Demystifying Open Educational Resources in Higher Education

Part of the Open Ped Day 2022 Schedule at Vanier College

Presentation workshop by Rachel Harris (Scholarly Publishing Librarian)

Description

Open access (OA) takes several forms, including open educational resources (OER), such as open textbooks. Increasingly promoted by higher education institutions in the United States, Canada, Quebec, and Montreal, including Vanier College's neighbours, what are OER practically speaking? Scholarly Publishing Librarian Dr. Rachel Harris took on the OER portfolio at Concordia University in the Fall of 2021, bringing the pre-pandemic pilot project into a service area offered to the university community from the Library.

Aiming to demystify OER from her librarian's vantage point under Concordia's roof, Harris will discuss:

1. Problems with commercial textbooks during the pandemic.
2. Concordia's OER grant program for open textbooks.
3. Examples of OER in use at Concordia.
4. Questions of quality in the publishing process.

As OER may be of interest within the CEGEPs, Harris encourages participants to bring their questions, pedagogical viewpoints, and thoughts on the textbooks and other educational resources used in class.

There will be time for questions and discussion.