More and more faculty are searching for OER content to lower costs. However, there are real barriers for faculty to adopt OER. Is there a complete OER textbook for your course? Is the content effective? What about ADA compliance and digital rights? Join our panel discussion as we share best practices and new tools to help answer these questions.
As more and more faculty are looking to move multiple courses from across the curriculum into OER, they are faced with some very real barriers. Many of the courses do not have a prebuilt OER textbook. When looking for content, where do you start? How do you know what the digital rights are or if the content is ADA compliant? There are new tools and technologies to help the novice to the expert navigate the OER universe. Is there support on your campus such as your librarian or an OER coordinator? How do you get the most out of your library repositories? Our panel will explore these and other FAQ when moving to OER.