SPEC Kit 351: Affordable Course Content and Open Educational Resources (July 2016)
This SPEC Kit explores the degree to which ARL member institutions advocate, support, and develop affordable course content and open educational resources (ACC/OER). This study gathered information on ACC/OER initiatives at the institutional level and the role of the library in these initiatives. The research examined initiatives’ origins, implementation, governance, and funding; incentives for faculty participation; and the types of affordable/open course content that have been developed. The survey also explored library support of ACC/OER activities with staffing and services.
This SPEC Kit includes examples of library and institution ACC/OER webpages; educational events; incentive programs; resources adopted, adapted, or created; and job descriptions.
Walz, Anita, Kristi Jensen, and Joseph A. Salem, Jr. Affordable Course Content and Open Educational Resources. SPEC Kit 351. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, July 2016.
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SPEC Kit 351: Affordable Course Content and Open Educational Resources (July 2016)
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SPEC Kit 351 Affordable Course Content and Open Educational Resources (July 2016)
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Affordable Course Content and Open Educational Resources fontmatter and Executive Summary
II2
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Survey Results
18
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Representative Documents
5461
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Library ACC/OER Webpages
5562
- University of Alberta Libraries 5663
- University of California, Los Angeles Library 5764
- Duke University Libraries 5966
- University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries 6168
- University of Minnesota Libraries 6370
- University of Missouri Libraries 6572
- North Carolina State University Libraries 6673
- University of Oklahoma Libraries 6976
- Temple University Libraries 7178
- Vanderbilt University Library 7279
- Virginia Tech Libraries 7481
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Institution ACC/OER Webpages
7784
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ACC/OER Educational Events
9198
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Incentive Programs
105112
- University of Alberta 106113
- Emory University 107114
- Affordable Learning Georgia 108115
- University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries 110117
- University of Minnesota Libraries 111118
- Ohio University Libraries 114121
- Ohio State University 115122
- University of Oklahoma 118125
- Penn State University 119126
- University of South Carolina 120127
- University of Wisconsin-Madison 121128
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Adopted/Adapted/Created Resources
123130
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Job Descriptions
133140
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Library ACC/OER Webpages
5562
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Selected Resources
143150

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SPEC Kit 351: Affordable Course Content and Open Educational Resources (July 2016)