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Incentivizing faculty for open educational resources (OER) adoption and open textbook authoring [PDF]

open access: yesJournal 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
exaly   +5 more sources

Incentives and barriers to OER adoption: A qualitative analysis of faculty perceptions

open access: yesOpen 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
doaj   +7 more sources

The Tidewater Z-Degree and the INTRO Model for Sustaining OER Adoption

open access: yesEducation 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
doaj   +5 more sources

OER adoption: a continuum for practice [PDF]

open access: yesRUSC. Universities and Knowledge Society Journal, 2014
Whilst Open Educational Resources (OER) offer opportunities for broadening participation in Higher Education, reducing course development and study costs, and building open collaborative partnerships to improve teaching and learning practices, they have yet to gain significant mainstream traction.
Stagg, Adrian, Adrian Stagg
core   +5 more sources

An OER framework, heuristic and lens: Tools for understanding lecturers’ adoption of OER

open access: yesOpen 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
doaj   +7 more sources

Adoption and Impact of OER in the Global South [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Education in the Global South faces several key interrelated challenges, for which Open Educational Resources (OER) are seen to be part of the solution. These challenges include: unequal access to education; variable quality of educational resources, teaching, and student performance; and increasing cost and concern about the sustainability of ...
Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl Ann   +1 more
core   +13 more sources

Designing Continuing Professional Development MOOCs to promote the adoption of OER and OEP

open access: yesOpen 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
doaj   +6 more sources

Adoption and Diffusion of Open Educational Resources (OER) in Education

open access: yesInternational 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
doaj   +7 more sources

Investigation of open educational resources adoption in higher education using Rogers’ diffusion of innovation theory

open access: yesHeliyon, 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, Myriam Hadjouni
exaly   +3 more sources

Adoption and Impact of OER in the Global South - Chapter summaries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Education in the Global South faces several key interrelated challenges for which Open Educational Resources (OER) are seen to be part of the solution and against which use of OER might be evaluated. These challenges include: unequal access to education; variable quality of educational resources, teaching and student performance; and increasing cost ...
Hodgkinson-Williams, Cheryl   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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