Online Learning Update

May 4, 2017

The steps towards open resource materials

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:10 am

by the UConn Daily Campus Editorial Board

On April 13, the student activist group, UConnPIRG, held a panel in appreciation of open educational resources (OERs) and the UConn professors who utilize them. OERs are free learning materials. They are free either because they are in the public domain or due to intellectual property license. This panel, hosted by UConnPIRG, showcased 20 professors of various disciplines, ranging from Chemistry to English, who have implemented these resources into their classes. This panel and the professors it featured are taking important steps to improve the university for its students. These highlighted successes with OERs should encourage other professors to try incorporating these resources for some of their classes. The university must support this movement as well. It is important that the university continually strive to make higher education less expensive, while bettering the overall university experience. Open educational resources do both.

http://dailycampus.com/stories/2017/4/23/the-steps-towards-open-resource-materials

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