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. For more information click here.

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
https://openedgroup.org/oer-enabled-pedagogy

A Guide to Making Open Textbooks with Students
https://press.rebus.community/makingopentextbookswithstudents/

OER Efficacy
International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning (11/17)
https://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2754/4442

The OA effect: How does open access affect the usage of scholarly books? (11/17)
https://www.springernature.com/gp/open-research/journals-books/books/the-oa-effect

Review of OER studies                                                                                                                       https://openedgroup.org/review

Journal of Online Learning and Teaching
https://jolt.merlot.org/vol9no1/lindshield_0313.htm

The Cost and Quality of Open Textbooks: Perceptions of Community College Faculty and Students
https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3972/3383

Adopting OER: A Case Study of Cross-Institutional Collaboration and Innovation
https://er.educause.edu/articles/2013/11/adopting-oer-a-case-study-of-crossinstitutional-collaboration-and-innovation

OER Adoption Study: Using Open Educational Resources in the College Classroom
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sHrLOWEiRs-fgzN1TZUlmjF36BLGnICNMbTZIP69WTA/edit

Florida Virtual Campus Survey on Textbook Affordability https://florida.theorangegrove.org/og/file/3a65c507-2510-42d7-814c-ffdefd394b6c/1/2016%20Student%20Textbook%20Survey.pdf  

Reynolds Community College Student Survey (Richmond. Virginia)
https://libguides.reynolds.edu/ld.php?content_id=22881428

 

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