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Open Educational Resources (OER)

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What are Open Educational Resources?
“OER are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others. Open educational resources include full courses, course materials, modules, textbooks, streaming videos, tests, software, and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge.”
- The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

OER Global Logo by Jonathas Mello, licensed under 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)

ACC has saved over $3 million in textbook costs

for over 25 thousand students

since fall 2019 through the use of OER!

 

ACC Classes Using OER

​These OER courses do not require you purchase a print textbook. You may still be required to purchase other learning materials such as software, calculator, lab kit, etc. Check with Library for zero cost solutions.

Communications, Humanities, Art & Design Math, Science, & Technology Health & Public Services

ART 1110: Art Appreciation

    
ART 1111: Art History: Ancient to Medieval    
ART 1113: Art History: 1900 to Present    
CCR 0094: Composition Studies 1021    
COM 1150: Public Speaking    
COM 2220: Group Communications    
COM 2300: Intercultural Communications    
ENG 0095: Studio for Multilingual Learners    
ENG 1015: Introduction to Literature    
ENG 1021: Composition I    
ENG 1022: Composition II    
ENG 1031: Technical Writing I    
ENG 2021: Creative Writing I    
ENG 2030: Creative Nonfiction    
HIS 1210: US History to Reconstruction    
HIS 1220: US History Since Civil War    
HIS 1310: Western Civilization: Antiquities to 1650    
HIS 1320: Western Civilization: 1650 to Present    
HIS 2145: US History Since 1945    
HIS 2300: The Middle Ages    
HUM 1003: Introduction to Film Art    
HUM 1015: World Mythology    
JOU 1005: Introduction to Mass Media    
JOU 1006: Media News & Recording    
LIT 1015: Introduction to Literature I    
LIT 2046: Literature of Women    
LIT 2058: Latinx Literature    
MUS 1008: Principles of Acoustics    
PHI 1011: Introduction to Philosophy    
PHI 1012: Ethics (Select Sections)    
PHI 2005: Business Ethics    
PHI 2018: Environmental Ethics    
PHI 2020: Philosophy of Death & Dying    
PSY 1001: General Psychology I    
PSY 1002: General Psychology II    
PSY 2107: Human Sexuality    
PSY 2440: Human Growth & Development    
SOC 1001: Introduction to Sociology I    
SOC 1002: Introduction to Sociology II    
SPA 2011: Spanish III    
SPA 2012: Spanish IV    
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

OER Committee Mission Statement
The OER Committee facilitates the creation and curation of accessible, high-quality, and low-cost content for ACC learners to maximize their success, retention, and persistence. This group leads institutional open resource initiatives, provides professional development opportunities, and advocates for awareness and adoption