Curation, Discovery, Adoption, and Research on Digital OER: An Innovative California Collaboration

Thursday, October 27 | 2:40PM–3:30PM | Meeting Room 210A/B, Level Two
Session Type: Breakout Session
Delivery Format: Interactive Presentation
California's three public higher education systems (University of California, California State University, the California Community Colleges) have collaborated in creating an online open educational resources digital library for faculty and students in order to encourage the use of free and affordable digital textbooks. This session will showcase the evaluation materials, the research results, and strategies to easily discover open textbooks.


Outcomes: Use several search strategies for locating and reviewing quality digital open educational textbooks *Identify the challenges for implementing digital course materials *Understand the current and growing open textbook ecosystem and its sustainability

Presenters

  • Ruth Guthrie

    Professor, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

  • Kathy Harris

  • Leslie Kennedy

    Assistant Vice Chancellor, Academic Technology Services, California State University, Office of the Chancellor

  • Peter Krapp

    Professor, University of California, Irvine

Resources & Downloads

  • Curation Discovery Adoption and Research on Digital Open Educational Resourcesslides

    14 MB, pptx - Updated on 9/7/2024