Episode 82: Fostering Large Scale OER Adoption

About Episode 82:

In this episode, Dr. Tanya Spilovoy joins hosts Tom and Kelvin to discuss the importance of faculty adoption of free or low-cost open educational resources (OER) at scale. This is an important part of lowering educational costs for students. Fostering widespread adoption initiatives is harder than it looks.

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Coffee Links

• Ethiopia Gora Kone from Temple Coffee Roasters in Sacramento, CA
• Temple Coffee Roasters
• Biodegradable Keurig Decaf French Roast Coffee in K-Cups from San Francisco Bay Company

Content Links

• Dr. Tanya Spilovoy’s Online Profile
• Press Release: “Higher Education Compacts Come Together to Help Students Succeed with Open Educational Resources“
• National Consortium of Open Educational Resources (NCOER)
• WCET’s Resources on OER
• Regional (US) Higher Education Compacts (in “Federalism in America” Encyclopedia)
• SPARC: The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
• SPARC’s Open Education Leadership Program
• Video: Introduction to the [now decommissioned] Orange Grove Repository (circa 2010)
• Open Textbook Library
• OpenStax
• Rebus Community
• Book: “The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast”
• Past TOPcast Episodes Related to OER

Topical Follow-up Resources Curated By Dr. Spilovoy

• Press Release: “OER initiatives produce a measurable increase in faculty OER adoption.”
• In Inside Higher Ed: “Window of Opportunity for OER”
• Session Recording: “New Year, New NCOER Initiative (National Consortium for Open Educational Resources)”
• Report: “Opening Public Institutions: OER in North Dakota and the Nation, 2015” (by Spilovoy and Seaman)

Extra Special Feature

• Video Version of This Episode! (Includes “socially distanced” recording by Tom and Kelvin)