cases from colleges and universities in Tennessee and beyond.

Tennessee Open Education Hub Group Administrators and Grantees joined us to explore the Hub collaboration and authoring tools and workflows, and develop plans for how to best utilize groups to facilitate engagement and sharing of resources.

Instructions for how to manage groups and author resources

This webinar was an introduction to the Tennessee Open Education Hub for faculty and librarians interested in accessing high-quality digital resources, connecting and collaborating with others, and sharing resources.

Permissions Guide for Educators

This guide provides a primer on copyright and use permissions. It is intended to support teachers, librarians, curriculum experts and others in identifying the terms of use for digital resources, so that the resources may be appropriately (and legally) used as part of lessons and instruction. The guide also helps educators and curriculum experts in approaching the task of securing permission to use copyrighted materials in their classrooms, collections, libraries or elsewhere in new ways and with fewer restrictions than fair use potentially offers. The guide was created as part of ISKME's Primary Source Project, and is the result of collaboration with copyright holders, intellectual property experts, and educators.

OER Authoring Template

This template has been created by Branch Alliance for Educator Diversity to facilitate the development of OER as instructional materials for teacher education classes. Within this resource are instructions, templates, and examples for using this template to create your own unit(s) for your own classes. Authors are invited to remix this template for their own use. This template is intended to be used to create OER to fully support or supplement a university course, particularly in a teacher education program. This OER has been formatted to provide you with blank templates and examples of the course intro, course-level outcomes, content, activities, and assessment options. This template is intended to be used as a guide to plug in your own course content. Simply hit the REMIX button and edit the OER to insert your own content. Additional units/weeks/lessons can be added by additional sections.

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As part of the Tennessee Board of Regents' strategic plan to increase equity in access and student success, the offices of academic affairs and organizational effectiveness have awarded grants totaling $650,000.00 to 28 teams comprising 122 faculty, librarians, and instructional designers from 13 colleges and universities to create free Open Educational Resources (OER) for their courses.

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Motlow College Libraries have laboratories with devices and computers for faculty and students to use and develop virtual, mixed, and augmented reality software. Virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) are all forms of extended reality (XR). VR headsets along with controllers or hand gestures recognized by motion capture allow users to experience different environments, perform tasks modeled after real situations, or even play games. AR and MR devices overlay virtual objects in the real environment through either viewfinders on cameras or wearable devices. All XR devices can enhance learning by providing users with immersive, tailored environments and hands-on virtual instruction.

All Motlow libraries are equipped with virtual reality workstations and headsets. Moore County and Smyrna libraries have dedicated labs with up to ten VR-ready workstations with Rift S headsets as well as standalone Quest and Quest 2 headsets available for student use. Visit the circulation desk of any library to check out an Oculus Quest headset or to book time on an Alienware workstation equipped with a Rift S. Check back soon for new capabilities and equipment as we are actively expanding XR lab holdings and services.

Available devices:

Oculus Quest 2

The Quest 2 is Meta's newest standalone VR device. It offers one of the highest resolutions and processor speeds among all VR devices being sold. Detailed specifications.

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The Rift S is the second generation of tethered headsets capable of running VR apps and games from a desktop computer. Detailed specifications.

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Newsreels captures full runs of many of the key international newsreels produced during the early twentieth century. Produced from 1929 through the early post-war period, these films provide a unique-and until now largely neglected-resource that will give scholars real insight into how people learned about and lived through the events that occurred during this period of history.

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Patriot Paths is a work in progress that uses Revolutionary War pension records to map the paths that soldiers took before and after their service. This is a great resource, particularly for those who have traced their ancestry and found a Revolutionary War soldier in their lineage

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History World: History and Timelines Historyworld's aim is to make world history more easily accessible through interactive narratives and timelines. Click on the "Histories" link to view an alphabetical list of the subjects covered. Each narrative history contains a brief outline and a link to an interactive timeline, complete with additional links.

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Constitution Day, also known as Citizenship Day, commemorates the September 17, 1787, signing of the United States Constitution. Each year, Motlow State hosts activities led by a multidisciplinary group of college leaders. For the health and safety of students and employees, this year's Constitution Day observance is hosted virtually by providing our students a curated list of virtual experiences. The following are links to useful resources about the U.S. Constitution:

National Constitution Center - Explore online resources, live classes, and virtual town halls

Montpelier, Center for the Constitution - Engage in civic dialogue, improve understanding of the found principles of the United States, and deepen potential involvement in democracy

Library of Congress - contains more than 200 documents relating to the work of Congress and the drafting and ratification of the Constitution

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration - Scanned copy of the U.S. Constitution

Constitución de los Estados Unidos de América - Spanish translation that is part of the Political Database of the Americas site at Georgetown University

Educational Activities - Work with federal judges in the distance-learning space to bring the founding fundamentals of rule of law, separation of powers, and judicial independence into real life.

Bill of Rights Infopacket - Eight pages of historical context and easy-to-understand explanations of the first 10 Amendments, includes a printable infographic

Games - Abraham Lincoln's Crossroads, Bill of Rights, Seize the Vote, and Which Founder are You?

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Constitution Day, also known as Citizenship Day, commemorates the September 17, 1787, signing of the United States Constitution. Each year, Motlow State hosts activities led by a multidisciplinary group of college leaders. For the health and safety of students and employees, this year's Constitution Day observance is hosted virtually by providing our students a curated list of virtual experiences.