The OER Knowledge Cloud: Promoting Open Access And Open Educational Resources To Faculty

Promoting open access and open educational resources to faculty

Published	May 2018
Journal	The Serials Librarian Volume 74, Issue 1-4, Pages 145-150
Country	United States, North America

ABSTRACT

Student debt is a complicated issue and many institutions of higher education are investigating solutions to ease the financial burdens of their students. Adopting Open Educational Resources (OER) in the classroom benefits students by reducing course costs and allows faculty more freedom in choosing instructional tools. Open Access publishing can also benefit faculty by increasing exposure to their work. To encourage the use of OER and Open Access publishing, the Electronic Resources Librarian and Educational Technology Manager at Ohio Northern University collaborated to conduct custom workshops for individual departments, leveraging library/faculty liaison relationships and the expertise of the department of Educational Technology.

Keywords

collaboration · educational technology · faculty relationships · Open Educational Resources

ISSN	1541-1095
Refereed	Yes
Rights	Copyright © 2018 Informa UK Limited
DOI	10.1080/0361526X.2018.1428470
Export options	BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar

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