Basics

OER Faculty Toolkit
A complete guide to adopting, adapting, and creating Open Educational Resources (OER) in the classroom.
by the NCCCLA OER Task Force
CC BY 4.0

NC Library OER Guide Examples

Community Colleges:
Durham Tech OER | Mitchell CC OER | Pitt CC OER | Surry CC OER | Wake Tech OER
Universities:
Duke OER | ECU OER | NC State Open Education | UNC-Chapel Hill COER | UNCG OER

VLC OER Project

Starting with the 2025-2026 academic year, the Virtual Learning Community (VLC) has created a team of faculty and librarians from across the state to create a community of practice and offer training, advice, etc. on implementing OER at N.C. community colleges. 

OER Community Meetings

• Monthly meetings are held online the first Monday of each month at 1 p.m.
• Contact Darrin Evans (VLC) at daevans3@waketech.edu for the meeting link.

OER Project Team Members

• Dr. Angie Adams, Dean of Arts and Sciences, Richmond CC, agadams@richmondcc.edu
• Alan Unsworth, Dean of Instructional Support, Surry CC, unswortha@surry.edu
• Dana Glauner, Director of Library Services, South Piedmont CC, dglauner@spcc.edu
• Charles Wiggins, Director of Library Services, Isothermal CC, cpwiggins@isothermal.edu
• Angela Davis, Instruction & Web Services Librarian, Pitt CC, asdavis688@my.pittcc.edu

NC OER Initiatives

openNCCC
Library of open educational resources that promotes exploration, creation, and collaboration with the goal of enriching teaching and learning in North Carolina and around the world.

GoOpenNC
Focus is NC K-12, but includes a variety of resources curated by NC educators.

Open Education North Carolina (OENC)
Open Education North Carolina was an initiative that aimed to reduce the cost of higher education for North Carolina students by providing free, open e-textbooks for 30 of the most frequently-taught courses across North Carolina’s 2 and 4-year colleges and universities. The materials, tutorials, and other information are still available.

DRAFT created 1/6/2026 by Angela Davis