I’m never doing this again!: Identifying and solving faculty challenges in adoption of Open Educational Resources
| Published | June 2018 |
| Journal | Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration Volume XXI, Issue 2 |
| Publisher | University of West Georgia, Distance Education Center |
| Country | United States, North America |
ABSTRACT
Open educational resources (OER) can be an effective tool in lowering student textbook expenses and bringing current material into the classroom, but come with many barriers for faculty related to time, expertise, motivation, standardized testing requirements, and subject matter differences. Given the number of potential challenges and problems with using OER, school administrators with distance learning programs should be proactive in helping faculty overcome those obstacles.| Keywords | distance learning · OER · OER challenges · open textbooks |
| Published at | Savannah, Georgia |
| Refereed | Yes |
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| URL | https://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/summer212/taylor_taylor_212.html |
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