Affordable Course Content and Open Educational Resources, SPEC Kit 351

Walz, Anita; Jensen, Kristi; Salem, Joseph A., Jr.

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VI Table of Contents
Job Descriptions
University of Oklahoma Libraries
Open Educational Resources (OER) Coordinator �� 134
University of Virginia Libraries
Open Publishing Librarian �� 135
Virginia Tech Libraries
Three years of Open Education position descriptions �� 141
Selected Resources
Articles, Books, Reports, and other Resources �� 144

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Introduction
Academic institutions are increasingly developing programmatic approaches to support the creation,
adoption, and adaptation of affordable course content (ACC) and open educational resources (OER) as
part of wider strategic initiatives to enhance the access to and affordability of higher education and to
improve teaching and learning. Affordable course content may include materials that are library-licensed
or available at a low additional cost to students. Open educational resources are one type of affordable
content OER refers to any type or format of content or software that is in the public domain or licensed
with a Creative Commons, GNU public license, or any other intellectual property license that allows
free use, modification, and redistribution. Such materials share the idea of adaptability, low or no cost to
students, and more control for faculty who use them.
In addition to teaching and learning units and faculty development centers, academic libraries
often play significant or lead roles in ACC/OER programs. Library expertise in copyright and licensing,
networks of faculty relationships, and emerging involvement in instructional design and digital
publishing present opportunities to create open education and affordability initiatives that will bear a
lasting institution-wide contribution to student academic achievement and faculty engagement. These
initiatives are also a quantitative way that libraries may demonstrate their value in enhanced learning
opportunities and reduced costs for students.
The purpose of this survey was to determine the degree to which ARL member institutions
are engaged in ACC/OER advocacy, support, and development. The survey was designed to gather
information on ACC/OER initiatives at the institutional level and the role of the library in these
initiatives. It asked about initiatives’ origins, implementation, governance, and funding, incentives for
faculty participation, and the types of affordable/open course content that have been developed. It also
explored library support of ACC/OER activities with staffing and services. The survey was distributed
to the 124 ARL member libraries in March 2016. Sixty-five (52%) responded by the April 16 deadline.
Of these institutions, 46 have or are planning an ACC/OER initiative. Another 12 plan to investigate the
possibility in the near future.
Institutional Initiatives
Campus-wide ACC/OER initiatives are started and sustained by a myriad of actors, generally with the
purposes of improving educational quality and reducing student learning resource costs. Responding
institutions reported a diverse range of projects that include open courseware initiatives, digital course
packs, interactive course companions, open or low-cost textbook adoption/creation, and use of public
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