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OPEN EDUCATION RESOURCES (OER) FOR TRANSITIONAL STUDIES STUDENTSOPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGESMEREDITH LYNCH CC BY-NC-SA
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OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
• Opportunities• Equity• Choice• Accessibility• Flexibility• Collaboration
• Challenges• Sustainability• Quality• Non-revocability • Accessibility • Connectivity
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OPPORTUNITY: EQUITY
• Free OER materials expand educational opportunities for low-income students.
• Students do not have to wait for financial aid funds to arrive before accessing the course materials.
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OPPORTUNITY: CHOICE
• OER offers instructors many options so that we can choose what is best for our students
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OPPORTUNITY: ACCESSIBILITY
• OER can be modified to accommodate students with disabilities
• OER can also be adapted for multilingual learners
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OPPORTUNITY: FLEXIBILITY
Because they are free, OER allows students to access and preview materials before a course begins. Similarly, they can keep the resources to use in the future (no need to sell back last quarter’s book to buy next quarter’s book).
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OPPORTUNITY: COLLABORATION
• Instructors can work together to develop materials
• Once developed, materials may be updated and revised by others (if given the proper license)
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CHALLENGE: SUSTAINABILITY
• Maintaining OER requires time and work• Initial funding may run out• Overworked faculty may struggle to find time to maintain OER
materials
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CHALLENGE: QUALITY
• With so many options available, faculty might find it challenging to assess the quality of each resource
• Faculty might also disagree on matters of quality
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CHALLENGE: NON-REVOCABILITY
• Once an OER is made available, the creator cannot “recall” it• The creator of the resource can remove the license, but the resources
already in use will remain in use
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CHALLENGE: ACCESSIBILITY
• While OER offers great opportunities and flexibility in terms of accessibility, locating resources that are already accessible can be a challenge
• However, as awareness of accessibility increases, this challenge may become less of a barrier
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CHALLENGE: CONNECTIVITY
• Some of our students struggle with reliable internet access, and due to work and family commitments, might have trouble finding time to use campus computers
• We will face the challenge of communicating the necessity of internet access when students enroll in courses using OER
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