Abstract
It's important for higher ed IT professionals to be familiar with and provide support for openly licensed course materials, with all of their advantages. Every student has access to them on day one, and it's impossible to leave them at home because they are online. E-texts that allow derivative works can be customized to cover only the topics the instructor is interested in: edited to add examples relevant to the students' experiences; and updated by the original author, the instructor, or anyone on the Internet without waiting for a new edition. There is also open pedagogy- the ability for students to interact with course materials in new ways - and open principles - the belief that everyone should have access to knowledge. And of course, there's the price benefit. In an OER survey we sent out last spring, the primary advantage faculty identified in using OERs was the price, and faculty using OERs reported that the number-one piece of feedback they received from students was that they appreciated not having to pay for textbooks.
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Article
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EDUCAUSE
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Published Version
Publication Date
9-25-2017
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Nickerson, C. Using Grant Funding to Promote Open Textbooks. (2017). EDUCAUSE Review, 52.
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