It’s time to get serious about open educational resources | Times Higher Education (THE)

peter.suber's bookmarks 2019-09-20

Summary:

"For universities, the business case is compelling. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey indicates that a $32,000 (£26,000) investment saved its students $1.6 million over two years. At Ontario Tech, we had a professor receive a standing ovation from his students when he announced that a certain expensive astronomy textbook was to be replaced by open educational resources.

At their best, OERs allow faculty and students to build course material in much the same way as developers build open code or open software. Everything is shared. Collective insights can be captured for future students in a virtuous cycle of learning and improvement....

But there are four primary challenges that need to be overcome before the movement can really take off...."

Link:

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/its-time-get-serious-about-open-educational-resources

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Tags:

oa.new oa.oer oa.textbooks oa.economic_impact oa.quality oa.books

Date tagged:

09/20/2019, 15:39

Date published:

09/20/2019, 11:39