Open Education Group

Renewable assignments provide students with opportunities to engage in meaningful work, add value to the world, and provide a foundation for future students to learn from and build upon. Renewable assignments are possible because of the permission to engage in the 5R activities granted by open educational resources (OER). Renewable assignments are an alternative to traditional, disposable assignments, which students throw away after they are graded.

The 2017 – 2018 Designing with OER (DOER) Fellows created the following renewable assignments:

Anthropology

• Ben Whitmore and Sarah Martin, Community Colleges of Spokane. Renewable Assignments for Anthropology. (Originally aligned to various Anthropology OER)

Astronomy

• Marisa Enos and Jonathon Miller, Mid Michigan Community College. Renewable Assignments for Astronomy. (Originally aligned to OpenStax’s Introduction to Astronomy)
• Michelle Knight and Carrie Fitzgerald, Montgomery College. Renewable Assignments for Introduction to Astronomy. (Originally aligned to OpenStax’s Introduction to Astronomy.)

Biology

• Jocelyn Ireland and Melissa Barlett. Mohawk Valley Community College. Renewable Assignments for Introduction to Biology. (Originally aligned to OpenStax’s Introduction to Biology)
• Tiffani Reardon, Kennesaw State University and Martiana Sega, East Georgia State College. Renewable Assignments for Introduction to Biology.  (Originally aligned to OpenStax’s Introduction to Biology)
• Hazel Jones and Carolyn Brown, University of South Queensland. Renewable Assignments for Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. (Originally aligned to resources created by OpenStax)

Communication

• Jonathan Lashley and Carly Finseth, Boise State University. Renewable Assignments for Interaction Design for Technical Communicators. (Originally aligned to multiple open educational resources)
• Marisa Enos and Diane Miller, Mid Michigan Community College. Renewable Assignments for Fundamentals of Communication. (Originally aligned to Communication in the Real World)
• Devshikha Bose and Bob Casper, Boise State University. Renewable Assignments for Web Design. (Originally aligned to multiple open educational resources.)

English

• Marisa Enos and Shaelynn Long-Kish, Mid Michigan Community College. Renewable Assignments for Expository Writing. (Originally aligned to The Process of Research Writing by Stephen Krause)
• Rachael Inake and Susan Wood. Leeward Community College. Renewable Assignments for English Composition I. (Originally aligned to Writing for Success)
• Edie Erickson and Naci Love, Bay College.  Renewable Assignments for Introduction to Literature. (Originally aligned to Lumen Learning’s Introduction to Literature)

English as a Second Language (ESL)

• Jeff Iannone and Catherine Chapman, Shoreline Community College. Renewable Assignments for English as a Second Language.  (Including an assignment where students help create an open textbook)

History

• Aura Lippincott and Leslie Lindenauer, Western Connecticut State University. Renewable Assignments for History. (Originally aligned to The American Yawp)

Instructional Design

• Maimoona Al Abri and Nada Dabbagh, George Mason University. Renewable Assignments for Instructional Design. (Originally aligned to multiple OER.)

Psychology

• Feng-Ru Sheu and Judy Orton Grissett. Renewable Assignments for Psychology. (Originally aligned to multiple OER)
• Mary Wiseman and Vernon Percy. Bay Path University. Renewable Assignments for Introduction to Psychology. (Originally aligned to OpenStax’s Introduction to Psychology)

Theater

• Heather Caprette and Lisa Bernd, Cleveland State University. Renewable Assignments for Introduction to Theater.  (Originally aligned to Theatrical Worlds published by University Press of Florida)