OER Knowledge CloudReportA qualitative investigation of faculty Open Educational Resource usage in the Washington Community and Technical College System: Models for support and implementationA qualitative investigation of faculty Open Educational Resource usage in the Washington Community and Technical College System: Models for support and implementation20152015/01Chae, BoyoungJenkins, MarkWashington State Board for Community & Technical Collegesqualitative researchOER policyOER challengesOER benefitsOERUnited StatesWashington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges1-38This report is based on interviews with 60 faculty in Washington’s community and technical college system which was built upon a previous state-wide survey with 770 faculty. Faculty were queried about: * how and why they chose to use OER * six benefits (including student savings) * six challenges of using OER * nine supports from college and statewide stakeholders that could help them to expand their OER usedoes not applyhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4eZdZMtpULyZC1NRHMzOEhRRzg/viewhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4eZdZMtpULyZC1NRHMzOEhRRzg/viewFINAL_OER_USE_WA_CTC.pdfWashington, United States