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With the Open Access Course Reserves, a place to collect and share course specific OA reading lists, faculty seeking to include OER in their courses can see how other teachers have replaced pricey textbooks with fully open reading lists.

Librarians at the MGH Institute of Health Professions built the Open Access Course Reserves, a publicly available, curated repository that provides ready-made reading lists of free, copyright compliant (open access when possible), educational materials. The materials are selected to match typical syllabi and textbook contents and organized by discipline and course. The goal of the project is to create a place for faculty of any higher education course from anywhere in the world to find course packs to replace traditionally published textbooks and therefore reduce the financial burden on their students. The 10 minute session will primarily be a demonstration of the Open Access Course Reserves. It will include an explanation of the creation of the repository as well as its features and potential value to faculty and institutions. Attendees will be asked for their feedback and to share any ideas they may have about how they will potentially use this new tool. This was an IMLS grant-funded project.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7275/r833-tx04

Start Date

14-6-2017 1:20 PM

End Date

14-6-2017 1:50 PM

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Jun 14th, 1:20 PM Jun 14th, 1:50 PM

Facilitating Adoption of OERs in the Classroom with the Open Access Course Reserves

With the Open Access Course Reserves, a place to collect and share course specific OA reading lists, faculty seeking to include OER in their courses can see how other teachers have replaced pricey textbooks with fully open reading lists.

Librarians at the MGH Institute of Health Professions built the Open Access Course Reserves, a publicly available, curated repository that provides ready-made reading lists of free, copyright compliant (open access when possible), educational materials. The materials are selected to match typical syllabi and textbook contents and organized by discipline and course. The goal of the project is to create a place for faculty of any higher education course from anywhere in the world to find course packs to replace traditionally published textbooks and therefore reduce the financial burden on their students. The 10 minute session will primarily be a demonstration of the Open Access Course Reserves. It will include an explanation of the creation of the repository as well as its features and potential value to faculty and institutions. Attendees will be asked for their feedback and to share any ideas they may have about how they will potentially use this new tool. This was an IMLS grant-funded project.

 

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