Tips for Bringing OER to Your University, Institution, or School – Model eLearning

ab1630's bookmarks 2018-04-11

Summary:

"In our OER series, we’ve explored how cost-friendly open educational resources (OER) can replace the expense of traditional textbooks. We’ve looked at where to find OER as well as how to choose quality materials. By now, you’re probably wondering how to bring OER into your institution.

Sharing OER With Your Institution You’re fired up after researching the benefits of OER. You want to use OER in your upcoming course. You’ve done your research to support your case using in-depth data about various aspects of OER. And then you slam headfirst into the wall. Someone in your department or administration just doesn’t “get it.” They question the value of OER, struggle with the quality and copyright of OER materials, or just fear the time and effort to implement OER into the classroom. This wall doesn’t have to be a roadblock. A Model to Bring Support for OER into Your Institution In order to bring support for OER into your institution, you have to start with building awareness and buy-in among key stakeholders. As our lead instructional designer Tara explains it, the model below looks “at developing scaffolds to address peer-collaboration to develop curriculum or elements of the curriculum (or other OER materials/resources) as well as efforts to support instructor and student collaborative efforts in learning and co-creation efforts.” This institutional collaboration drives the adoption of OER...."

Link:

https://modelelearning.com/2018/04/10/tips-for-bringing-oer-to-your-university-institution-or-school/

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oa.new oa.oer oa.education oa.textbooks oa.courseware oa.implementation oa.hei oa.access oa.books

Date tagged:

04/11/2018, 12:57

Date published:

04/11/2018, 08:57