3 legitimate reasons why faculty aren’t using OER
Published | 3 September 2015 |
Publisher | eCampus News |
Country | United States, North America |
ABSTRACT
Issues of definition, copyright, and ease of use are stalling widespread adoption.Keywords | copyright · faculty awareness · OER adoption |
Refereed | Does not apply |
Rights | © Copyright 2019 eSchoolMedia & eCampus News. All Rights Reserved. |
URL | https://www.ecampusnews.com/2015/09/03/faculty-using-oer-376/ |
Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
Viewed by 85 distinct readers
CLOUD COMMUNITY REVIEWS
The evaluations below represent the judgements of our readers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Cloud editors.










Click a star to be the first to rate this document
▶ POST A COMMENT
SIMILAR RECORDS
Creating faculty professional development on OER
Kinskey, Caroline; Miller, Carrie
A Campus Textbook Affordability Grant was awarded to an instructional designer to create a professional development program for faculty. Twelve university instructors and teaching assistants participated in the program ...
Match: faculty; united states; north america
Faculty survey finds awareness of Open Educational Resources low
Babson Survey Research Group; Pearson
Teaching faculty at institutions of higher education remain largely unaware of open educational resources (OER), but the potential exists for much wider adoption, according to a new report from Babson Survey Research ...
Match: faculty; united states; north america
A University Program for Faculty-Librarian OER Partnerships: An Activity Systems Analysis
Yao, Zhongrui
The study examines how faculty-librarian partnerships function to support adopting or developing open educational resources for higher education classes. The courses in this study come from four disciplines (Psychology, ...
Match: faculty; united states; north america
Promoting open access and open educational resources to faculty
Crozier, Heather
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 ...
Match: faculty; united states; north america
2012 Faculty and Administrator Open Educational Resources Survey
Donaldson, Robin; Nelson, David; Thomas, Eric
To examine the open educational resources (OER) climate in Florida’s postsecondary institutions, the Florida Distance Learning Consortium (FDLC) conducted an online survey of higher education faculty and staff between ...
Match: faculty; united states; north america
To infinity and beyond: Reducing textbook costs through librarian/faculty collaborations
Avila, Sandra; Wray, Christina C.
As subject and distance learning librarians, we have a special interest in supporting our faculty and their needs as they explore alternative and more affordable textbook options for their students. In an increasingly ...
Match: faculty; united states; north america
Faculty perception of openness and attitude to open sharing at the Indian National Open University
Panda, Santosh; Santosh, Sujata
In the past decade, the educational scenario world over has significantly been impacted by open access and open education movements. The philosophy of openness and sharing forms the cornerstone of the open education ...
Match: faculty
e-Tutor: A multilingual Open Educational Resource for faculty development to teach online
Rapp, Christian; Gülbahar, Yasemin; Adnan, Müge
The situation in Ukraine poses severe problems to the higher education system and to students in Eastern Ukraine. Many students and academicians had been compelled to leave their university buildings and move westwards. ...
Match: faculty
Implementation factors and faculty perceptions of electronic textbooks on the iPad
Michelle Rogers-Estable
A federally managed university in the United Arab Emirates implemented a one-to-one iPad program. In an effort to increase access to interactive digital learning resources on the iPads, they next transitioned from ...
Match: faculty
Leading campus OER initiatives through library–faculty collaboration
Goodsett, Mandi; Loomis, Barbara; Miles, Marsha
With the rising costs of tuition and textbooks, Open Educational Resources (OERs) are becoming increasingly important. The university library, in collaboration with faculty, is a natural leader of OER initiatives at ...
Match: faculty