%0	Web Page
%A	McGreal, Rory
%C	Ontario, Canada, North America
%D	2018
%I	Contact North/Contact Nord
%K	transition to OER
%K	OER textbooks
%K	OER implementation
%K	OER challenges
%K	OER benefits
%K	higher education
%K	faculty support
%K	Athabasca University
%N	2018-01-23
%T	A flexible OER implementation using a commercial application at Athabasca University, Alberta, Canada
%U	https://teachonline.ca/tools-trends/flexible-oer-implementation-using-commercial-application-athabasca-university-alberta-canada
%V	2018
%X	Athabasca University (AU) in Alberta brands itself as Canada's Open University and, as such, is a leader in the country and internationally in supporting open education and open educational resources (OER) in particular. There is significant OER activity at Athabasca University.
A faculty member in the Accounting in the School of Business chose OER because of her and her students' growing dissatisfaction with the approved commercial textbook and its locked-in assessment application.

This article discusses the benefits, challenges and potential of OER in higher education.

More articles can be found at Contact North/Contact Nord here: 
https://teachonline.ca/tools-trends/open-education-resources-oer-applications-around-world/taxonomy-term
%8	01/2018
%&	Tools and Trends
%*	does not apply
%[	2018-01-23