Open Government: Using Fed Docs to Build and Enhance Open Education Resources

Open Educational Resources (OER) have emerged as a transformative approach to expanding access to higher education by offering freely available, adaptable instructional materials. Federal Government documents, characterized by their authoritative content and public domain status, represent an underutilized resource with significant potential to enhance OER development. This session will discuss strategies for integrating Government publications, statistical datasets, and related multimedia into OER projects, including methods of identifying appropriate resources, navigating legal and copyright consideration, and collaborating effectively with faculty to embed these materials into the academic curricula. Attendees will gain insight into how Government publications can serve as primary sources and data-rich content to augment teaching and learning and leave with actionable tools and models to integrate Government information into their own OER initiatives.