Dr. Karen Brown and Michal Yadlin from the College of Western Idaho and Charlotte Lee from Berkeley City College in California have each created an Open Educational Resource from their courses and/or programs.

See Exploring the Arts and Cultures of the World an OpenTextbook or an identical Pressbook version from the College of Western Idaho. This OER can serve as an introductory text for Humanities type courses or another example, Introduction to Global Studies is found on LibreText as a sociology course.

AUTHOR INFO:

Michal Yadlin: In 2022, our small humanities department decided to shift from survey courses to a more comprehensive global humanities course. As part of our curriculum development, another instructor and I took on the monumental task of compiling a global humanities textbook with more diverse content. Using multiple authors from our small (but diverse in teaching background and interests) humanities department to gather information provided us with a comprehensive and diverse resource for students and faculty.

Charlotte Lee: There has been a welcome uptick in Open Educational Resources for teaching global studies. In one recently completed project, several faculty from the California Community College system collaborated to author OER materials for teaching Introduction to Global Studies. The resulting materials include a peer-reviewed textbook, assessment resources for instructors, Powerpoint lecture slides, and additional resources for students. This project was funded by the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges (ASCCC) Open Educational Resources Initiative (OERI). Mellon/ACLS has also supported the creation of OER related to teaching units on "global China". Come learn about how these materials were created, where to find them, and ongoing improvements. 

Both Michal and Charlotte will be talking more about their work and how it developed at an upcoming event sponsored by Title VI National Resource Centers at the Institute for Global Studies (IGS) - University of Minnesota and the Center for Global Studies (CGS) - The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, in collaboration with Green River College (WA) and Ridgewater College (MN). The webinar will take place on January 31st at 2pm Eastern Time, US and you can register here.

For other opportunities and resources for educators, explore the National Resource Centers' shared website Teaching the World.