scholarly journals Affording Access: Pathways to Reducing Textbook Costs

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-36
Author(s):  
Kelly Banyas ◽  
Marleen Cloutier
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Grant Program ◽  
Library Resources ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Open Access Resources ◽  
The University

After piloting an Open Educational Resources (OER) grant program, librarians from the University of Scranton’s Weinberg Memorial Library OER Committee conducted a survey of librarians about the inclusion of library resources in OER initiatives. The survey examined if institutions defined library resources as OER, why libraries chose not to include library resources, and, if included, the types of library-licensed or purchased content. The survey found that most (18 of 27) respondents did not include OER and library resources together and, of the institutions that did, a majority (5 of 9) used licensed library resources in addition to open educational and open access resources. The conclusion of this article looks at the pilot grant program and the OER Committee’s decision to realign and rebrand the grant in light of the survey results.

scholarly journals The adoption of open educational resources by one community college math department

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Levi Hilton III ◽  
Donna Gaudet ◽  
Phil Clark ◽  
Jared Robinson ◽  
David Wiley
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Community College ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Educational Outcomes ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Fall Semester ◽  
Educational Benefits ◽  
Open Access Resources ◽  
Open Textbooks

<p>The high cost of textbooks is of concern not only to college students but also to society as a whole. Open textbooks promise the same educational benefits as traditional textbooks; however, their efficacy remains largely untested. We report on one community college’s adoption of a collection of open resources across five different mathematics classes. During the 2012 fall semester, 2,043 students in five different courses used these open access resources. We present a comparison between the previous two years in terms of the number of students who withdrew from the courses and the number that completed the courses with a C grade or better. Our analysis suggests that while there was likely no change in these educational outcomes, students who have access to open access materials collectively saved a significant amount of money. Students and faculty were surveyed as to their perceptions of these materials and the results were generally favorable.</p>

Breaching the Paywall

2021 ◽  
pp. 222-241
Author(s):  
Samantha Tackett ◽  
Kelly M. Torres ◽  
Meagan C. Arrastia ◽  
S. Wade Bradt
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Instructional Media ◽  
Recent Developments

This chapter informs readers of recent developments with open educational resources (OERs) as well as the various advantages and challenges to the use of open access materials and repositories. This chapter explores examples of OER usage for instruction and research and discusses digital and instructional media relevant to open pedagogy and the technology-enabled democratization of learning. Finally, the chapter concludes with suggestions for advocacy of greater open access to benefit national and international dissemination of knowledge and the increase of societal use.

scholarly journals Lessons Learned from the Development of Open Educational Resources at Post-Secondary Level in the Field of Environmental Modelling: An Exploratory Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Quazi K. Hassan ◽  
Khan R. Rahaman ◽  
Kazi Z. Sumon ◽  
Ashraf Dewan
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Environmental Modelling ◽  
Post Secondary ◽  
Creative Commons ◽  
Student Ratings Of Instruction ◽  
University Of Calgary ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

Open educational resources (OER) have become increasingly popular in recent times. Here, the aim was to synthesise the lessons learned through the development of OER materials for a university-level course called “environmental modelling”. Consequently, the topics of discussion included: (i) how to choose an appropriate creative commons license; (ii) ways of incorporating materials from other sources, such as publicly available sources, other open access materials, and an author’s own published materials if not published under a creative commons license; (iii) the impact of the developed OER in the field of environmental modelling; and (iv) the challenges in developing OER material. Upon developing the materials, we observed the following: (i) students enrolled in the course did not purchase textbooks; (ii) our OER materials ranked as one of the most accessed (i.e., number 7) materials according to the usage data that summed the number of file downloads and item views from PRISM (i.e., the hosting platform maintained by the University of Calgary); (iii) the students learned relatively better as per the data acquired by the University of Calgary’s universal student ratings of instruction (USRI) instrument; and (iv) other universities expressed interest in adopting the materials.

National Coalition Against Censorship

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-23
Author(s):  
Melissa Chomintra
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
First Amendment ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Not For Profit ◽  
Open Access Resources ◽  
Freedom Of Thought ◽  
National Coalition

The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), a not-for-profit organization, provides robust open access resources to students, teachers, parents, librarians, artists, curators, and others who are faced with first amendment issues. The content is comprehensive and can be easily implemented and utilized in a multitude of settings. While there are myriad organizations dedicated to freedom of thought and expression the NCAC focuses on providing actionable resources that set them apart from their peers. This review focuses on the curated content and educational resources.

scholarly journals Open access repositories on open educational resources

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chew Bee Leng ◽  
Kamsiah Mohd Ali ◽  
Ch’ng Eng Hoo
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Data Repositories ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Knowledge Platform ◽  
Harvesting Method

Purpose Triggered by the advancement of information and communications technology, open access repositories (a variant of digital libraries) is one of the important changes impacting library services. In the context of openness to a wider community to access free resources, Wawasan Open University Library initiated a research project to build open access repositories on open educational resources. Open educational resources (OER) is an area of a multifaceted open movement in education. The purpose of this paper is to show how two web portal repositories on OER materials were developed adopting a Japanese open source software, called WEKO. Design/methodology/approach The design approach is based on a pull to push strategy whereby metadata of scholarly open access materials kept within the institution and network communities’ digital databases were harvested using the Open Archives Initiatives Protocol for Metadata Harvesting method into another open knowledge platform for discovery by other users. Findings Positive results emanating from the university open access repositories development showed how it strengthen the role of the librarian as manager of institutional assets and successfully making the content freely available from this open knowledge platform for reuse in learning and teaching. Research limitations/implications Developing further programmes to encourage, influence faculty members and prospective stakeholders to use and contribute content to the valuable repositories is indeed a challenging task. Originality/value This paper provides insight for academic libraries on how open access repositories development and metadata analysis can enhance new professional challenges for information professionals in the field of data management, data quality and intricacies of supporting data repositories and build new open models of collaboration across institutions and libraries. This paper also describes future collaboration work with institutions in sharing their open access resources.

scholarly journals Editorial: Wie gestalten wir die Zukunft mit Open Access und Open Educational Resources?

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Ebner ◽  
Sandra Schön ◽  
Lambert Heller ◽  
Rudolf Mumenthaler
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources

scholarly journals Offen und vernetzt für alle

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Open Educational Resources ◽  
Educational Resources ◽  
Predatory Publishing

Das Buch versammelt die Beiträge der ersten Open-Access-Roadshow Schleswig-Holstein, die vom 11. bis 14. November 2019 in Kiel, Flensburg und Lübeck stattgefunden hat. Auf der interdisziplinären Veranstaltung wurden zentrale Themen rund um Open Access und Open Science beleuchtet, angefangen bei den politischen Rahmenbedingungen und notwendigen Weichenstellungen im universitären Publikationsbetrieb über Erfolge und Herausforderungen bei der Open-Access-Transformation in Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg und Brandenburg bis hin zu digitalen Angeboten im Bereich der Lehre und Bildung, die Open Educational Resources (OER). Was Open Access für Verlage bedeutet, wird ebenso berücksichtigt wie die Themen Predatory Publishing, DEAL, Plan S und vieles mehr. Die Beiträge geben einen Überblick über den aktuellen Stand von Open Access und zeigen auf, wie ein künftiger nachhaltiger Kulturwandel hin zu mehr Offenheit in Wissenschaft und Forschung gelingen könnte.

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