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Open Educational Resources

This guide is an introduction to the use and creation of Open Educational Resources faculty & staff at the University of Oregon

Introduction

Examples of how other institutions have introduced to OERs with an emphasis on programs focused on:

Affordability of textbooks and ancillary materials

Engaging Faculty to create and / or adopt OERs

Campus Campaigns to educate students and faculty about Open Educaiton

Affordability

North Dakota University System
A state-wide system takes on textbook affordability. Description of the three-phased approach with a summary of successes and challenges.
George Fox University
Uses a two-pronged, textbook affordability campaign of supporting open textbooks and library e-book access.

Engaging Faculty

Iowa State University
Website describes faculty mini-grant fellowships and provides resources and support for teaching with OERs and publishing new OERs.
Utah State University
University provides faculty with a three-step process to add OERs to a course. They are also sponsoring two faculty grant programs for adapting and creating OERs.

Campus Campaigns

Miami University
Campaign championed by Academic Affairs and led by University Libraries which includes faculty grant and recognition programs, course pack consultation service, and an alternate textbook program.
University of Alberta
Campus has an active community of practice, suite of resources, starter kit, and champion's toolkit.

Last Updated: Jun 15, 2020 3:14 PM
URL: https://researchguides.uoregon.edu/openedatuoregon
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Subjects: Digital Scholarship

Tags: OER, Open Access, open educational resources, textbook affordability

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