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Incentivizing faculty for open educational resources (OER) adoption and open textbook authoring [PDF]
Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2020 This survey assessed the experiences of faculty who participated in a textbook affordability program at Rutgers University. The program provided incentive awards in exchange for replacing commercial textbooks with affordable course materials such as open educational resources (OER), self-developed course materials, course reserves, or library-licensed ...
Lily Todorinova, Zara T Wilkinson
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An OER framework, heuristic and lens: Tools for understanding lecturers’ adoption of OER
Open Praxis, 2017 This paper examines three new tools – a framework, an heuristic and a lens – for analysing lecturers’ adoption of OER in higher educational settings.
Glenda Cox, Henry Trotter
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Heliyon, 2022 Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, and research resources provided under the Creative Commons (CC) licenses and can be freely used, shared, and modified.
Leila Jamel Menzli +3 more
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Incentives and barriers to OER adoption: A qualitative analysis of faculty perceptions
Open Praxis, 2016 In this paper, 218 U.S faculty responses regarding Open Educational Resources (OER) were qualitatively analyzed. Ten categories emerged in the coding process.
Olga Maria Belikov, Robert Bodily
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Faculty Motivation for OER Textbook Adoption and Future Use
Innovative Higher Education, 2022 AbstractMost postsecondary instructors in the United States require students to use textbooks in their courses; however, the cost of commercial materials has increased, and copyright policies impede sharing, editing, and customizations of materials. The current study aimed to examine faculty motivation to adopt Open Educational Resources (OER) and how ...
Virginia Clinton-Lisell +1 more
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The Tidewater Z-Degree and the INTRO Model for Sustaining OER Adoption
Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2016 A growing body of research confirms the financial and academic benefits that accrue to students whose faculty adopt open educational resources, or OER.
David Wiley +3 more
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Designing Continuing Professional Development MOOCs to promote the adoption of OER and OEP
Open Praxis, 2018 There is growing interest in the adoption of open educational resources (OER) and open educational practices(OEP) in a variety of contexts. Continuing professional development (CPD) among practitioners in the effective adoption of OER and OEP is critical
Shironica P. Karunanayaka +3 more
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Incentivizing OER adoption with course development mini-grants
Journal of New Librarianship, 2020 Open Educational Resources (OER) are one form of digital scholarship used across the country to make education more accessible to students by removing barriers to essential course materials (such as textbooks and supplementary readings). This case shows
Maggie Albro +2 more
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Adoption and Diffusion of Open Educational Resources (OER) in Education
International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2019 The concept of open educational resources (OER) is becoming increasingly prominent in education. However, research circles around defining OER, content and forms of OER, technological features of OER, and the importance of the issue or lack thereof ...
Daniel Otto
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