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Open Educational Resources (OER): Guidance for Institutional Decision Makers in Developing an OER Strategy Lisa Marie Blaschke • Using design teams for identifying and incorporating OER and involving faculty in the process; • Linking the OER initiative to improving the student learning experience; • Aligning the project with overall institutional mission and strategy; • Identifying institutional strengths that can contribute to the transition; • Utilizing available resources such as existing frameworks and the library for evaluating OER content. Conclusion From the research presented here, it is clear that there are multiple and diverse benefits for institutions that choose to transition to OER, such as reduced costs, improved teaching and learning practices, greater accessibility to education, and improved learner outcomes. At the same time, the research also reveals real challenges faced by institutions embarking on an OER project, e.g., ability to locate appropriate OER, time and resource investments in adapting and embedding OER, and the costs of maintaining OER. A decision for or against using OER is highly contextual and influenced by a number of factors such as the overall institutional mission, values, and strategy, capacity of the institution to transition to OER (core strengths), external and internal forces, and the institutional motivation for choosing to adopt OER. Whether an OER initiative is successful and sustainable can be influenced by these factors, as well as by the degree of executive commitment and support, existence of institutional policy on OER, and the support infrastructure available for adopting OER. Each of these case studies, however, is a manifestation of how an OER venture can provide unique opportunities for optimizing business models, processes, and content according to individual institutional context and result in measurable benefits and value for the organization. References 1. Allen, I. E. & Seaman, J. (2014). Opening the curriculum: OER in U.S. higher education, 2014. Babson Survey Research Group. Retrieved from http://www.onlinelearningsurvey.com/reports/openingthecurriculum2014.pdf 2. Cohen, L., Manion, L., & Morrison, K. (2008). Research methods in education (6 th ed.). London & New York: Routledge. 3. Conole, G., & Weller, M. (2010, June 11). Grainne Conole discusses open education with Martin Weller (3/4). [YouTube video.] The OU on YouTube. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4Uoa9OqoA0 4. Creative Commons (n.d.). About the licenses. Retrieved from https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ 5. D’Antonio, S. (2009). OER: Reviewing initiatives and issues. Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 24(1), 3-10. 182 Reaching from the roots – 9 th EDEN Research Workshop Proceedings, 2016, Oldenburg ISBN 978-615-5511-12-7
Open Educational Resources (OER): Guidance for Institutional Decision Makers in Developing an OER Strategy Lisa Marie Blaschke 6. D’Antonio, S., & Savage, C. (2009). OER: Conversations in cyberspace. Paris, France: UNESCO Publishing. Retrieved from http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001816/181682e.pdf 7. De Langen, F. H. T. (2013). Strategies for sustainable business models for OER. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 14(2), 53-66. 8. De los Arcos, B., Farrow, R., Perryman, L.-A., Pitt, R., & Weller, M. (2014). OER Evidence Report 2013-2014. OER Research Hub. Retrieved from http://oerresearchhub.org/2014/11/19/oer-evidence-report-2013-2014/ 9. Dept. of Ed. (2015, October 29). Proposes making federally funded resources free [Blog post]. EdSurge. Retrieved from https://www.edsurge.com/news/2015-10-29-departmentof-education-proposes-regulation-promoting-open-educational-resources 10. Downes, S. (2007). Models for sustainable OER. Interdisciplinary Journal of Knowledge and Learning Objects, 3(1), 29-44. 11. Elliott, C., & Fabbro, E. (2015). The Open Library at AU (Athabasca University): Supporting open access and OER. Open Praxis, 7(2), 133-140. 12. European Commission (2015). Adult learners in digital learning environments (EAC-2013- 0563): Final report. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. Retrieved from http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=738&langId=&pubId=7820&type=2&furtherPu bs=yes 13. Fischer, L., Hilton, III, J., Robinson, T. J., & Wiley, D. A. (2015). A multi-institutional study of the impact of open textbook adoption on the learning outcomes of postsecondary students. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 27(3), 159-172. 14. Friesen, N. (2009). OER: New possibilities for change and sustainability. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 10(5). 15. Gordon, R. (1992). Basic interviewing skills. Itasca, IL: F.E. Peacock. 16. Green, K. C. (2015). Great faith in the instructional benefits of digital technologies: Great expectations for the rising use of OER. The Campus Computing Project. Retrieved from http://www.campuscomputing.net/new.html 17. Hylen, J. (2005). OER: Opportunities and challenges. Paris, France: OECD. Retrieved from http://www.oecd.org/edu/ceri/37351085.pdf 18. Ives, C., & Pringle, M. (2013). Moving to OER at Athabasca University: A case study. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 14(2), 1-13. 19. Jacobs, B. (2014, August 28). OER movement needs to move beyond voluntarism (essay) [Blog post]. Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved from https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2014/08/28/open-educational-resourcesmovement-needs-move-beyond-voluntarism-essay Reaching from the roots – 9 th EDEN Research Workshop Proceedings, 2016, Oldenburg 183 ISBN 978-615-5511-12-7
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Introduction Distance education is
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LEARNING ANALYTICS Scaling Learning
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