University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Role of Campus Community in Open Educational Resources: The Benefits of Building a Collaborative Relationship with Campus IT and Distance Education Departments

Walton, Kerry

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Title
Role of Campus Community in Open Educational Resources: The Benefits of Building a Collaborative Relationship with Campus IT and Distance Education Departments
Author(s)
Walton, Kerry
Issue Date
2020
Keyword(s)
  • student success
  • open educational resources
  • distance education
Abstract
Campus partnerships are an increasingly common and dynamic entity on college campuses. To successfully achieve institutional goals, campus partners must collaborate and create communities of practice. Open educational resources (OER) is a rapidly growing area in higher education due to the increasing costs of attending college and increased student debt. By providing access to OER, colleges are supporting student success, increasing retention of students, and, most importantly, contributing to reducing students’ higher education debt. OER initiatives often fall under the purview of the academic library. While the library is an excellent place to start an affordable learning initiative, identifying pertinent campus partners and forming communities of practice will improve awareness of OER and increase OER adoption. This study utilized a survey to identify levels of current awareness and adoption of OER among faculty at a master’s comprehensive four-year public university in Pennsylvania. The goal was to provide a benchmark for assessing future progress. It also provided structure and a programming plan for a newly developed collaboration between the library, distance education, and Information Services & Technology. Survey results assisted the partnership in identifying ways to collaborate and implement strategies to increase awareness and adoption of OER on campus.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press and the Illinois School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Series/Report Name or Number
Library Trends 69 (2). Fall 2020
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/109294
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2020.0039
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Copyright 2020 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois

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Library Trends 69 (2) Fall 2020: OER and the Academic Library PRIMARY
Library Trends 69 (2) Fall 2020: OER and the Academic Library. Edited by Elizabeth Dill and Mary Ann Cullen