A flexible OER implementation using a commercial application at Athabasca University, Alberta, Canada
| Published | 15 January 2018 |
| Periodical | Volume 2018, Section Tools and Trends |
| Publisher | Contact North/Contact Nord |
| Country | Canada, North America |
ABSTRACT
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.
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| Keywords | Athabasca University · faculty support · higher education · OER benefits · OER challenges · OER implementation · OER textbooks · transition to OER |
| Published at | Ontario |
| Other number | 2018-01-23 |
| Refereed | Does not apply |
| Rights | by-sa/4.0 |
| URL | https://teachonline.ca/tools-trends/flexible-oer-implementation-using-commercial-application-athabasca-university-alberta-canada |
| Access date | 2018-01-23 |
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