Includes bibliographical references and index. Open access. Creative Commons Attribution License BY which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and publisher are credited.
Contents:
Section 4. Library-supported adoption and creation programs. Nicole Allen. Section 1. The case for OER. Closing reflections / Brady Yano & Carla Myers ; What does the research say about OER? / John Hilton III --- Section 2. The pedagogical implications of OER. From textbook affordability to transformative pedagogy : growing and OER community / Jean Amaral ; Creating learning opportunities in open education : an exploration of the intersections of information literacy and scholarly communication / Michelle Reed ; Experiential learning and open education : partnering with students to evaluate OER accessibility / Michelle Reed & Clara Turner ; Course material decisions and factors : unpacking the opaque box / Anita Walz ; An open Athenaeum : creating an institutional home for open pedagogy / Rajiv S. Jhangiani & Arthur G. Green ; Section 3. OER advocacy, partnerships, sustainability, and student engagement. Open partnerships : identifying and recruiting allies for open educational resources initiatives / Rebel Cummings-Sauls, Matt Ruen, Sarah Beaubien & Jeremy Smith ; Getting to know you : how we turned community knowledge into open advocacy / LIllian Rigling & William Cross ; Advancing access for first-generaation college students : OER advocacy at UT San Antonio / DeeAnn Ivie & Carolyn Ellis ; Student-driven OER : championing the student voices in campus-wide efforts / Alesha Baker, PhD & Cinthya Ippoliti ; From conversation to cultural changes : strategies for connecting with students and faculty to promote OER adoption / Kirsten N. Dean ; Making the connections : the role of professional development in advocating for OER / Michael La Magna ; Advocat in OER : a statewide strateg for building a sustainable library effort / Emily Frank & Terri Gallaway ; Interinstitutional collaborations to forge intracampus connections : a case study from the Duke Endowment libraries / Sarah Hare, Andreas Wright, Christy Allen, Geneen E. Clinksales, & Julie Reed -- Section 4. Library-supported adoption and creation programs. Seeking alternatives to high-cost textbooks : six years of the Open Education Initiative at the University of Massachusetts Amherst / Jeremy Smith ; From start-up to adolescence : University of Oklahoma's OER efforts / Jen Waller & Cody Taylor, & Stacy Zemke ; A grassroots approach to OER adoption : the University of Saskatchewan experience / Heather M. Ross, Shannon Lucky, & David Francis ; Bringing OER to the liberal arts : an innovatiive grant program / Johathan Miller ; Transforming publishing with a little help from our friends : supporting an open textbook pilot project with friends of the libraries grant funding / Chelle Batchellor ; Closing reflections / Nicole Allen.
Summary:
The roll of librarianship in the creation, promotion, and use of open educational resources as a means of scholarly publishing, pedagogy, and student engagement. The openly licensed content of this book is organized into four sections: (1) an introduction to OER, (2) discussions of how OER transforms teaching and learning, (3) examples of how librarians advocate for OER across campus, and (4) models of library-supported adoption and creation of OER.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.