Implementing OER in the Z-Degree Program at Tidewater Community College, Virginia, USA
| Published | 16 January 2018 |
| Periodical | Volume 2018, Section Tools and Trends |
| Publisher | Contact North/Contact Nord |
| Country | United States, North America |
ABSTRACT
Tidewater Community College (TCC), one of 23 colleges in the Virginia Community College System, was founded in 1968 and is the 14th largest public two-year community college in the United States (U.S.).The main impetus for the Z-Degree initiative is the continually rising cost of textbooks, which often resulted in students not purchasing course resources.
The TCC OER project goals were to improve student success through increased access and affordability, and improve teaching efficiency and effectiveness through the ability to focus, analyze, augment, and evolve course materials directly aligned to course learning outcomes (Tidewater Community College, 2016).
This article discusses the benefits, challenges and potential of implementing OER at this institution.
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| Keywords | collaboration · course creation · Faculty experience · OER benefits · OER textbooks |
| Other number | 2018-01-23 |
| Refereed | Does not apply |
| Rights | by-sa/4.0 |
| URL | https://teachonline.ca/tools-trends/implementing-oer-z-degree-program-tidewater-community-college-virginia-usa |
| Access date | 2018-01-23 |
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