Will Academic Library Publishing Break OER? A Diffusion of Innovations Study
Authors : Kathy Essmiller, Tutaleni Asino Academic libraries are among the organizations advocating for open educational resources (OER), often playing a key ca...
Étiquette : Open educational resources
Not open for all: accessibility of open textbooks
Authors : Elena Azadbakht, Teresa Schultz, Jennifer Arellano In order for open educational resources (OERs) to be truly open to all, they must be accessible to ...
What About Reuse? A Study on the Use of Open Educational Resources in Dutch Higher Education
Authors : Marjon Baas, Robert Schuwer Extensive research has taken place over the years to examine the barriers of OER adoption, but little empirical studies ha...
Open Textbooks as an innovation route for open science pedagogy
Authors : Robert Farrow, Rebecca Pitt, Martin Weller The paper introduces the UK Open Textbook project and discusses its success factors with regards to promoti...
Open Education Librarianship: A Position Description Analysis of the Newly Emerging Role in Academic Libraries
Author : Amanda C. Larson According to the latest Babson Survey, Freeing the Textbook: Educational Resources in US Higher Education, “faculty awareness of OER h...
Toward a Critical Approach for OER: A Case Study in Removing the ‘Big Five’ from OER Creation
Authors : Kris Joseph, Julia Guy, Michael B McNally This paper examines the role of proprietary software in the production of open educational resources (OER). ...
Adoption and Diffusion of Open Educational Resources (OER) in Education : A Meta-Analysis of 25 OER-Projects
Author : Daniel Otto The concept of open educational resources (OER) is becoming increasingly prominent in education. However, research circles around defining ...