Faculty Showcase and OER Studies
Faculty Showcase and OER Research
The California Online Open Library for Education (COOL4ED) website maintained by the three higher education systems showcases faculty use of open textbooks. For more information click here.
Watch some of the testimonial videos below from the California Open Educational Resources Council and COOL4Ed of faculty across the three California higher education systems who are using open textbooks.
OER Pedagogy
Student Generated OER Projects and Assignments Examples
https://openedgroup.org/oer-enabled-pedagogy
A Guide to Making Open Textbooks with Students
https://press.rebus.community/makingopentextbookswithstudents/
OER Efficacy
International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning (11/17)
https://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2754/4442
The OA effect: How does open access affect the usage of scholarly books? (11/17)
https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/journals-books/books/the-oa-effect
Review of OER studies https://openedgroup.org/review
Journal of Online Learning and Teaching
https://jolt.merlot.org/vol9no1/lindshield_0313.htm
The Cost and Quality of Open Textbooks: Perceptions of Community College Faculty and
Students
https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3972/3383
Adopting OER: A Case Study of Cross-Institutional Collaboration and Innovation
https://er.educause.edu/articles/2013/11/adopting-oer-a-case-study-of-crossinstitutional-collaboration-and-innovation
OER Adoption Study: Using Open Educational Resources in the College Classroom
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sHrLOWEiRs-fgzN1TZUlmjF36BLGnICNMbTZIP69WTA/edit
Florida Virtual Campus Survey on Textbook Affordability https://florida.theorangegrove.org/og/file/3a65c507-2510-42d7-814c-ffdefd394b6c/1/2016%20Student%20Textbook%20Survey.pdf
Reynolds Community College Student Survey (Richmond. Virginia)
https://libguides.reynolds.edu/ld.php?content_id=22881428
COOL4ED - Roxanne Schroeder - Biology - Humboldt State
COOL4ED - Delmar Larsen - Chemistry - University of California, Davis
COOL4ED - Dianne Bennett - Chemistry - Sacramento City College
COOL4ED - Liz Harris - Communication Studies - San Jose State University
COOL4ED - Ruth Guthrie - Computer Information Systems - Cal Poly Pomona
COOL4ED - Alice Taylor - Humanities - West Los Angeles College
COOL4ED - Vera Kennedy - Sociology - West Hills Community College