Heather Askildsen, Academic Technologies Christina Blenkle, Research & Info Services
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Today’s Webinar
How much do students spend on textbooks? ›On average, students spend $1,100 on course materials annually 1. $1,100
Are you currently using any free resources in your courses? ›NY Times Exchange ›Student IT Fee: –Lynda.com –NBC Learn –Library Databases
What is OER?
Hewlett Foundation Definition Teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free and re-purposing by others. Open educational resources includes: Full courses Course materials Modules Textbooks Streaming videos Tests Software …and any other tools, materials, or techniques used to support access to knowledge.
Benefits of OER
Challenges ›EDUCAUSE Report in 2013 – OER 10 years Later 2Report in 2013 ›Identified four challenges: –Vetting ›Discoverability ›Quality control –Integration ›Bridging the last mile ›Acquisition
Meeting Challenges
Pace University Library Guide libguides.pace.edu/openaccess
Open Access LibGuide
LibGuide Virtual Tour
Integrate OER into Blackboard
Contact Us… Heather Askildsen, Academic Technologist (914) Christina Blenkle, Supervising Librarian (914)
Open Forum
Learn more… Hewlett Foundation The Wikieducator OER Handbook Creative Commons
References 2 Kortemeyer, G. (2013). Ten years later: Why open educational resources have not noticeably affected higher education, and why we should care. EDUCAUSE Review Online. 1 Spilovoy, T. (2016) Strategies and tools for finding, adopting, and managing OER. [PowerPointSlides]. Retrieved from attendee.gotowebinar.com/recording/viewRecording/ …