Benefits & Challenges of OER
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Weighing the Benefits & Weighing the Benefits & Challenges of OERChallenges of OER
Corrie MartinCorrie MartinAssignment 7-1Assignment 7-1
June 2014June 2014
BenefitsBenefits
Lower Student CostLower Student Cost Wider Range of CurriculumWider Range of Curriculum Faculty Idea SharingFaculty Idea Sharing Transparency of OutcomesTransparency of Outcomes Creating Collegiality Creating Collegiality
Lower Student CostsLower Student Costs
OER works are freeOER works are free College students regularly pay over College students regularly pay over
$100 per printed text per course $100 per printed text per course College students are facing tuition hikes College students are facing tuition hikes
on an almost annual basison an almost annual basis College students face other cost of living College students face other cost of living
increases, including gas prices for increases, including gas prices for commuting studentscommuting students
Wider Range of CurriculumWider Range of Curriculum
Using OER allows student Using OER allows student exposure to a wider range of exposure to a wider range of curriculum based on a curriculum based on a plethora of faculty ideas– not plethora of faculty ideas– not just those inherent to the just those inherent to the instructor of their courseinstructor of their course
Faculty SharingFaculty Sharing
OER offers faculty exposure to a OER offers faculty exposure to a multitude of ideas and multitude of ideas and methodology outside their methodology outside their department and institutiondepartment and institution
This exposure may lead faculty This exposure may lead faculty to move beyond their comfort to move beyond their comfort zone and stimulate creativityzone and stimulate creativity
Transparency of Outcomes Transparency of Outcomes
As more curriculum is put into the As more curriculum is put into the OER realm, the transparency of what OER realm, the transparency of what happens within institutions, happens within institutions, departments and individual departments and individual classroom will increaseclassroom will increase
In turn, this transparency may In turn, this transparency may combat complacency or the status combat complacency or the status quo mentalityquo mentality
Creating CollegialityCreating Collegiality By making the academic world By making the academic world
smaller, we increase the collegialitysmaller, we increase the collegiality Such collegiality offers affective Such collegiality offers affective
benefits to facultybenefits to faculty This collegiality sets an example of This collegiality sets an example of
positive group effort for studentspositive group effort for students
ChallengesChallenges
Lack of EditingLack of Editing Lack of Vetting ProcessLack of Vetting Process Lack of Ownership BenefitsLack of Ownership Benefits Lack of IngenuityLack of Ingenuity Skewed Original PerspectiveSkewed Original Perspective
Lack of EditingLack of Editing
Without a set editing Without a set editing process, the aesthetic process, the aesthetic quality of the work may quality of the work may suffersuffer
Lack of Vetting ProcessLack of Vetting Process Evaluation of resources is often started Evaluation of resources is often started
by a look at the publishing processby a look at the publishing process Without a vetting process for Without a vetting process for
publication, like most commercially publication, like most commercially published works, the burden of vetting published works, the burden of vetting falls on the facultyfalls on the faculty
Such independent vetting can be too Such independent vetting can be too time-consuming for facultytime-consuming for faculty
Lack of Ownership BenefitsLack of Ownership Benefits
Although price (free) is Although price (free) is fantastic for the recipient fantastic for the recipient of OER, the payment for of OER, the payment for the author is negligible the author is negligible
Lack of IngenuityLack of Ingenuity
The ease with which faculty The ease with which faculty can find others’ work may can find others’ work may stymie their own creativity stymie their own creativity and the need to think outside and the need to think outside the boxthe box
Skewed PerspectiveSkewed Perspective
Changing someone’s original Changing someone’s original work risks altering their work risks altering their original idea original idea
Such alteration may move the Such alteration may move the idea in a direction that skews idea in a direction that skews the original author’s intentionthe original author’s intention