Creative Commons & OER Faculty Certification
The Creative Commons & OER Faculty Certification is a self-paced micro-course designed to help faculty understand and apply open licensing and open educational practices in their teaching.
This certification supports faculty in selecting appropriate licenses, providing proper attribution, and using open educational resources (OER) effectively and responsibly.
What You’ll Learn
Participants in this certification will learn how to:
- Understand Creative Commons licenses and how they work
- Choose the appropriate license for their own materials
- Provide proper attribution using the TASL framework
- Identify and use public domain and CC0 resources
- Apply best practices when using OER
- Incorporate open and renewable practices into their teaching
Why This Matters
Using open educational resources and licensing your own materials can:
- Expand access to learning materials for students
- Encourage collaboration among faculty
- Reduce costs for students
- Support continuous improvement of course content
Course Format
- Self-paced, online micro-course
- Delivered through GeorgiaVIEW
- Includes short modules, examples, and knowledge checks
- Designed to be practical and immediately applicable
Who Should Participate
This certification is designed for:
- Faculty teaching online, hybrid, or face-to-face courses
- Instructional staff and course developers
- Anyone interested in using or creating open educational resources
How to Enroll
This certification is currently under development.
Please check back soon for additional information on enrollment and course availability.
Stay Connected
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This certification is part of Albany State University’s commitment to supporting open education and accessible learning resources.
“Creative Commons License Materials” by Creative Commons is licensed under CC BY 4.0 and available from CreativeCommons.org .
Text and instructional content on this page are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license .
Images and third-party materials are used under license and may not be reused without
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