Collaboration Between Faculty and the Library Using OER for Curriculum Development

Kelly Whealan George, Anne Marie Casey

Research output: Contribution to conferencePresentation

Abstract

• High Cost of Textbooks
• $1,240 – expected cost of textbooks in 2018-2019 for 4-year college students (CollegeBoard, 2019)
• 43.8% of Florida students spent $301 or more on textbooks in Spring 2018 (Florida Virtual Campus, 2018, p. 9)
• 63% of ERAU students surveyed in summer 2018 found textbooks more expensive than expected

• Case Study to explore textbooks in online courses
• Collaboration between the Library and the Faculty create value for the university and student population by incorporating OER into the course development process.

Original languageAmerican English
StatePublished - Oct 18 2019

Keywords

  • Open Educational Resources
  • OER
  • course development
  • open access

Disciplines

  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
  • Instructional Media Design
  • Online and Distance Education

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