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Nicole Allen (@txtbks) Director of Open Education

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Libraries & OER

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Barriers for OER •  Awareness of OER as an option •  Discovery of appropriate OER •  Evaluating the quality of OER •  Logistics of adopting OER •  Sustainable publishing of OER

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How libraries are leading the way on OER

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Adoption Support

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http://guides.library.umass.edu/content.php?pid=87648&sid=4778777

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Open Education Initiative

•  Call for applications from faculty for mini-grants

•  Two one-hour workshops reviewing OER and other low-cost resources

•  Consultation sessions with librarians and library partners

•  Adoption of OER & low cost materials

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Open Education Initiative

•  30 faculty participants •  44 courses •  $46,000 invested, $700,000+ saved

by 5000+ students •  Faculty said 4.36 on a scale of 5

“Student performance improved compared to past semesters when a traditional textbook was used”

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Similar Projects •  Temple University •  UCLA •  Kansas State University •  University of Oklahoma •  Tacoma Community College •  More…

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Coursepacks

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Digital Coursepack Pilot •  Began to support an iPad project and

specific classes/instructors (Fall 2012). •  Expanded to include campus partners

(Copyright Permissions, Bookstore). •  Includes a variety of content types. •  Integrated into Moodle (CMS) environment. •  Support services developing around open

content and other digital content.

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Digital Coursepack Pilot

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Content Search

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Publishing

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http://oregonstate.edu/ua/ncs/archives/2014/feb/osu-open-textbook-initiative-aims-reduce-student-costs-enhance-learning

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http://opensuny.org

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“Libraries transformed the conversation about access to

research, they can do the same for #OER” @txtbks #oer2014

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Nicole Allen (@txtbks) Director of Open Education

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