BCC Bioscience Image Library is a media file repository of images and video clips made available to educators and students in the biological sciences. The resources are created by faculty, staff and students of Berkshire Community College and are licensed under Creative Commons 0. This means all content is free, with no restrictions on how the material may be used, reused, adapted or modified for any purposes, without restriction under copyright or database law.

This project was partially funded by a $20,000,000 grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration, Grant # TC-26450-14-60-A-25. The product was created by the grantee and does not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Department of Labor. The U.S. Department of Labor makes no guarantees, warranties, or assurances of any kind, express or implied, with respect to such information, including any information on linked sites and including, but not limited to, accuracy of the information or its completeness, timeliness, usefulness, adequacy, continued availability, or ownership.

If you have any questions contact Professor Faye Reynolds at: freynold@berkshirecc.edu

This Lesson was created to use in conjunction with materials in Clusive [https://clusive.cast.org], a free, online learning environment that makes materials flexible and accessible.  The Lesson is designed for students in grades 6-8, and targets ELA standards as well as SEL skills of self-awareness and learner agency. As you use this lesson, students will be guided to recognize, understand, and apply key elements of a mystery story, tools that they can use to build learner agency, self-awareness, and comprehension

This is an entry-level, ENG 101 college course designed to be taught online over eight weeks. It includes an evaluation (for a movie); a rhetorical analysis (of a song); an annotated bibliography; and an extended argumentative research paper. It is a no-cost course correlated to an open-source textbook, following OER standards and guidelines. In addition to material for the listed three papers, it also includes lessons, prerecorded videos, and discussion board topics to create a thorough and comprehensive curricula.

These resources were developed for an accelerated 6 week English 1 course. Main textbook found here

The Network of Conservation Educators and Practitioners (NCEP) produces peer-reviewed teaching resources summarizing topics on conservation biology. Each module contains a synthesis document outlining the main concepts of a subject, a modifiable visual presentation, classroom exercises and solutions, teaching notes, and interdisciplinary case studies. For more information please visit where all NCEP modules are available free of charge.

Are you looking for FREE, semester-long economics, government, american history, and personal finance courses? If so, visit www.certell.org to download. Certell is an educational non-profit who's mission is to support and develop educational resources and technology that lower the cost of education and help individuals lead flourishing lives. We want to help schools and teachers thrive! All content meets national standards and most meet AP standards (when applicable).

A handbook for faculty interested in practicing open pedagogy by involving students in the making of open textbooks, ancillary materials, or other Open Educational Resources.

Suppose you’re designing an online course. How might you use Open Educational Resources (OER)? Let’s take a quick look at a common model for instructional design – the ADDIE model. (There are many others but this one is very common and useful for our discussion.)

How to remix an OER in oercommons.org then have your remix playtested and remixed by the playtester.

This open-access anthology features short texts that can be read in a single class period and are designed to spark deep conversations. Organized around themes of being, love, land, world, and futures, these poems, essays, and flash fiction offer inclusive and affirming perspectives to align with junior high and high school English language arts (ELA) curriculum. With contributions from acclaimed young adult authors, flash fiction writers, and teacher-poets, Just YA provides educators with contemporary texts that resonate with and inspire today’s students to write their own stories.

An OER which highlights the importance of information literacy in this day and age of the fourth information revolution and shares some of the tips and tricks accumulated by a distance learner at the University of the Philippines Open University.

Outline of the Content:

1. Home
2. What is Information Literacy?
3. Information Literacy and Online Learning
4. Finding High-Quality Information Online
5. Wikipedia for Academics
6. Sharing Your Works Online
7. Recommended Resources
8. About the Author

Edited by Sarah Hare, Jessica Kirschner, and Michelle Reed

Short Description:
This collaboratively authored guide helps institutions navigate the uncharted waters of tagging course material as open educational resources (OER) or under a low-cost threshold by summarizing relevant state legislation, providing tips for working with stakeholders, and analyzing technological and process considerations. The first half of the book provides high-level analysis of the technology, legislation, and cultural change needed to operationalize course markings. The second half features case studies by Alexis Clifton, Rebel Cummings-Sauls, Michael Daly, Juville Dario-Becker, Tony DeFranco, Cindy Domaika, Ann Fiddler, Andrea Gillaspy Steinhilper, Rajiv Jhangiani, Brian Lindshield, Andrew McKinney, Nathan Smith, and Heather White.

Word Count: 81533

ISBN: 978-1-64816-983-0

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An Anthology and Guide

Short Description:
A guide for students of early British Literature from the 8th to 18th centuries.

Word Count: 1254623

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This resource provides an overview of Open Education and Open Education Resources (OERs).

Open Educational Resources (OER) provide equal access to educational resources at no cost. This toolkit provides information and tools to help educators and education staff to understand, engage with, and sustain OER in their work and practice.

This lesson plan walks students through the copyright licenses and open educational resources.  Students will learn how to author resources using the OER Commons platform, align them to standards, and evaluate them using the Achieve Rubrics.

This site gives a 5 step process on how an instructor can adopt OER. It also provides direction in evaluating OER, and recommended OER reading when considering adoption.

Find out what quarks are, how they were discovered and why they are very important in relation to protons and neutrons. There are different types of quarks which you'll learn about in this GCSE / K12 "Radioactivity" video from the Virtual School.

OverviewIn this lesson, students will learn how to create and evaluate (YouTube) content effectively.  They will explore the process of planning, recording, and editing videos while considering the preferences and interests of their target audience.  Through peer feedback, students will develop their communication skills and digital literacy. Rubric Overview (Overview)This resource includes a peer feedback rubric for students to evaluate content, relevance, engagement, creativity and production quality. By participating in this process, students develop a greater appreciation for effective communication and digital media literacy.