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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

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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

BUS 1015 (Select Sections): Introduction to Business

ANT 1003: Introduction to Archaeology

CRJ 1010: Introduction to Criminal Justice

BUS 1016: Personal Finance

ANT 1017

ECE 1011: Introduction to Early Childhood Education

BUS 2017 (Select Sections): Business Communications

AST 1110: Planetary Astronomy

ECE 1031: Guidance Strategies for Young Children

BUS 1020: Introduction to E-Commerce

AST 1120: Stellar Astronomy

ECE 2621: Curriculum Methods & Techniques

BUS 1021: Basic Workplace Skills

AST 1140: Astronomy of Ancient Cultures

ECE 2651: Early Language & Literacy

BUS 2026: Business Statistics

AST 1160

EDU 2211: Introduction to Education

BUS 2041: Cultural Diversity in Business

BIO 1003: Principles of Animal Biology

EDU 2341: Multicultural Education

CCR 0094: Composition Studion 1021 BIO 1004: Biology: A Human Approach EDU 2401: Teaching Exceptional Learners

COM 1150: Public Speaking

BIO 1010: Biology Foundations

EMS 4025: Advanced Paramedic Practices

COM 1250: Interpersonal Communications

CHE 1011 (Select Sections): 

EMS 4033: Advanced Paramedic Care

COM 2220: Group Communication CIS 2002: Automated Project Management EMS 4035: Advanced Paramedic Trauma
COM 2250: Organizational Communication CIS 2020: Fundamentals of Unix

ESA 3015: Elements of Emergency Service Administration

COM 2300: Intercultural Communications CIS 2023: ESA 4010: Terrorism Threat & Risk Analysis
ENG 1021 (Select Sections): Composition I CNG 1032: Network Security Fundamentals ESA 4020: Research & Design for Emergency Administration
ENG 1022: Composition II CSC 1026: Game Design & Development ESA 4089: ESA Capstone
ENG 1031: Technical Writing I CSC 1065 LEA 1005: Basic Law
ENG 2021: Creative Writing I CSC 2065: Discrete Structures NUR 1009: Fundamentals of Nursing
HIS 1210: US History to Reconstruction ECO 2001 (Select Sections): Principles of Macroeconomics NUR 2011: Mental Health Nursing
HIS 1220: US History Since Civil War ECO 2002 (Select Sections): Principles of Microeconomics NUR 4009: Nursing Leadership

HIS 1310: Western Civilization: Antiquities to 1650

ENV 1010: Natural Disasters
HIS 1320: Western Civilization: 1650 to Present ENV 1111: Environmental Science
HIS 2145: US History Since 1945 FIN 1010: Introduction to Finance
HIS  2300: The Middle Ages GEO 1005: World Regional Geography
HUM 1003: Introduction to Film Art GEO 1006: Human Geography
HUM 1015: World Mythology GEO 1011: Physical Geography: Landforms
JOU 1005: Introduction to Mass Media GEO 1012: Physical Geography: Climate & Ecology
JOU 1006: Media News & Reporting GEY 1111: Physical Geology
LIT 1015: Introduction to Literature I GEY 1112: Historical Geology
LIT 2046 INV 1150
MUS 1008: Principles of Acoustics MAN 2024 (Select Sections): Leadership
PHI 1011: Introduction to Philosophy MAR 1006: Marketing Your Image
PHI 1012 (Select Sections): Ethics MAR 1055: Social Media for Business

PHI 2005: Business Ethics

MAR 2016: Principles of Marketing
PHI 2020: Philosophy of Death & Dying MAR 2055: Digital Marketing
SPA 2011: Spanish III MAT 1240: Math for Liberal Arts
SPA 2012 : Spanish IV MAT 1260: Intro to Statistics

MAT 1340 (Select Sections): College Algebra
MAT 1420: College Trigonometry
MAT 2540: Linear Algebra
PHY 1105: Conceptual Physics
PSY 1001: General Psychology I
PSY 1002: General Psychology II
PSY 2107: Human Sexuality
PSY 2440: Human Growth & Development
SCI 1055: Integrated Science I
SCI 1056: Integrated Science II
SOC 1001: Introduction to Sociology I
SOC 1002: Introduction to Sociology II

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