Open Massachusetts: A Public Higher Education Repository


Committed to achieving equitable access for all students.

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A platform for sharing open educational resources created and adopted by faculty from Massachusetts Public Higher Education Institutions. Join us here as we collaborate, curate, and create high quality open educational resources that serve the needs of students of Massachusetts Institutions of Public Higher Education.  

New to the Open Massachusetts Repository or just getting started? Navigate to the "Getting Started" section for additional information, and review the Starter Kit to support you in joining the repository!

Questions? Email Repository Coordinator Rachel Oleaga at Roleaga@necc.mass.edu 

Join our Hub by becoming a member of one of our campus groups.

Open Massachusetts Tour and Training

July 26, 2024, 6:30 a.m.

Tour the Open Massachusetts: A Public Higher Education Repository, learn how to navigate OER Commons and how to locate and share OERs. 

Join our session on Monday July 29th at 3:30pm

Register here!

New Resource Spotlight!

July 18, 2024, 9:33 a.m.

The ever-evolving Remixing Open Textbooks through an Equity Lens (ROTEL) Project, has released two new textbooks to the repository:

Please take a moment to explore these and other ROTEL textbooks that have been created!

Interested in using these textbooks and/or creating corresponding ancillary course materials? If you choose to adopt one of the ROTEL textbooks for one of your courses, you are eligible to receive a $500 stipend from the ROTEL grant. In order to receive the stipend, this must be the primary textbook for the course. 

How to Apply:

  1.  Review the textbooks published to date at https://rotelproject.org/
  2. Fill out the adoption application here
  3. A ROTEL grant project team member will contact you with further details

OER Adoption Session Registration!

June 14, 2024, 11:49 a.m.

Register for an individualized OER search and adoption session here. 

Getting Started

The following sections will help getting started with OER, navigating OER Commons and sharing your resources in the Open Massachusetts: A Public Higher Education Repository

Collections

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Remixing Open Textbooks through an Equity Lens (ROTEL)

Remixing Open Textbooks through an Equity Lens (ROTEL): Culturally Relevant Open Textbooks for High Enrollment General Education Courses and Career and Professional Courses at Six Public Massachusetts Colleges

The six Massachusetts Institutions of Higher Education along with the MA Department of Higher Education will test the hypothesis that underrepresented students will achieve higher academic outcomes if free, culturally-relevant textbooks are available to them. The project will pay stipends to faculty to create new OER or adapt and remix existing OER content using an equity lens. The team will pilot this project in the six public colleges and universities, and evaluate student success outcomes.

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College Groups

OER Video Tutorials

Watch the tutorials in this section to create a resource, update a resource, use Open Author, create a profile in OER Commons, search OER Commons, and collaborate with Open Massachusetts Groups. 

Creating a Resource

Watch this tutorial to learn how to create a resource using Open Author in Open Massachusetts. 

Updating a Resource

Watch this tutorial to learn how to update a resource using Open Author in Open Massachusetts. 

Open Author

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-authors, check for accessibility, describe your resource, select a license, align to standards, publish, and download.

Created by ISKME. Licensed Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.

 

Create a Profile in OER Commons

Learn how to create a login and profile for OER Commons.

Created by ISKME. Licensed Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.

 

Search OER Commons

An OER Commons user demonstrates how to search OER Commons.

 

Collaborate with Groups

Learn how to use groups to organize content, create discussions, and collaborate on resources.

Created by ISKME. Licensed Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.