Research Guides: Open Educational Resources (OER): Further Reading

General Information

Open Education - SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). Free resources, tools and practices for open education.
Open Education Fact Sheet Fact sheet about Open Education Resources b
An Open Education Reader Database of open education research and best practices.
Adopting OER in the Classroom: A Faculty Resource for Adopting, Using, and Re-Purposing Openly Licensed Educational Resources. Guidance for choosing and using openly licensed educational resources for undergraduate teaching.
Opening the Textbook: Open Education Resources in U.S. Higher Education, 2017.
Survey of U.S. faculty on OER experiences
Open 101: An Action Plan for Affordable Textbooks
The latest report on OER from the Student PIRGs contains an overview of textbook affordability issues and recommendations for colleges and universities, faculty, students, and policymakers.

Evaluating & Using OER

How to Use Open Educational Resources A self-paced online workshop for incorporating OER into teaching practice.
Faculty Guide for Evaluating Open Education Resources
This checklist developed by a group of BCcampus postsecondary librarians will help you assess the relevancy, accuracy, production quality, accessibility, interactivity, and licensing of any open resources you are considering.
Achieve OER Rubrics
The independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit education reform organization Achieve collaborated with leaders from the OER community to develop these rubrics, which are intended to help OER evaluators “determine the degree of alignment of OER to college- and career-ready standards.”
Open Attribution Builder Guidance on creating an attribution statement for OER

Impact on Pedagogy

What is Open Pedagogy? Blog post on open pedagogy by David Wiley, of Lumen Learning.
Open Pedagogy Portal Contains case studies, student work products, and resources to support instructors' open pedagogy needs.
OER: Bigger Than Affordability Article on the benefits of OER for university level teaching.
OER in Tenure and Promotion

Research on OER Effectiveness

Toward Convergence Creating Clarity to Drive More Consistency in Understanding the Benefits and Costs of OER
Hilton III, J. (2016). Open educational resources and college textbook choices A synthesis of published research studies on OER use in higher ed.
OER Pedagogy Primer The OER Pedagogy Primer with additional resources.
The OpenEd Group Review Project. Empirical research on the impacts of OER adoption.

Scholarly Journals With Articles on OER Use and Assessment

Looking for more articles on OER use and assessment? Perhaps a reputable journal where you can submit your own article or case study on OER use at TU? Consider the following, several of which published articles cited in The OpenEd Group Review Project:

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Open Educational Resources (OER)

General Information

Evaluating & Using OER

Impact on Pedagogy

Research on OER Effectiveness

Scholarly Journals With Articles on OER Use and Assessment