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. More information on COOL4ED.

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

• A Guide to Making Open Textbooks with Students

 

OER Efficacy

• International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning (11/17)

• The OA effect: How does open access affect the usage of scholarly books? (11/17)

• Review of OER studies

• Journal of Online Learning and Teaching

• The Cost and Quality of Open Textbooks: Perceptions of Community College Faculty and Students

• Adopting OER: A Case Study of Cross-Institutional Collaboration and Innovation

• OER Adoption Study: Using Open Educational Resources in the College Classroom

• Florida Virtual Campus Survey on Textbook Affordability  

• Reynolds Community College Student Survey (Richmond. Virginia)

 

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