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Selected Works of Katherine D. Harris
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Adoption of open educational resources in California colleges and universities
International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies (2018)
  • Ruth A. Guthrie, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
  • Katherine D. Harris, San Jose State University
  • Peter Krapp, University of California, Irvine
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Abstract
The California Open Educational Resources Council (CAOERC) was formed in 2014 to find solutions to reduce the cost of college textbooks without impacting quality. Comprised of faculty from California's three public higher education systems, the CAOERC conducted a field study of 16 faculty using OER materials to discover practical knowledge about the challenges of adopting OER textbooks. The quality of the OER textbooks received positive reviews. The faculty also reported being more engaged with their teaching. The faculty felt that availability of OER support materials was a challenge to implementing OER. The following article presents the results of the CAOERC's study.
Keywords
  • open educational resources,
  • OERs,
  • textbook adoption,
  • OER research,
  • California,
  • university,
  • open textbooks,
  • open access textbooks,
  • public domain textbooks,
  • digital humanities
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Publication Date
July 11, 2018
DOI
10.1504/IJTCS.2018.093559
Publisher Statement
This article was published in International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies volume 9, issue 3, 2018, and can also be found online here.
Copyright © 2018 Inderseienee Enterprises Ltd.
Citation Information
Ruth A. Guthrie, Katherine D. Harris and Peter Krapp. "Adoption of open educational resources in California colleges and universities" International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies Vol. 9 Iss. 3 (2018) p. 241 - 257
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/katherine_harris/20/