2018-2019 Connect OER report
| Published | September 2019 |
| Series | Connect OER Pages 1-17 |
| Publisher | SPARC |
| Country | United States, North America |
ABSTRACT
This report offers a snapshot of the state of OER activities at participating institutions as of the end of the 2018-2019 academic year. Our intent is that these insights will help inform SPARC members, open education advocates, and the library community at large about current trends, best practices, and the collective impact being achieved through OER at participating institutions.| Keywords | open education · open educational resources · program strategies |
| Published at | Washington DC |
| Language | English |
| Rights | CC BY |
| URL | https://sparcopen.org/news/2019/sparc-releases-connect-oer-annual-report-for-2018-2019/ |
| Export options | BibTex · EndNote · Tagged XML · Google Scholar |
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