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Growing Your OER Initiative: Scaling and Sustaining OER Adoption

open access: yes, 2017
Moving OER from “early-adopters” innovating with new instructional models to mainstream use requires an institutional strategy aimed at removing barriers to adoption for faculty and students. This session will discuss strategies for scaling and sustaining OER adoption and building institutional support.
Baron, Josh, Strader, Ross
openaire   +3 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   +4 more sources

Incentivizing OER adoption with course development mini-grants

open access: yesJournal 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
doaj   +4 more sources

Quality assurance in the open: an evaluation of OER repositories [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The World OER Declaration 2012 recommends that States join efforts to facilitate finding, retrieving and sharing OER. The OER movement has thus far spurred the creation of numerous repository initiatives worldwide with the aim of aiding the development ...
Havemann, Leo, Atenas, J.
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Motivating Factors among University Faculty for Adopting Open Educational Resources: Incentives Matter

open access: yesJournal of Interactive Media in Education, 2021
Despite an increasing need for integrating Open Educational Resources (OER) into teaching at higher education institutions in North America, advocates could better understand how faculty are motivated to adopt OER.
Tomohiro Nagashima, Susan Hrach
doaj   +1 more source

Faculty Motivation for OER Textbook Adoption and Future Use

open access: yesInnovative 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 ...
Michael J. Herbert   +2 more
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Awareness and Use of OER by Higher Education Students and Educators within the Graphic Arts Discipline in Greece

open access: yesEducation Sciences, 2021
In recent years, Open Educational Resources (OER) have gained significant reach globally as a means of facilitating free and open access to educational materials.
Alexandra Christoforidou   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Current Usage Patterns of Open Educational Resources in the Engineering Mechanics Classroom and Barriers to Adoption

open access: yesIssues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2020
Open Educational Resources (OER) represent a small but growing portion of the educational resources market, but the use of OER in engineering is limited.
Jacob Moore, Thomas Reinsfelder
doaj   +1 more source

The use of Open Educational Resources in Ukraine: unleashing the potential for knowledge democratization and lifelong learning

open access: yesJournal of Innovations and Sustainability, 2023
Purpose. The purpose of this article is to investigate the current state of Open Educational Resources (OER) adoption in Ukraine, identifying the challenges, opportunities, and its potential impact on the nation’s educational landscape.
Svitlana Nykyporets   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Measuring use and creation of open educational resources in higher education

open access: yesInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2013
The open educational resources initiative has been underway for over a decade now and higher education institutions are slowly adopting open educational resources (OER).
Ross Charles McKerlich   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

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