Nicole Allen, Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)

@txtbks @R2RCScholarly Publishing & Academic
Resources Coalition sparc.arl.org
Nicole Allen (@txtbks)
Director of Open Education
www.sparc.arl.org • @SPARC_NA

Libraries & OER

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

How libraries
are leading the
way on OER

Adoption
Support

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

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

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”

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

Coursepacks

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.

Digital Coursepack Pilot

Content Search

Publishing

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

http://opensuny.org

“Libraries transformed the
conversation about access to
research, they can do the same
for #OER” @txtbks #oer2014
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