Citing OER for Articulated Courses
Reference Guide for Citing Open Educational Resources (OER) on the Course Outline
of Record (COR)
04/01/2021 Imperial Valley College OER and Curriculum Committee
OER Textbook Articulation Notes:
- The UC and CSU welcome the use of online texts and other Open Educational Resources
(OERs), so long as the resource is a stable, bona fide textbook, and not just a collection
of links to lecture notes or other web pages. We also recommend keeping at least one
traditional textbook (commonly accepted in the field) on the COR.
- CSU and UC campus departments consider the content of textbooks when reviewing course-to-course
articulation proposals and Course Outlines of Record (CORs) from the California Community
Colleges.
- OER materials in the textbook section of the COR must include a publication date and
a revision date (if appropriate). To meet articulation requirements, both online and
traditional texts must be dated within seven years for most course submissions.
- A general statement citing OER equivalent resources does not meet the textbook requirement
for articulation.
OER Textbook Citation Requirements for the “Textbook” section of the COR:
- Author(s) and/or Compiler(s) (last name first)
- Title
- Edition or version (if beyond 1st)
- Publisher, publication year or revision date
- ISBN and/or URL. License.
Examples:
Dillon, Dave. Editor, Curator, Compiler. Blueprint for Success in College and Career.
Version 1.3. Rebus Community, 2018. ISBN 9781989014042, http://press.rebus.community/blueprint2/. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
OpenStax College. Introduction to Psychology 2e. OpenStax, 2020 (web version last
updated January 7, 2021). ISBN-13: 978-1-951693-23-7, https://openstax.org/details/books/psychology-2e. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Gordon, Elizabeth. Chemistry and Global Awareness. LibreTexts, 2021 (last updated
March 15, 2021). https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/Furman_University/CHM101%3A_Chemistry_and_Global_
Awareness_(Gordon). Licensed under CC BY NC SA 4.0.
OERs as Supplemental Material:
- The following electronic teaching materials would not be adequate to meet the requirements
of articulation and transfer as a textbook, but could be cited in the supplemental
readings sections of the COR:
- Faculty course notes made available on a website
- A collection of scholarly journal articles available online
Guide to Citing OER for Articulated Courses
A guide from IVC's OER and Curriculum Committees [PDF]
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