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OER Programs at Private Liberal Arts Institutions
SCELC (2018)
  • Michele Gibney, University of the Pacific
  • Douglas D. Risser, University of the Pacific
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Abstract
The Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC) invites you to spend lunchtime on Thursday of Open Access Week learning about Open Education Resource (OER) Programs at Private Liberal Arts Institutions.

In the last 30 years, textbook costs have risen by over 800%1. Twenty-seven states across the U.S., including California, have passed some form of textbook affordability legislation2. In response, OER programs have erupted at public colleges and universities across the nation. Private liberal arts institutions have been slower to create programming to address textbook affordability issues, and this panel highlights library-faculty partnerships in three such programs--at Abilene Christian University (Abilene, TX), Macalester College (St. Paul, MN), and University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA).  

At the University of the Pacific, faculty grants to produce and implement OER in the classroom started in the summer of 2017. Doug Risser, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, is one of the first 10 faculty to receive a grant and Michele Gibney is one of the University Libraries staff members who helped to administer and shepherd the grantees over the summer. They will discuss the initial summer pilot, covering the grant application process, faculty support, OER creation process and implementation, results from the classroom, and subsequent steps to cement the culture of OER at the institution.

Citations:
  1. Perry, M.A. (2012). The college textbook bubble and how the “open educational resources” movement is going up against the textbook cartel. Retrieved from http://www.aei.org/publication/the-college-textbook-bubble-and-how-the-o...
2. Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition. (n.d.). OER State Policy Tracker. Retrieved from https://sparcopen.org/our-work/state-policy-tracking/
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Publication Date
October 25, 2018
Location
online
Citation Information
Michele Gibney and Douglas D. Risser. "OER Programs at Private Liberal Arts Institutions" SCELC (2018)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/michele_gibney/96/
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